Manager – Imaging​/Radiology

Manager – Imaging/Radiology

Seattle, Washington

Salary Range: $121,900–$183,000
$10,000 Sign-On Bonus
Relocation Assistance Up to $10,000

An outstanding opportunity is available for an experienced Imaging/Radiology Manager to join a highly respected hospital organization in the Seattle area. This is a key operational leadership position overseeing a large, multidisciplinary imaging team within a complex, hospital-based environment.

We are seeking a proven imaging leader who has progressed beyond supervisory responsibilities and has direct experience managing employees, conducting performance evaluations, hiring and terminating staff, and driving departmental performance.

The successful candidate will oversee approximately 40 employees across multiple imaging modalities and work closely with senior imaging leadership to advance clinical quality, operational efficiency, employee engagement, and exceptional patient care.

The Imaging/Radiology Manager provides day-to-day operational and people leadership for a multidisciplinary diagnostic imaging department. This leader will be responsible for staffing, performance management, regulatory compliance, quality, productivity, employee development, and continuous improvement.

This position operates within a union environment and requires a leader who can successfully manage a diverse workforce while building strong relationships with staff, physicians, senior leadership, and other clinical departments.

• Provide operational and administrative leadership for approximately 40 imaging employees across multiple modalities.
• Manage daily department operations while maintaining high standards for patient care, safety, quality, and productivity.
• Directly supervise imaging professionals and provide ongoing coaching, mentoring, and performance management.
• Conduct annual performance evaluations and manage employee development and corrective action when necessary.
• Lead recruitment, interviewing, hiring, onboarding, retention, and termination processes.
• Develop staffing plans and schedules to meet patient volumes and operational requirements.
• Collaborate with senior imaging leadership to establish departmental priorities and achieve organizational goals.
• Monitor departmental performance, productivity, quality metrics, and patient experience.
• Ensure compliance with hospital policies, regulatory requirements, accreditation standards, and professional imaging practices.
• Support continuous process improvement initiatives designed to improve efficiency, quality, and patient outcomes.
• Partner effectively with physicians, technologists, nursing leadership, and other departments.
• Help manage departmental resources, equipment, budgets, and financial performance.
• Successfully lead employees within a unionized healthcare environment.

• Graduate of an accredited diagnostic imaging program, bachelor's degree, or four years of directly related experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of professional Imaging/Radiology experience as a:
  • Radiologic Technologist
  • Nuclear Medicine Technologist
  • Sonographer/Ultrasound Technologist
  • Mammographer
• Minimum of 3 years of Imaging/Radiology management experience within the X-ray and/or Imaging environment.
• Hospital-based Imaging/Radiology experience required.
• Previous responsibility for direct reports, annual performance evaluations, hiring, employee performance management, and termination decisions.
• Experience managing multiple imaging modalities.

This position requires true manager-level leadership experience.

Candidates whose leadership background is limited exclusively to a Supervisor or Lead Technologist position without responsibility for hiring, performance evaluations, employee…