FULL-TIME
Posted Sep 25, 2026
Job Description
Holy Cross Health and Holy Cross Medical Group are seeking a Board Certified Radiologist to serve as Chief and Medical Director of Radiology while maintaining an active clinical practice within their subspecialty expertise.
The Chief and Medical Director will provide clinical, administrative, operational, and strategic leadership for a growing, integrated Department of Radiology that includes:
• Breast Imaging
• Diagnostic Radiology
• Interventional Radiology
• Nuclear Medicine
• Teleradiology and related imaging services
This physician leader will play a central role in strengthening and expanding radiology services and building a collaborative, employed practice focused on clinical excellence, quality outcomes, operational efficiency, physician engagement, and an exceptional patient experience.
This is an outstanding opportunity for an experienced radiologist and physician leader to shape the continued development of a dynamic radiology service line within a respected, mission-driven health system.
Position Summary
The Chief and Medical Director is responsible for ensuring diagnostic and interventional imaging services are delivered safely, efficiently, and in accordance with hospital policies, regulatory requirements, accreditation standards, and clinical best practices.
Responsibilities include oversight of quality assurance, credentialing, peer review, imaging protocols, radiation safety, equipment utilization, physician performance, staff development, and departmental education. The physician will represent Radiology in Medical Executive Committee discussions, quality and safety initiatives, strategic and capital planning, and other organizational leadership activities.
In addition to leadership responsibilities, the Chief and Medical Director will provide clinical radiology services consistent with their training, experience, credentials, privileges, and organizational needs. The position may include oversight of a Vice Chief, section leaders, and other designated physician leaders.
Clinical Responsibilities
Clinical responsibilities will align with subspecialty training and organizational needs and may include:
• Interpret imaging studies, including radiography, CT, MRI, ultrasound, mammography, PET/CT, and nuclear medicine examinations.
• Perform image-guided diagnostic and therapeutic procedures consistent with training, credentials, and clinical privileges.
• Provide timely, accurate, and clinically meaningful interpretations.
• Communicate critical, urgent, and unexpected findings to the appropriate physician or designated healthcare professional.
• Collaborate with referring physicians and multidisciplinary care teams to support clinical decision-making and continuity of care.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and timely medical documentation.
• Participate in call and other clinical coverage based on departmental needs.
• Support the continued development and advancement of radiology services throughout Holy Cross Health and Holy Cross Medical Group.
Leadership Responsibilities
Clinical Oversight and Quality Assurance
• Direct clinical activities across diagnostic imaging, breast imaging, interventional radiology, nuclear medicine, and teleradiology.
• Promote consistent, high-quality imaging services across hospital and ambulatory locations.
• Ensure compliance with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requirements, Joint Commission and American College of Radiology standards, hospital policies, and other applicable regulatory and accreditation requirements.
• Establish, implement, review, and monitor evidence-based imaging protocols.
• Oversee radiation safety in collaboration with the Radiation Safety Officer, medical physicists, hospital leadership, and Radiation Safety Committee.
• Review and approve departmental policies addressing contrast administration, patient identification and safety, imaging protocols, diagnostic interpretation, critical results reporting, sedation and procedural safety, and radiation exposure and dose optimization.
• Lead or support peer review, quality assurance, and performance improvement programs.
• Review quality trends, clinical outcomes, discrepancies, patient safety events, and other performance indicators, developing corrective action plans as needed.
• Foster transparency, accountability, patient safety, and continuous improvement.
Medical Staff Leadership
• Serve as Department Chair and physician leader for Radiology.
• Report to the Chief Clinical Officer and/or Chief Medical Officer, based on the organizations leadership structure.
• Chair departmental meetings and maintain appropriate documentation.
• Participate in the Medical Executive Committee and assigned medical staff or hospital committees.
• Lead or participate in credentialing, privileging, reappointment, and peer review for radiologists and advanced practice providers.
• Evaluate physician qualifications, competencies, performance, and professional conduct in accordance with medical staff bylaws and hospital policies.
• Appoint, develop, and supervise section leaders as needed, including Interventional Radiology, Breast Imaging, Nuclear Medicine, Neuroradiology, Emergency Radiology, and other subspecialties.
• Build strong relationships with referring physicians, department chairs, hospital executives, nursing leaders, and operational partners.
• Promote physician engagement, collegiality, accountability, and effective communication.
• Assist with physician recruitment, onboarding, retention, and succession planning.
Administrative and Operational Management
• Develop departmental strategic goals, annual priorities, and operational plans with hospital and medical group leadership.
• Collaborate with the Radiology Administrator, Radiology Manager, PACS administrators, Information Technology, nursing leadership, and operational teams to optimize workflow and service delivery.
• Monitor patient access, imaging volume, productivity, scheduling, staffing, coverage, turnaround times, and operational performance.
• Identify opportunities to improve workflow, reduce delays, enhance physician efficiency, and strengthen the patient and referring-provider experience.
• Assist with budget development, resource allocation, capital planning, and financial stewardship.
• Participate in evaluating, selecting, implementing, and optimizing imaging equipment and radiology technology.
• Support PACS, voice recognition, radiology information systems, electronic medical record integration, and related clinical technology.
• Oversee documentation standards, clinical communication requirements, and turnaround-time expectations.
• Partner with organizational leadership to evaluate program growth, subspecialty expansion, ambulatory development, and service-line integration opportunities.
• Support emergency preparedness and appropriate radiology response during emergencies or operational disruptions.
Quality and Performance Metrics
The Chief and Medical Director will oversee departmental performance and established quality and operational targets, including:
Peer Review
• Ensure participation in peer-review and over-read processes and appropriate review and documentation of discrepancies.
• Ensure all designated Category 3 and Category 4 cases are reviewed and appropriate follow-up actions documented.
• Target: 100% review and documentation of Category 3 and Category 4 cases.
Critical Results
• Ensure critical findings are communicated in accordance with the applicable Radiology Department Critical Findings Policy.
• Critical findings should be communicated to the responsible physician or designated administrative leader within 20 minutes when the physician cannot be reached.
• Documentation must include the date and time, name and role of the individual contacted, communication method, critical finding reported, and appropriate follow-up action.
• Target: 100% compliance with critical-results communication and documentation requirements.
Turnaround Times
• Monitor report turnaround times and implement improvement plans when targets are not met.
• Support issuance of an initial report for emergency department CT and MRI examinations within two hours of image receipt by the interpreting provider.
• Target: 90% compliance with the emergency department CT and MRI turnaround-time standard.
Additional quality, productivity, safety, patient experience, and operational metrics may be established with hospital and medical group leadership.
Education and Mentorship
• Promote continuing medical education, professional development, and clinical competency.
• Mentor junior radiologists, emerging physician leaders, advanced practice providers, and other department members.
• Support interdisciplinary education for physicians, nurses, technologists, trainees, and other healthcare professionals.
• Lead or participate in morbidity and mortality conferences, quality case reviews, peer-learning activities, and educational conferences.
• Foster learning, professional growth, clinical collaboration, and evidence-based practice.
• Promote subspecialty development and sharing of clinical expertise.
Graduate Medical Education
• Support the hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program and related teaching activities, as applicable.
• Provide or designate qualified physicians to deliver administrative and teaching services for residents in hospital-sponsored Graduate Medical Education programs.
• Support educational activities at Holy Cross Hospital, Holy Cross Medical Group facilities, ambulatory locations, and other approved clinical training sites.
• Collaborate with program directors, faculty, and hospital leadership to maintain an appropriate educational environment.
• Participate in resident education, supervision, evaluation, and clinical competency activities, as applicable.
• Ensure teaching services comply with applicable accreditation standards, hospital policies, medical staff requirements, and program expectations.
Vice Chief and Delegation Responsibilities
• Recommend or appoint a Vice Chief of Radiology, subject to medical staff bylaws and organizational approval.
• Delegate appropriate responsibilities to the Vice Chief during the Chief and Medical Directors absence.
• Assign the Vice Chief or other qualified physician leaders to oversee quality assurance, quality improvement, peer review, or operational initiatives.
• Establish clear responsibilities and accountability among section and departmental physician leaders.
• Support succession planning and development of emerging clinical and administrative leaders.
Key Committees and Organizational Roles
The Chief and Medical Director may participate in or represent the department on:
• Medical Executive Committee
• Quality and Safety Council
• Radiation Safety Committee
• Equipment and Capital Planning Committee
• Credentials Committee, as applicable
• Peer Review Committee, as applicable
• Emergency Preparedness Planning
• Graduate Medical Education committees, as applicable
• Other committees or responsibilities assigned by the Chief Clinical Officer or Chief Medical Officer
Practice Locations
Services may be provided at:
• Holy Cross Hospital
• Holy Cross Medical Group offices and facilities
• Holy Cross HealthPlex
• Affiliated ambulatory care centers
• Affiliated urgent care centers
• Other Holy Cross Health locations, as mutually determined
Qualifications
Required
• MD or DO degree from an accredited medical school.
• Completion of an accredited Diagnostic Radiology residency.
• Board certification in Diagnostic Radiology.
• Eligibility for an unrestricted Florida medical license.
• Eligibility for appointment to the Holy Cross Health medical staff and required clinical privileges.
• Commitment to high-quality, compassionate, patient-centered care.
• Ability to collaborate with physicians, administrators, clinical teams, and organizational leaders.
• Knowledge of radiology quality, patient safety, peer review, and regulatory requirements.
• Strong communication, leadership, and relationship-building skills.
• Commitment to clinical excellence, professional accountability, physician engagement, and continuous improvement.
Preferred
• Fellowship training in Breast Imaging, Interventional Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, or another radiology subspecialty.
• Experience as a Chief, Vice Chief, Medical Director, Department Chair, Section Chief, or comparable physician leader.
• Experience in an employed medical group, hospital-based practice, or integrated healthcare system.
• Experience with physician recruitment, credentialing, privileging, peer review, and performance improvement.
• Experience with budget development, capital planning, technology evaluation, or radiology operations.
• Proficiency with modern PACS, voice recognition, radiology information systems, and electronic medical records.
• Experience supporting Graduate Medical Education or other clinical teaching programs.
• Success building collaborative teams and advancing clinical or operational initiatives.
Reporting Relationships
Reports to:
• Chief Clinical Officer and/or Chief Medical Officer
• Other designated organizational or medical staff leadership, as applicable
Works closely with:
• Hospital executives
• Holy Cross Medical Group leadership
• Radiology Administrator and Radiology Manager
• PACS and Information Technology leadership
• Nursing and clinical operations leaders
• Medical staff leaders
• Referring physicians
• Radiology section leaders
• Quality, safety, compliance, and risk-management teams
Compensation and Benefits
The position offers a competitive compensation package recognizing clinical productivity and physician leadership responsibilities.
The clinical component is expected to align with the employed Radiologist compensation structure, which currently includes:
• Based on qualifications, experience, subspecialty expertise, clinical responsibilities, and market considerations
• Productivity incentives
• Sign on bonus offered
• Medical Director or leadership compensation, as applicable
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits
• Retirement benefits
• Paid time off
• Continuing medical education allowance
• Professional liability insurance
• Additional benefits in accordance with Holy Cross Medical Group policies
The Chief and Medical Director will provide clinical, administrative, operational, and strategic leadership for a growing, integrated Department of Radiology that includes:
• Breast Imaging
• Diagnostic Radiology
• Interventional Radiology
• Nuclear Medicine
• Teleradiology and related imaging services
This physician leader will play a central role in strengthening and expanding radiology services and building a collaborative, employed practice focused on clinical excellence, quality outcomes, operational efficiency, physician engagement, and an exceptional patient experience.
This is an outstanding opportunity for an experienced radiologist and physician leader to shape the continued development of a dynamic radiology service line within a respected, mission-driven health system.
Position Summary
The Chief and Medical Director is responsible for ensuring diagnostic and interventional imaging services are delivered safely, efficiently, and in accordance with hospital policies, regulatory requirements, accreditation standards, and clinical best practices.
Responsibilities include oversight of quality assurance, credentialing, peer review, imaging protocols, radiation safety, equipment utilization, physician performance, staff development, and departmental education. The physician will represent Radiology in Medical Executive Committee discussions, quality and safety initiatives, strategic and capital planning, and other organizational leadership activities.
In addition to leadership responsibilities, the Chief and Medical Director will provide clinical radiology services consistent with their training, experience, credentials, privileges, and organizational needs. The position may include oversight of a Vice Chief, section leaders, and other designated physician leaders.
Clinical Responsibilities
Clinical responsibilities will align with subspecialty training and organizational needs and may include:
• Interpret imaging studies, including radiography, CT, MRI, ultrasound, mammography, PET/CT, and nuclear medicine examinations.
• Perform image-guided diagnostic and therapeutic procedures consistent with training, credentials, and clinical privileges.
• Provide timely, accurate, and clinically meaningful interpretations.
• Communicate critical, urgent, and unexpected findings to the appropriate physician or designated healthcare professional.
• Collaborate with referring physicians and multidisciplinary care teams to support clinical decision-making and continuity of care.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and timely medical documentation.
• Participate in call and other clinical coverage based on departmental needs.
• Support the continued development and advancement of radiology services throughout Holy Cross Health and Holy Cross Medical Group.
Leadership Responsibilities
Clinical Oversight and Quality Assurance
• Direct clinical activities across diagnostic imaging, breast imaging, interventional radiology, nuclear medicine, and teleradiology.
• Promote consistent, high-quality imaging services across hospital and ambulatory locations.
• Ensure compliance with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requirements, Joint Commission and American College of Radiology standards, hospital policies, and other applicable regulatory and accreditation requirements.
• Establish, implement, review, and monitor evidence-based imaging protocols.
• Oversee radiation safety in collaboration with the Radiation Safety Officer, medical physicists, hospital leadership, and Radiation Safety Committee.
• Review and approve departmental policies addressing contrast administration, patient identification and safety, imaging protocols, diagnostic interpretation, critical results reporting, sedation and procedural safety, and radiation exposure and dose optimization.
• Lead or support peer review, quality assurance, and performance improvement programs.
• Review quality trends, clinical outcomes, discrepancies, patient safety events, and other performance indicators, developing corrective action plans as needed.
• Foster transparency, accountability, patient safety, and continuous improvement.
Medical Staff Leadership
• Serve as Department Chair and physician leader for Radiology.
• Report to the Chief Clinical Officer and/or Chief Medical Officer, based on the organizations leadership structure.
• Chair departmental meetings and maintain appropriate documentation.
• Participate in the Medical Executive Committee and assigned medical staff or hospital committees.
• Lead or participate in credentialing, privileging, reappointment, and peer review for radiologists and advanced practice providers.
• Evaluate physician qualifications, competencies, performance, and professional conduct in accordance with medical staff bylaws and hospital policies.
• Appoint, develop, and supervise section leaders as needed, including Interventional Radiology, Breast Imaging, Nuclear Medicine, Neuroradiology, Emergency Radiology, and other subspecialties.
• Build strong relationships with referring physicians, department chairs, hospital executives, nursing leaders, and operational partners.
• Promote physician engagement, collegiality, accountability, and effective communication.
• Assist with physician recruitment, onboarding, retention, and succession planning.
Administrative and Operational Management
• Develop departmental strategic goals, annual priorities, and operational plans with hospital and medical group leadership.
• Collaborate with the Radiology Administrator, Radiology Manager, PACS administrators, Information Technology, nursing leadership, and operational teams to optimize workflow and service delivery.
• Monitor patient access, imaging volume, productivity, scheduling, staffing, coverage, turnaround times, and operational performance.
• Identify opportunities to improve workflow, reduce delays, enhance physician efficiency, and strengthen the patient and referring-provider experience.
• Assist with budget development, resource allocation, capital planning, and financial stewardship.
• Participate in evaluating, selecting, implementing, and optimizing imaging equipment and radiology technology.
• Support PACS, voice recognition, radiology information systems, electronic medical record integration, and related clinical technology.
• Oversee documentation standards, clinical communication requirements, and turnaround-time expectations.
• Partner with organizational leadership to evaluate program growth, subspecialty expansion, ambulatory development, and service-line integration opportunities.
• Support emergency preparedness and appropriate radiology response during emergencies or operational disruptions.
Quality and Performance Metrics
The Chief and Medical Director will oversee departmental performance and established quality and operational targets, including:
Peer Review
• Ensure participation in peer-review and over-read processes and appropriate review and documentation of discrepancies.
• Ensure all designated Category 3 and Category 4 cases are reviewed and appropriate follow-up actions documented.
• Target: 100% review and documentation of Category 3 and Category 4 cases.
Critical Results
• Ensure critical findings are communicated in accordance with the applicable Radiology Department Critical Findings Policy.
• Critical findings should be communicated to the responsible physician or designated administrative leader within 20 minutes when the physician cannot be reached.
• Documentation must include the date and time, name and role of the individual contacted, communication method, critical finding reported, and appropriate follow-up action.
• Target: 100% compliance with critical-results communication and documentation requirements.
Turnaround Times
• Monitor report turnaround times and implement improvement plans when targets are not met.
• Support issuance of an initial report for emergency department CT and MRI examinations within two hours of image receipt by the interpreting provider.
• Target: 90% compliance with the emergency department CT and MRI turnaround-time standard.
Additional quality, productivity, safety, patient experience, and operational metrics may be established with hospital and medical group leadership.
Education and Mentorship
• Promote continuing medical education, professional development, and clinical competency.
• Mentor junior radiologists, emerging physician leaders, advanced practice providers, and other department members.
• Support interdisciplinary education for physicians, nurses, technologists, trainees, and other healthcare professionals.
• Lead or participate in morbidity and mortality conferences, quality case reviews, peer-learning activities, and educational conferences.
• Foster learning, professional growth, clinical collaboration, and evidence-based practice.
• Promote subspecialty development and sharing of clinical expertise.
Graduate Medical Education
• Support the hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program and related teaching activities, as applicable.
• Provide or designate qualified physicians to deliver administrative and teaching services for residents in hospital-sponsored Graduate Medical Education programs.
• Support educational activities at Holy Cross Hospital, Holy Cross Medical Group facilities, ambulatory locations, and other approved clinical training sites.
• Collaborate with program directors, faculty, and hospital leadership to maintain an appropriate educational environment.
• Participate in resident education, supervision, evaluation, and clinical competency activities, as applicable.
• Ensure teaching services comply with applicable accreditation standards, hospital policies, medical staff requirements, and program expectations.
Vice Chief and Delegation Responsibilities
• Recommend or appoint a Vice Chief of Radiology, subject to medical staff bylaws and organizational approval.
• Delegate appropriate responsibilities to the Vice Chief during the Chief and Medical Directors absence.
• Assign the Vice Chief or other qualified physician leaders to oversee quality assurance, quality improvement, peer review, or operational initiatives.
• Establish clear responsibilities and accountability among section and departmental physician leaders.
• Support succession planning and development of emerging clinical and administrative leaders.
Key Committees and Organizational Roles
The Chief and Medical Director may participate in or represent the department on:
• Medical Executive Committee
• Quality and Safety Council
• Radiation Safety Committee
• Equipment and Capital Planning Committee
• Credentials Committee, as applicable
• Peer Review Committee, as applicable
• Emergency Preparedness Planning
• Graduate Medical Education committees, as applicable
• Other committees or responsibilities assigned by the Chief Clinical Officer or Chief Medical Officer
Practice Locations
Services may be provided at:
• Holy Cross Hospital
• Holy Cross Medical Group offices and facilities
• Holy Cross HealthPlex
• Affiliated ambulatory care centers
• Affiliated urgent care centers
• Other Holy Cross Health locations, as mutually determined
Qualifications
Required
• MD or DO degree from an accredited medical school.
• Completion of an accredited Diagnostic Radiology residency.
• Board certification in Diagnostic Radiology.
• Eligibility for an unrestricted Florida medical license.
• Eligibility for appointment to the Holy Cross Health medical staff and required clinical privileges.
• Commitment to high-quality, compassionate, patient-centered care.
• Ability to collaborate with physicians, administrators, clinical teams, and organizational leaders.
• Knowledge of radiology quality, patient safety, peer review, and regulatory requirements.
• Strong communication, leadership, and relationship-building skills.
• Commitment to clinical excellence, professional accountability, physician engagement, and continuous improvement.
Preferred
• Fellowship training in Breast Imaging, Interventional Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, or another radiology subspecialty.
• Experience as a Chief, Vice Chief, Medical Director, Department Chair, Section Chief, or comparable physician leader.
• Experience in an employed medical group, hospital-based practice, or integrated healthcare system.
• Experience with physician recruitment, credentialing, privileging, peer review, and performance improvement.
• Experience with budget development, capital planning, technology evaluation, or radiology operations.
• Proficiency with modern PACS, voice recognition, radiology information systems, and electronic medical records.
• Experience supporting Graduate Medical Education or other clinical teaching programs.
• Success building collaborative teams and advancing clinical or operational initiatives.
Reporting Relationships
Reports to:
• Chief Clinical Officer and/or Chief Medical Officer
• Other designated organizational or medical staff leadership, as applicable
Works closely with:
• Hospital executives
• Holy Cross Medical Group leadership
• Radiology Administrator and Radiology Manager
• PACS and Information Technology leadership
• Nursing and clinical operations leaders
• Medical staff leaders
• Referring physicians
• Radiology section leaders
• Quality, safety, compliance, and risk-management teams
Compensation and Benefits
The position offers a competitive compensation package recognizing clinical productivity and physician leadership responsibilities.
The clinical component is expected to align with the employed Radiologist compensation structure, which currently includes:
• Based on qualifications, experience, subspecialty expertise, clinical responsibilities, and market considerations
• Productivity incentives
• Sign on bonus offered
• Medical Director or leadership compensation, as applicable
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits
• Retirement benefits
• Paid time off
• Continuing medical education allowance
• Professional liability insurance
• Additional benefits in accordance with Holy Cross Medical Group policies
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Paid time off
Additional Details
- City
- Fort Lauderdale
- State
- Florida
- Country
- US
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