Liz Adair

• Cultivates a positive work environment that fosters employee engagement, increasing retention rates, resulting in a 4% Press Ganey Employee Experience survey score.
• Establishes a culture of continuous improvement by fostering open communication channels and empowering employees to voice their ideas.
• Strengthens internal controls by reviewing existing policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and the reduction of errors.
• Continually assesses all services, identifies problems, utilizes data to analyze and propose innovative approaches
  for solutions.
• Formulates objectives, goals and strategies collaboratively with other stakeholders.
• Facilitated cross-functional collaboration for improved decision-making processes within the organization.
• Managed budgets effectively to ensure optimal use of resources while maintaining financial stability.

• Writes and manages radiology policies.
• Acquired ACR accreditation for MRI, Sonography and Mammography.
• Maintains Press Ganey scores over 4.5%.
• Directs and motivates a team of 84 professionals to deliver cost-effective, high-quality patient care.
• Collaborates with neurosurgery team to institute MR-Guided Focused US procedure to treat patients suffering from essential tremors
• Opened a state of the art Breast Imaging department that serves Oncology and Breast Surgery teams.
• Fosters employee engagement, scoring over 4% out of 5% in Employee Experience survey.
• Serves on the Zero Harm committee, and Campus Escort during regulatory visits.

• Recruited, hired, and trained didactic and clinical instructors.

• Designed schedules to maximize instructor utilization and reduce costs for the organization.

• Developed and implemented policy changes related to program operation.

• Operated program to meet the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology and New York State Department of Health standards.

• Maintained and modified radiography curriculum in compliance with the ASRT and ARRT guidelines; ensured students were competent in required ARRT radiographic procedures.

• Converted appropriate didactic instruction from lecture based to active learning style.

• Provided advisement and counseling to approximately 100 students; ensured satisfactory academic progress and a 94% ARRT first time pass rate was achieved.

• Educated patients on procedure details, provided instructions, and answered questions to minimize anxiety and improve cooperation.
• Reviewed physicians' orders to determine medical imaging needs and operated MRI equipment produce diagnostic images.
• Monitored and managed inventory and supply levels.
• Prepared and administered contrast materials for imaging procedures.

• Performed x-ray, CT, and MRI exams in a Level I Trauma military medical center.
• Supervised four technologists. Promoted to Staff Sargent (E-5).
• Honorably discharged.