Supervisor, Sonography - Echo/Vascular

Position Summary

SUPERVISOR, SONOGRAPHY
Job Code: 1312
FLSA Status: NE
Job Family: 05 Clin/Tech/Prof
Reports To: Manager or Director


Supervises the sonography team in an acute or ambulatory department and monitors all daily operations, staffing, performance management, and operational functions of the department. We are looking for a dual tech that knows Echo/Vascular and has competent skills in this area to assist the team as well.

Essential Functions
• Expertise in sonography and demonstrates competency in sonography procedures pertinent to department.
• Supervises (oversees) all daily functions and personnel in a sonography department.
• Manages various human resource functions including hiring, work assignments, coaching plans, and disciplinary actions.
• Provides team members with in-services, training, education, and orientation.
• Assists in representing sonography to management when considering equipment choices, technical issues, and personnel issues.
• Works closely with physicians in the performance of sonography exams.
• Leads any necessary daily operational problem resolution and assists in decision making.
• Assists with budget preparation, improvement, and management activities.
• Ensures compliance with Quality Control standards and participates, as needed, in corporate workgroup committees.
• Complies with applicable accreditation regulations and monitoring for proper imaging practices.
• Responsible for departmental participation in process improvement initiatives and maintains records for The Joint Commission.
• Provides instructions and direction that achieve patient cooperation and satisfaction while maintaining awareness of patient age specific needs.
• Monitors application of sterile technique and infection control practices.
• Applies appropriate standard precautions and personal protective equipment to prevent cross-contamination of contagious diseases.
• Sets expectations and holds team members accountable to all Orlando Health policies and protocols.
• Serves as a resource for students and faculty members for affiliated imaging programs.
• Ensures safety of all customers.
• Monitors compliance of licensure, registry and other mandatory education required for team members.
• Ensures that all standards of The Joint Commission, any pertinent accreditation bodies, or other applicable regulatory agencies are met or exceeded.
• Communicates and interacts closely with the scheduling department, physicians, radiologists and/or cardiologists to ensure optimum patient/staff flow and resolves patient care issues.
• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state, and local standards.
• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.


Responsibilities
• Consistently exercises professional judgment and maintains a professional demeanor complimentary to quality care.
• Assumes the role of Director or Manager when that person is absent.
• Maintains a cooperative work environment and corrects personnel inadequacies on skill, knowledge, or behaviors.
• Monitors time entry for accuracy and completeness.
• Maintains inventory as needed for department.
• Assists with patient care as necessary to ensure quality customer experience by meeting patients' needs and comfort during the study being performed.
• Compiles, monitors, and analyzes data for critical success factors, Joint Commission, and budget variance reports.
• Interacts and collaborates with other department supervisors and staff to continually improve diagnostic quality and patient care issues.
• Develops new techniques and protocols.
• Follows established standards of practice for image processing and interpretation.
• May be required to assist with contrast administration if pertinent to department.
• May be required to assist with intravenous (IV) insertion and removal for the administration of diagnostic contrast medication
if pertinent to department.


Qualifications

Education/Training
• Associate degree required.
• Meets American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS) and/or Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI) guidelines.

Licensure/Certification
• Maintains current BLS/HealthCare Provider Certification.
• Must maintain one of the following:
• Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer (RDMS), Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS), or Registered Vascular Technologist (RVT) through the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS); or
• Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCS), Advanced Cardiac Sonographer (ACS), Registered Congenital Cardiac Sonographer (RCCS) or Registered Vascular Specialist (RVS) through Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI).

Experience
• Two (2) years of experience working in sonography.
• Knowledge of and able to perform 2-D and 3-D imaging, Doppler imaging, routine, and complex sonography exams which may include general sonography exams, invasive procedures, such as biopsies and aspirations, echocardiography, such as Strain,
contrast enhanced studies and TEE, and/or vascular sonography exams, such as venous insufficiency, segmental physiology upper extremity and transcranial imaging. Knowledge of equipment operations and maintenance.