Pediatric Cardiac Sonographer Lead

Primary City/State: Mesa, Arizona Department Name: CCMC Cardiology Work Shift: Day Job Category: Clinical Care Health care is full of possibilities. Medical imaging plays a pivotal role in excellent patient care at Banner Health. If you’re looking to leverage your abilities – you belong at Banner Health. As a Peds Cardiology Echo/Vascular Tech within our Children’s Banner Cardiology Clinic your main responsibilities will include performing pediatric and adult congenital echocardiograms in the acute care and clinic setting. Assist in Cath lab and OR with pediatric TEE. Write detailed echo reports on all exams. Will need to travel to different assignments. Opportunities to help with IAC requirements. Will cover 8 acute care facilities and multiple cardiology clinics. Working a 4/10 shift. **Required national certification from ARDMS or CCI** **Preferred certifications from, RVT for Vascular, RCS for echo. You will work along side 8 Physicians/APP's and a robust team of support staff members. Location: Banner Children's Cardiology (East and West Valley) Hours/Shift: This position is four, 10 hour shifts, Mon-Fri. Rotating call on holidays, weekends and nights. Minimum Qualifications: Two-year associate degree in Allied Health or related field required. Requires national certification in the area of specialty from the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS) or from Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI) as a Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer in Pediatric Echocardiography (RDCS-PE), or a Registered Congenital Cardiac Sonographer (RCCS). BLS certification required. Requires three years of diagnostic cardiology cardiac sonography experience in Peds. Must demonstrate high quality skills as a cardiac sonographer, acts as a clinical resource, has ability to effectively train others, promote quality and efficiency, and demonstrates an expertise in cardiac sonic imaging and is knowledgeable in accreditation standards. At Banner Medical Group, you'll have the opportunity to perform a critical role in the community where you practice. Banner Medical Group provides both primary and specialty care throughout the communities in which Banner Health operates. We do this in a variety of settings - from smaller group practices like our Banner Health Clinics in Colorado and Wyoming, to large multi-specialty Banner Health Centers in the metropolitan Phoenix area. We currently have more than 1,000 physicians and more than 3,500 total employees in our group and are seeking others to enhance our ability to deliver our nonprofit mission of providing excellent patient care. POSITION SUMMARY This position is responsible for technical, clinical activities associated with echo lab and day to day operations in hospital and those diagnostic services. Serves as a resource to all levels of medical, nursing, echo techs and IT technical personnel. Responsible for timely completion of daily echo service work schedule, timely through put of complete echocardiograms, operation and maintenance of echo lab equipment and department compliance to Intersocietal Accreditation Commission for Accredited Echo Labs standards. Collaborates with the Manager of the department to optimize department performance. Assists with training of new staff. Performs echo studies at least 90% of the time as part of their daily routine. CORE FUNCTIONS 1. Meets internal and external client service expectations and promotes continuous improvement philosophy of the department and hospital. Demonstrates efficient and effective use of resources in meeting customer expectations and performing job responsibilities. Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with all clients and resolves client concerns promptly and courteously. Maintains effective, courteous communication with medical, nursing and technical personnel. Work to improve client service. Promotes timely turnaround time to ordering physician measured by order to results time. 2. Responsible for technical, clinical activities associated with daily operations as outlined above. Demonstrates ability to train others to perform echo tech duties. Ensures that all training and orientation requirements are completed by all staff and students within the designated time frame. Uses resources appropriately, sharing ideas for cost savings and efficiency. Coordinates peer interviews and contributes to hiring and termination, assists Manager in disciplinary issues and performance evaluations. Promotes timely turnaround time for results and productivity. 3. Maintains compliance to ICAEL standards. Is responsible for preparing the echo lab for accreditation and maintaining accreditation. Prepares sonographers and physicians for accreditation. 4. Serves as a resource to all levels of medical, nursing, echo techs and IT technical personnel. 5. Support of Department and Organization Operations - Ensure effective and efficient service by supporting the established goals of the service, department, and organization. Uses national benchmark data to optimize quality, productivity and efficiency. Develops ideas and implements actions to assist other sonographers in achieving their goals. Supports the goal of the organization and the departmental goals by implementing effective action plans. 6. Proactively identifies areas of opportunity and presents it to the group in a positive format so as to get full cooperation from the staff. Collaborates with unit managers and ED manager and others to streamline processes for purpose of facilitating patient progression. Collaborates with Department Manager in meeting growth goal of the department. 7. Performs diagnostic tests and accurately reports results using standard operating policies and procedures to meet requirements of all applicable regulatory agencies. Tracks all complete echocardiograms and ensures results are reported in a timely manner. 8. Provides shift lead supervision to clinical staff. Does not manage staff. Works independently to provide excellent patient care. Internal customers include patients, staff, and physicians. External customers include patient family. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS Associate degree and completion of an accredited Allied Health Cardiovascular program. Must have American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) or Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI) as a Cardiac Sonographer. Requires three years of diagnostic cardiology or cardiac sonography experience. Must demonstrate high quality skills as a cardiac sonographer, acts as a clinical resource, has ability to effectively train others, promote quality and efficiency, and demonstrates an expertise in cardiac sonic imaging and is knowledgeable in accreditation standards. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Additional related education and/or experience preferred. EEO Statement: EEO/Female/Minority/Disability/Veterans Our organization supports a drug-free work environment. Privacy Policy: Privacy Policy Banner Health is one of the largest, nonprofit health care systems in the country and the leading nonprofit provider of hospital services in all the communities we serve. Throughout our network of hospitals, primary care health centers, research centers, labs, physician practices and more, our skilled and compassionate professionals use the latest technology to make health care easier, so life can be better. 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