Lead Ultrasound Tech-$15,000 Sign on Bonus

About the role

The Lead Ultrasound Tech provides administrative and technical leadership for the Antenatal Testing Unit (ATU). They lead, plan, and coordinate the daily operations of the ATU department through interactions with staff, administration, other departments, MFMs, and others as necessary. Their primary duty is to coordinate all aspects of the day-to-day operations to ensure the delivery of quality services in accordance with applicable policies, procedures, and professional standards.

Responsibilities

• Assists the Operations Manager in daily operations relating to the technical workings of the ATU and oversees the work of assigned technical staff and clinic flow coordinator.
• Schedules and assigns sonographers as required by the needs of the department.
• Ensures proper staffing and allocates sonographers and other staff to departmental areas as necessary and appropriate for patient care, budget, staffing, and department/hospital needs.
• Oversees employees for assigned shift. Ensures that employees are performing duties and following policies and procedures as necessary.
• Maintains compliance logs for equipment and QA measures including those required by the RDMS, Joint Commission, DPH, etc. and attends compliance rounds when requested.
• Maintains equipment and physical space and department service vendors to maximize equipment up time, and minimize dollar impact to the hospital.
• Coordinates service calls, internal work orders and other equipment repair and maintenance.
• Stocks exam rooms with supplies and maintains supply room in accordance with hospital compliance requirements.
• Works closely with the Operations Manager to give feedback and improve individual department budgets, patient care and sonographer training and initiatives.
• Coordinating Student Ultrasound Tech schedules and works with Clinical Coordinates of the students to monitor student progress, fill out evaluations and competencies. Coordinates other learners (residents, genetic counseling students) schedules and orientates learners to the unit.
• Leads and manages educational activities for the unit including BU CME sonographer lecture series, QI image review and collaborates with the genetic counselors on state required anomaly reporting.
• Performs appropriate studies as determined through ATU’s policies, procedures and routine protocols. Follows protocol in terms of providing proper study on properly identified patient. Ensures that exams requested match patient condition and/or history and calls or asks proper persons for more information as necessary to perform the proper study.
• Completes exams in a timely fashion while providing quality images. Completes work by the end of the shift or communicates with coworkers about work needing completion.
• Works closely with ATU Flow Coordinator to ensure all messaged are completed.
• Reviews images and assists sonographers in obtaining images unable to be obtained prior to the MFM reviewing.
• Coordinates Student Ultrasound Tech schedules and works with Clinical Coordinates of the students to monitor student progress, fill out evaluations and competencies. Coordinates other learners (residents, genetic counseling students) schedules and orientates learners to the unit.
• Leads and manages educational activities for the unit including BU CME sonographer lecture series, QI image review and collaborates with the genetic counselors on state required anomaly reporting.
• Performs appropriate studies as determined through ATU’s policies, procedures and routine protocols. Follows protocol in terms of providing proper study on properly identified patient. Ensures that exams requested match patient condition and/or history and calls or asks proper persons for more information as necessary to perform the proper study.
• Completes exams in a timely fashion while providing quality images. Completes work by the end of the shift or communicates with coworkers about work needing completion.
• Works hours as regularly scheduled or according to the operational needs the Department.
• Fulfills all departments’ established and appropriate policies and procedures.
• Utilizes hospital’s behavioral standards as the basis for decision making and to support the hospital’s mission and goals.
• Understands and models Boston Medical Center’s RESPECT behavioral standards and QUEST goals. Practicing AIDET.
• Treats patients and fellow staff with dignity and respect and reports any/all problems to Operations Manager.
• Follows established hospital infection control and safety procedures.
• Performs other duties as needed.

Qualifications

• Associates degree or a 2-year patient-based allied health program (Ultrasound, Medical Sonography or Radiology preferred) or Armed Forces equivalent medic/corpsman program (DD-214 required as proof).
• Certification RDMS (Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography) required.
• Experience: At least two years experience in Level 2 OB/GYN ultrasound are required. Previous supervisory experience is strongly preferred.

Skills

• Ability to rely on experience, judgement and time management skills to plan and accomplish goals.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills sufficient to interact effectively with patients and all/any apprehensions, to instruct students/staff and to interact with other sonographers.
• Ability to work cooperatively with members of the healthcare delivery team and staff, ability to handle frequent interruptions and adapt to changes in workload and work schedule; to set priorities and solve problems; to respond quickly to emergency requests.
• Basic computer proficiency inclusive of ability to enter and access data/information. Proficiency with Microsoft Office including Word, Excel and Outlook and web browsers.
• Knowledge of principles and procedures of Ultrasound and the operation and maintenance of Ultrasound equipment.
• Leadership ability to guide, direct, and mentor staff.