Echo Laboratory Workleader

Echo Laboratory Workleader

Join Cleveland Clinic's Martin South Hospital where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world-class, and caregivers are family. This 100-bed hospital provides top-quality patient care to the communities in and around Martin County. Here, you will work alongside passionate physicians, nurses, and other caregivers in a family-oriented, supportive environment.

As an Echo Laboratory Workleader, you will function as a primary technical resource for the Cardiovascular Imaging Lab and assist with day-to-day operations. You will direct and coordinate all aspects of the Cardiovascular Imaging Lab Quality Assurance Programs as well as oversee visiting physicians, sonographers and fellows and coordinate and direct continuing education training on new equipment and technology including stress echo and dobutamine. Performs Echo, Doppler, Color Doppler and 3D exams. This is a great opportunity for experienced techs to expand their capabilities and gain skills that not all Vascular Technologists have. Every day, you can make a lasting difference in the lives of patients by ensuring they receive necessary care.

A caregiver in this position works days from 8:30AM 5:00PM, including rotating weekends and holidays and on-call requirements. Floating between Martin North, Martin South, Tradition, St. Lucie West and Stuart Family Health Center will be required, as needed.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Assist in the design, implementation and evaluation of existing or proposed modalities.
• Serve as a resource to the Cardiovascular Imaging Sonographers and Supervisor in resolution of discrepancies or problems in their assigned areas of responsibility as it pertains to quality assurance.
• Monitor patient care aspect of quality assurance.
• Attend meetings to support research and educational growth and awareness.
• Facilitate monthly teaching sessions and journal club.
• Work with the vendors for on-going on-site teaching sessions.
• Work individually with staff to improve image acquisition and quality.
• Act as liaison to schools and mentor students that rotate through the lab for training.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Graduate from a two-year Cardiovascular Technologist Program
• Three years of experience in cardiac ultrasound
• Active Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) registry status from American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) or Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCS) from Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Vascular AND Echo Technologist

Physical Requirements:

• Essential Duties: Interact with patients, family's physicians and other health care workers. Good hand coordination for positioning of probe and equipment. Good vision to analyze computer screens and VCR recordings to diagnose test results.
• Physical Duties: Moderate lifting and positioning of patients. Moderate pushing and pulling of equipment. Working Conditions: 100% air conditioned. Moderate risk of exposure to blood or airborne pathogens.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

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