Cardiac Sonographer OP Lead, 2 Bon Air Outpatient Services, Full-Time, Days

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Company:

Marin General Hospital dba MarinHealth Medical Center

Compensation Range:

$80.79 - $106.53

Work Shift:

10 Hour (days) (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Job Description Summary:

The Clinical Lead Cardiac Sonographer will function in the capacity of the Technical Lead of the Echocardiography Outpatient Department at 2 Bon Air while also performing echocardiograms and all related testing. This position provides general supervision of the technical staff at the offsite outpatient testing centers, delegates specific responsibilities to the technical staff, oversees departmental scheduling and recordkeeping, operation and maintenance of facility equipment, compliance of staff to Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) Standards, quality assurance and clinical correlation, works with Medical Director and medical staff to ensure quality patient care and appropriate technical training.

Job Requirements, Prerequisites and Essential Functions:

Job Specifications:

Education:

• Associates Degree required, Bachelors Degree Preferred.

Experience:

• Requires a minimum of two years of recent echo experience in an acute care setting. 

• Incumbent must have worked under the guidelines of the Intersocietal Accreditation Society and the American  Society of Echocardiography.       

• Demonstrated clinical expertise with transthoracic, and stress echocardiography.  

License and Certifications:

• American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers, RDCS

• Current BLS

• American Society of Echocardiography membership preferred.

Prerequisite Skills:

• Knowledge of Safe practices

• Knowledge of and adherence to company and departmental policies and procedures.

• Knowledge and proper use and maintenance of ultrasound equipment.

• Knowledge of cardiovascular anatomy and physiology

• Knowledge of use of computers for electronic medical records, DICOM format and PACS systems.

Patient Privacy (HIPAA Compliance):

Employees in this position have access to protected health information.  The protected health information a person in this position can access includes demographics, date of service, insurance/billing, medical record summary information, and all other information that may be contained in patient records.  This position requires patient health information to perform the functions outlined as part of this position description.

Duties And Responsibilities:

Essential (Not Modifiable)

• Performs all routine and critical echocardiography procedures with competency and in accordance to the physician order.

• Provides clinical and technical support to the staff and physicians.

• Role model for coordinating and integrating interdepartmental services.

• Identifies problems and suggests plans for successful resolution.

• Assures compliance of staff to standards of the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission and value statements of Marin General Hospital (CARES).

• Organizes daily work schedule and coordinates with other staff members (daily stress testing registered nurse) to ensure maximum efficiency.

• Supervises technical staff to assure safe and efficient daily performance o