Lead Cardiac Sonographer - Cabarrus Echocardiography

aah; Concord (NC); Sur place; USD 85 000 - 128 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Sign-on bonus eligible

Résumé du poste

Atrium Health Cabarrus Echo Lab seeks an experienced Cardiac Sonographer to perform advanced echocardiography and support transesophageal studies.

Responsibilities include training staff, ensuring quality, and coordinating with cardiologists. Requires ARDMS/CCI certification and BLS; 5 years of cardiovascular sonography experience. Eligible for sign-on bonus.

Qualifications

• Requires advanced training beyond high school with an approved sonography program.
• Typically 5 years of cardiovascular sonography experience including digital quantification.
• Licensure/certification: RDCS-AE or RCS with BLS by AHA within 6 months if required.
• Leadership, communication, and patient service skills essential.
• Technical proficiency in transesophageal and congenital echocardiography; knowledge of cardiac anatomy.

Responsabilités

• Train and orient staff, assign tasks and monitor performance.
• Assist with HR tasks like interviews and staff development.
• Perform advanced echocardiography including M-mode, 2-D, Doppler.
• Prepare patients and collect clinical history for imaging.
• Record statistics and maintain lab equipment.
• Support QA and ICAEL accreditation processes.

Connaissances

Leadership

Communication

Cardiac sonography

Transesophageal echo

Anatomy knowledge

Formation

Sonography program

Description du poste

Department:

36912 Atrium Health Cabarrus - Echocardiography

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hou rs Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Weekdays, weekends, and holidays, call rotation

This position is Sign-on Bonus eligible. Based on eligibility.

Pay Range:

$41.10 - $61.65

Major Responsibilities:

• Acts as a resource to employees and students, which includes training/orienting, providing day-to-day work direction, and giving input on performance. Assigns, monitors, and reviews progress and accuracy of work, monitors productivity, maintains appropriate staffing levels, directs efforts and provides guidance on more complex issues.
• Assists with human resource responsibilities, which may include interviewing and selection of new employees, staff development, providing performance feedback, resolution of employee concerns, and employee morale. Assists in interpreting department policies and procedures, and advises and updates staff on procedural changes.
• Performs advanced cardiac ultrasound procedures such as M-mode, 2-D, Doppler and Color Flow Doppler utilizing a variety of equipment and techniques and makes the necessary measurements required for the interpretation to obtain accurate, high quality results (for example, muscle wall thickness, diameter of chambers, volume of chambers, valve areas, blood flow velocity and direction). May assist physicians in the Catheterization and Electrophysiology Labs by performing echocardiograph studies to aid them in proceeding with complex procedures to decrease risk factors.
• Identifies and defines cardiac abnormalities and extends the scope of the examination appropriately, deviating from standard techniques when necessary and correlating invasive and noninvasive cardiac diagnostic test results with cardiac anatomy and function.
• Prepares patients for procedures and obtains clinical history from the patient including cardiac related physical findings and pertinent laboratory data in order to adapt the imaging techniques to obtain comprehensive and diagnostic echocardiograms to alleviate the probability of erroneous clinical interpretation of the echocardiogram.
• Assists in performing transesophageal studies with cardiologist, calculating appropriate measurements and sterilizes probe.
• Records statistics and performs daily maintenance of the Echocardiography Lab and its equipment, reporting all malfunctions as appropriate.
• In conjunction with supervisor, implements protocols as new technology evolves, and ensures system echocardiography standards are implemented and adhered to.
• Identifies performance improvement opportunities within the department and facilitates change. Works closely with medical director to develop and ensure quality processes and protocols are adhered to; works with physicians to perform quarterly reviews, and assists with ICAEL accreditation ensuring all policies, quality processes, reporting, etc. meet standards.
• Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served. Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures. Age-specific information is developed further in the departmental job standards.
• Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department’s policies and procedures. Age-specific information is developed further in the departmental job standards.

Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification Required:

Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS-AE) registration with Adult Echo issued by the ARDMS, or Cardiac Sonographer (RCS) registration issued by the Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI), and Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) needs to be obtained within 6 months unless department leader has determined it is not required.

Education Required:

Advanced training beyond High School that includes the completion of an accredited or approved program in Sonography.

Experience Required:

Typically requires 5 years of experience in cardiovascular sonography which includes experience in digital quantification.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:

• Demonstrated leadership skills such as delegation, team building, managing multiple priorities, problem solving, and decision making.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and patient service skills to work effectively with physicians, patients and other staff members.
• Advanced knowledge and ability to learn and apply complex sonographic principles, instrumentation and techniques, and new computer techniques for the capture, display and analysis of echocardiograph data.
• Advanced knowledge and proficiency in cardiovascular sonography procedures such as transesophageal and congenital.
• Advanced knowledge of cardiac anatomy and physiology.
• Intermediate computer skills.

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