Technical Director Echo Lab

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Job Role Summary

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Proactively contributes to Eskenazi Health's mission: Advocate, Care, Teach, and Serve with special emphasis on the vulnerable population of Marion County. Models Eskenazi Health values of Professionalism, Respect, Innovation, Development, and Excellence.
• Develops and provides oversight to daily staffing and patient schedule; responsible for oversight of on-call schedule
• Responsible for selection of peer-review cases for ongoing quality monitoring
• Responsible and accountable for required documentation and record-keeping for ICAEI Accreditation
• Serves as point person in the event of ICAEL Accreditation site visit
• Serves as liaison between Eskenazi Health and ICAEL regarding all ICAEL Accreditation issues
• Performs all laboratory duties as delegated by Medical Director
• Performs echocardiograms in the laboratory
• Performs general supervision of technical staff
• Performs operation and maintenance oversight of equipment
• Ensures compliance of the technical staff to the ICAEL Standards
• Works with the Medical Director, Clinical Director, Medical Staff, and Clinical Staff to ensure quality patient care
• Performs technical training
• Attends quarterly echocardiography quality assurance conferences to review the results of variability, correlation, and report timelines, to allow discrepancies and to discuss difficult cases and laboratory issues
• Explains echocardiogram procedures and risk factors to patients
• Responds promptly and efficiently to medical emergencies which may arise
• Initiates and/or assist in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, as well as assisting in code situations
• Responsible for preparing final report and mailing to proper destination
• Administers routine/stress echocardiograms on inpatients and outpatients, recognizing any abnormal/normal echo patterns by 2-Dimensional, M-Mode, or Doppler echographs.
• Produces copy to CD of echo images for computer storage or teaching purposes
• Conducts bedside echocardiograms in NICU, intensive care units, on medical floors, or in emergency rooms
• Discusses abnormal tests, both stress and echo with physicians
• Uses off-line computer to quantify abnormalities
• Studies heart physiology to determine normal/abnormal patterns
• Transports equipment to appropriate locations and conducts test bedside for in-hospital patients
• Performs pre/post exercise stress echo echograms and analyzes data on computer
• Alters activities/behaviors to reflect/ensure adequate care appropriate to the age of patients served (i.e., adolescent, geriatric, pediatric, neo-natal, adult) as described in the area/unit age specific and/or job specific competencies
• Must maintain age specific and job specific competencies as described according to department/area/unit specific competencies

Job Requirements

• Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) from American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) or Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI)
• Completion of an Ultrasound or Echocardiography Technology certificate program, or minimum of 2 years technical experience in an Echocardiography Clinic setting
• On-the-job training for advanced procedures provided
• Further advancement is dependent upon certification by appropriate certifying body
• Must document at least 15 hours of echocardiography-related continuing education over a period of three years; yearly accumulated continuing education must be kept on file and available for submission upon request

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Skills in: Use of echo/ultrasound equipment (M-Mode and 2-Dimensional, Cross-Sectional echocardiographs, copy to CD, use of off-time computer analysis systems, computer data storage, effective interpersonal communication, patient assessment prior to/during/following diagnostic procedures
• Knowledge of: physics of ultrasound machines, procedures, cardiac anatomy/physiology
• Ability to follow oral/written directions, work independently within guidelines without direct supervision, work effectively under pressure (i.e., patients in stress/crisis, patient volume)
• Demonstrated expertise in basic echocardiography procedures
• Knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of patients served
• Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data/interpret appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to age specific needs
• Ability to use age appropriate communication skills
• Age appropriate cognitive abilities, skills, techniques and communications are detailed in the department/area/unit job specific/age specific competencies