Safety Officer Director

Rebecca L. Lamberth M.S., R.T. R (MR), CRA

**** **** **** ***** *********, Texas 76063 817-***-****

*************@*****.***

Director of Imaging Services / Radiation Safety Officer

Accomplished imaging director with inpatient and outpatient experience.

Results oriented, decisive leader with proven success in growing imaging

volumes, increasing departmental volumes, decreasing operating costs and

improving employee satisfaction and retention.

Professional Experience

Plaza Medical Center, Fort Worth, Texas

2004 - Current

Director of Radiology / Radiation Safety Officer

Provide leadership for a growing imaging department that includes managing

40 FTEs and ownership of operating budgets for the following modalities:

CT, Special Procedures, Diagnostic Radiology, Ultrasound, MRI, Nuclear

Medicine and PET. Responsibilities also include managing the house

transport team and actively serving as the facility Radiation Safety

Officer.

Key Achievements

> Secured funding for a new bi-plane interventional suite, 2 CT units, a

digital radiology room and MRI suite.

> Improved employee satisfaction score from 3.00 to a 4.48 on a 5 point

scale surpassing corporate and hospital mean scores.

> Eliminated contract labor in Radiology, CT, MRI and Nuclear Medicine

by offering cross-training opportunities and education sponsorships to

current staff members. Decreased contract labor costs in Ultrasound by

85 percent. Annual savings to the hospital is $650,000.00 in contract

labor expenses.

> Developed in-house Vascular Access Team in the Imaging department

> Provide on-site assistance during AGFA Talk Voice Recognition

implementation. Department has successfully decreased report

turnaround time from 24 hours to less than 3 hours.

> Provided on-site support and training during GE Centricity PACS

implementation in 2006 and assisted in physician and staff training.

> Decreased film cost by 90 percent after PACS install

> Developed Cardiac CT program in department in 2006 after install of 64-

slice unit

> Successfully rolled out Voicelink System for critical test result

communications in 2006.

Loris Healthcare System, Loris South Carolina

2003-2004

Director of Radiology

Responsible for managing the daily operations of two separate facilities

that included the following modalities: CT, Special Procedures, Diagnostic

Radiology, Mammography, Ultrasound, MRI and Nuclear Medicine.

Key Achievements

> Responsible for 65 FTEs at 2 separate campuses

> Proposed and secured funding for capital purchases including 2 new

fluoroscopy suites, 2 new Ultrasound units and a new MRI unit.

> Successful experience with JCAHO accreditation and state inspections

> Improved patient and employee satisfaction.

Radiology Associates of Tarrant County, Fort Worth, Texas

1999-2003

MRI Technologist

Responsible for all aspects of patient care, ordering supplies for

department, maintained equipment QC / QA logs, assisted in ACR

accreditation and provided clinical education to other staff members.

Health South Diagnostic Center, Fort Worth, Texas

1995-1999

MRI Technologist / Supervisor

Responsible for all aspects of patient care, ordering supplies for

department, maintained equipment QC / QA logs, assisted in ACR

accreditation and provided clinical education to other staff members.

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EDUCATION

2004 Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas

Masters in Science in Radiology Science

2000 Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas

Bachelor of Science in Radiology Science

1992 Tarrant County Community College, Fort Worth, Texas

Associates Degree in Radiology Sciences

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

2010 Published article in Radiology Management: Facility wide benefits of

vascular

access teams".

2010 Chairperson for AHRA design team.

2007 Contributing author on textbook for AHRA

2007 Member of AHRA design team for the 2008 National Conference in Denver,

CO

2006 Master trainer certification on GE Centricity PACS

2006 Speaker at AHRA national conference

2005 Outstanding article 2005 Radiology Management

2005 Published article in Radiology Management: "Identifying elements of

job

satisfaction to improve retention rates in healthcare".

1992 Outstanding student, TCJC Radiology Technology Program

Licensure

A.R.R.T.: MRI registered

Certified Radiology Administrator (CRA)

Certified medical radiological technologist with the State of Texas

Radiation Safety Officer in the State of Texas

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