GRADE THREE. Site manager < 12 FTE’s An employee in this grade is “in-charge” of a small comprehensive site, which would provide the services of at least three modalities. These modalities include General Radiography, CT, MRI, Nuclear Medicine, BMD, Ultrasonography, Mammography, and DSA suites. The total number of FTEs does not exceed 12. FTEs do not include Administration staff or Radiologists.
GRADE THREE. Regional Modality Manager In addition to all previous levels: • An employee at this level has ultimate responsibility for service standards, patient throughput, continuing education, research, training of NMT’s and students over all Nuclear Medicine sites within a defined region (as determined by the Regional Manager or General Manager) • An employee at this level, has no less than 3 large Nuclear Medicine departments including a PET facility, or 5 small departments under their direction • Duties include: HR management, recruitment and selection of personnel, complaint handling, departmental accreditation, QA maintenance, financial, expenditure and resource management • Other duties may include Administration and clinical management, delegation and negotiation skills and development, implementation of policies and procedures, as well as developing strategic business plans across the Nuclear Medicine business • An employee at this level can perform a combination of both clinical and administrative duties when required. SONOGRAPHERS The classification structure was developed in order to establish a systematic approach to wages, skills development, training and proficiency assessment. The employee shall be classified at or appointed to the appropriate classification as determined by the employer STUDENT/ TRAINEE Year 1 A first year trainee sonographer must be undertaking an ASAR approved course in Medical Ultrasound and be undertaking practical training under supervision. Year 2 A trainee sonographer at this level must have completed more than 50% of their university requirements with satisfactory assessments. Such employees require minimum supervision to perform basic scans.
