Specialist Radiology

Work when necessary with the Department of Health and complete documentation that may be required by the authorities

Identify in writing the services to be provided by the department.

Ensure that departmental documents describe the current and planned services provided by their department, guide the provision of identified services and address the staff knowledge and skills needed to assess and to meet patient needs.

Ensure that services are coordinated and integrated within the department and with other departments.

Recommend space, medical technology, equipment, staffing, and other resources needed by the department or service and have a process in place to respond to shortages.

Recommend criteria for selecting the department's or service s professional staff and choose or recommend individuals who meet those criteria.

Participate to the appointment, credentialing and privileging processes of the doctors of the department as well as to their reappointment and renewal of clinical privileges.

Ensures that new clinical staff members are oriented to the department and to their job responsibilities and any specific assignments, and provide orientation and training for all staff of the duties and responsibilities for the department or service to which they are assigned.

Participate actively to the ongoing professional practice monitoring and evaluation of the medical staff members of their department.

Agree with the Finance Department on departmental targets and participate to the monitoring of the activity of their department.

Design and implement processes that support continuity and coordination of patient care.

Organize the schedule of the department (on-calls, on-duties, consultations, rounds, annual leaves) to ensure continuity of care.

Ensure that adequate professional reports such as medical reports, discharge summaries, and specialist s opinions are prepared in a timely manner.

Ensure that the rights of patients are respected in their department and that all staff are knowledgeable about those rights and can explain their responsibilities.

Identify the most common barriers to access and receive care, and develop and implement a process to overcome or limit those barriers or limit their impact on the delivery of services.

Ensure that all patients in their department are informed about their rights in a manner they can understand.

Ensure that patient informed consents are obtained through the process defined by the hospital and carried out by trained staff in a manner and language the patient can understand.

Ensure that informed consents are obtained before surgery, anaesthesia, sedation, use of blood and blood products and other high-risk treatments and procedures.Define the minimum content of assessments for inpatients and outpatients.