Diagnostic Imaging Educator; Mammography

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of The University of Texas M.

D. Anderson Cancer Center is to eliminate cancer in Texas, the nation, and the world through outstanding programs that integrate patient care, research and prevention, and through education for undergraduate and graduate students, trainees, professionals, employees and the public.

Teaching, orienting, coaching employees responsible for different aspects of diagnostic imaging care of patients as well as assessing and validating clinical competencies. The DI Tech Educator also serves as a consultant for clinical diagnostic imaging practice and performance

Based on business needs. Typically, Monday - Friday / 0800 - 1700. Must be flexible to work various shifts and days.

Will be able to travel to each Diagnostic Imaging Center as needed. Have extensive experience as a Mammographer. Have ARRT in Mammography. Have experience as a Trainer/Preceptor and/or Lead.

• Performance Consultant Serves as a performance consultant for assigned clinical areas of responsibility.
• a. Orients and socializes new Diagnostic Imaging employees to the clinical areas providing appropriate learning opportunities.
• b. Collaborates with leadership to select appropriate coaches for learners.
• c. Provides an individualized learning plan for learners monitoring their progress and meeting with them frequently to discuss achievement of goals.
• d. Assesses learning/development needs of individual staff and groups of staff in collaboration with the imaging management team.
• e. Analyzes patterns/trends in performance.
• f. Develops action/learning plans to address gaps in clinical performance.
• g. Mentors modality coaches in their role of supporting learners in various modalities.
• h. Identifies high risk/problem prone/low frequency competencies in collaboration with the modality leadership and develops strategies for assessing these competencies.
• i. Participates in the assessment of house wide and modality-based competencies of staff.
• j. Demonstrates documentation standards in documenting learner progress.
• k. Communicates learner progress to leadership team on a regular basis and provides completed documentation within one week of employee's completion of learning experience.

• a. Considers needs of the targeted individual/groups of individuals when designing educational offerings.
• b. Designs sound educational offerings that:
  • • Address the assessed needs.
  • • Outline well-constructed educational objectives.
  • • Deliver content that is organized and evidence-based.
  • • Apply adult learning principles effectively.
  • • Incorporate strategies to address a variety of learning styles of participating individuals.
  • • Utilize teaching methods that are congruent with objectives.
• c. Coordinates offering of programs with modality(ies) activity/work flow and staffing challenges in mind.
• d. Demonstrates competency in the presentation of the offering, incorporating sound presentation standards.
• e. Incorporates, at minimum, the first two of the four levels of education evaluation in all designed offerings.
• f. Utilizes evaluation feedback to improve the quality of future educational offerings.
• g. Ensures instructional integrity and application of content to the profession of imaging as it relates to functioning as a technologist planner for Continuing Education activities.

• a. Demonstrates knowledge of policies, procedures, practice and regulatory standards and suggests strategies for improving compliance.
• b. Supports and aligns goals with those of Technologist Education, Department of Diagnostic Imaging and the Institution.
• c. Role models professional behavior including:
  • • Taking initiative to review and improve all processes specific to job responsibilities.
  • • Service orientation intra and interdepartmentally, including collegiality and collaboration as a team member in DI as well as in other teams outside the department.
  • • Professional practice of standards, policies and standard operating procedures.
  • • Approaches all changes, obstacles, difficulties with a professional demeanor and works to ensure that…