Director, Laboratory and Imaging Services

It's more than a career, it's a calling.

WI-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

Named 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare 2025 - Becker's Healthcare

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Named One of America's Best In-State Employers 2025 - Forbes

Named One of America's Greatest Workplaces for Women 2025 – Newsweek

Named One of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Culture, Belonging & Community 2026 – Newsweek

SSM Health is a Catholic, not-for-profit health system serving the comprehensive health needs of communities across the Midwest through a robust and fully integrated health care delivery system. The organization’s 40,000 team members and more than 13,900 providers are committed to providing exceptional health care services and revealing God’s healing presence to everyone they serve.
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With care delivery sites in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Wisconsin, SSM Health includes 23 hospitals, more than 300 physician offices and other outpatient and virtual care services, 12 post-acute facilities, comprehensive home care and hospice services, a pharmacy benefit company, a health insurance company and an accountable care organization. It is one of the largest employers in every community it serves.

This is an onsite role that supports Lab and Imaging at multiple sites including SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital – Janesville, SSM Health Monroe Clinic Hospital, and SSM Health Monroe Clinic.

To request additional information, confidentially submit your interest, or nominate a fellow colleague, please contact:

 

Jon Dirksen

Executive Talent Partner

jon.dirksen@ssmhealth.com

#LI-Onsite

Job Summary:

Provides administrative support for planning, organizing, budgeting and directing laboratory and imaging service lines. Responsible for alignment of quality initiatives, analysis of clinical outcomes, and identified key performance indicators. Role purview includes SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital – Janesville, SSM Health Monroe Clinic Hospital, and SSM Health Monroe Clinic. Responsible for the department’s overall delivery of service.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

Primary Responsibilities

• Accountable and responsible for departments as assigned. Achieves outcomes on assigned units to include satisfaction, quality, financial and safety. 
• Coordinates assignment of personnel in collaboration with managers to areas consistent with their qualifications and maintains accountability. 
• Resolves problems in conjunction with regional leadership. 
• Oversees schedules for assigned departments.  
• Plans, implements, and supports budget decisions. Utilizes personnel and supplies consistently within budgetary guidelines. Proactively plans workforce needs in collaboration with managers. 
• Oversees workflow process for effective patient throughput within the ministry and regionally. 
• Maintains appropriate personnel and departmental records. 
• Demonstrates the ability to analyze situations, consider alternatives, formulate and implement solutions, and evaluate results. 
• Evaluates staff in accordance with performance appraisal program. 
• Collaborates with ministry leadership team to achieve optimal outcomes. 
• Performs other duties as assigned. 

Education

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of experience and education

Experience

• Seven years' experience, with five years in direct people management/leadership

Physical Requirements

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Rare climbing.

Department:

3401000026 Laboratory

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Benefits:

SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs.

• Paid Parental Leave: we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE). 

• Flexible Payment Options: our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.

• Upfront Tuition Coverage: we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members. 

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SSM Health is an equal opportunity employer. SSM Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Click here to learn more.