Lead Cardiac Sonographer - Noninvasive Cardiac Testing, Full-Time, Days - Sign On Bonus Offered

Job Description

This role is eligible for a $15,000 Sign-On Bonus***.

Responsibilities

• Ensures procedures are performed within designated time frames in order to maintain the daily schedule without unnecessary patient waiting time, cancellations and/or reschedules.
• Learns and applies echocardiograph techniques in order to competently perform all commonly applied procedures in the Cardiac Graphics Laboratory.
• Develops proficiency in performing these procedures.
• Captivates communications between referring physicians, departmental physicians and staff, nursing units and/or hospital staff to facilitate smooth patient and staff flow, inpatient transportation, scheduling, supply replenishment, equipment repair and problem-solving.
• Becomes knowledgeable in laboratory protocol, measuring heart chamber size and wall thickness, scanning techniques, preliminary interpretation of M-mode, two-dimensional, planar Doppler flow studies, 3D echo, as well as Stress Echoes.
• Works as a mentor for Echo Tech I position to ensure proper training with lab protocol.
• Quality Management Responsibilities:
  • Collects and analyzes data to support the measurement and tracking components of quality management.
  • Participates in formal and informal process improvement and problem solving to enhance the quality of service to customers.
  • Proactively identifies quality issues to be addressed and brings to the attention of the Manager, Resource Coordinator and Medical Director as appropriate.
• Mentors and participates in staff orientation as appropriate; functions as a role model for all department staff.
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with staff throughout the department.
• Promotes a positive work environment.
• Maintains competencies and complies with continuing education requirements of credentialing agencies.
• Demonstrates ongoing commitment to learning color flow mapping and newer procedures and masters these procedures within acceptable time frames.
• Fulfills reading requirements associated with procedures to ensure better understanding of purpose of procedures and how to conduct preliminary interpretations of procedure results.
• Provides clinical expertise and assists in education of department staff and physician trainees (i.e. fellows) as part of their formal training; participates in staff evaluations as warranted.
• Assumes a lead role within daily operations of the department, assisting in ensuring that all patients are treated in a safe and timely manner.
• Affords assistance in problem solving as warranted.
• Reports incidences of equipment failure, irregularities in equipment performance, and equipment in disrepair to supervisory and/or quality control personnel as soon as possible.
• Acts as a role model in promotion of NMH "Patients First" Mission and Best People initiative.
• Carries out Safety and Regulatory requirements necessary at NMH.

Qualifications

• RDCS or RCS
• 3-5 years of experience performing Echocardiography exams
• Preferred: Experience with medical terminology as well as biomedical devices
• 5-7 years of experience performing Echocardiography exams
• Bachelor's degree in health science field
• ACLS and BLS CPR