Senior Manager, Quality and Safety – Cardiac PET/CT

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Stellenbeschreibung:

Refine, implement, and continuously improve CVAUSA’s cardiac PET/CT quality and safety program across its practice network

Establish and maintain quality metrics, protocols, and standard operating procedures for acquisition, stress protocols, tracer handling, quantification, and interpretation

Build dashboards and reporting for network- and site-level imaging quality and outcomes

Serve as subject-matter expert on PET/CT accreditation requirements, including IAC and ACR

Support practices through initial accreditation and re-accreditation, including documentation, QC records, and competencies

Partner with the Medical Director and Radiation Safety Officer on clinical protocol specifics

Establish peer review and over-read programs for interpreting physicians

Compare PET/CT findings with invasive coronary angiography and use discordance analysis to drive corrective action

Analyze billing and electronic health record data to identify quality variation, utilization patterns, and clinical outcomes

Implement and improve quality-focused clinician training and competency requirements

Develop PET/CT continuing-education content

Travel to affiliated practices to assess equipment, QC, protocols, staff competency, workflow, and image quality

Identify sources of imaging variation and poor quality and lead remediation

Apply PDSA cycles, root-cause analysis, and statistical process control to improve diagnostic accuracy and safety

Set benchmarks, monitor performance, and partner with practice leadership to sustain improvements

Requirements

5–10+ years managing the quality of cardiac imaging services

5+ years specifically working with cardiac PET, or 5+ years in nuclear cardiology/SPECT quality leadership with demonstrated ability to ramp on PET-specific quality control

Deep understanding of PET/CT accreditation quality criteria and quality best practices

Proven experience developing and managing cardiac PET quality-improvement programs, including routine peer review and PET/CT-to-coronary-angiography correlation programs

Experience defining and administering quality training and competency requirements for clinicians

Practical familiarity with operating high-quality cardiac PET/CT programs in community practice settings

Understanding of common sources and drivers of care variation and poor-quality imaging

2+ years driving quality improvement across imaging service lines, including cardiac PET

Working fluency in core quality-improvement principles

Willingness and ability to travel up to 50%

Preferred: based in the Southeast US or Florida

Preferred: experience standardizing quality across a multi-site network or MSO environment

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in managing cardiac PET/CT quality programs, including accreditation processes, quality metrics, and clinician training. Proficient in applying quality improvement methodologies and statistical analysis to enhance imaging outcomes and safety.