Echo Sonographer Lead

Job Description:

This position performs a variety of diagnostic cardiac/vascular exams under the direction of a physician for identification of abnormalities leading to patient diagnosis.

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Posting Specifics

Shift Details: Full-time (40 hours)

Unit/Location: Saint Joseph Hospital

Additional Details: Please review Minimum Qualifications listed below before applying.

Are you interested in advancing your career while helping people live the healthiest lives possible? As an Echo Sonographer Lead at Intermountain Health, you will play a vital role in supporting our Imaging service line, ensuring our patients receive the best care.  At Intermountain, you will be part of a team that values career advancement, innovation and collaboration, where your skills are valued, and your contributions make a lasting impact. 

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As an Echo Sonographer Lead at Intermountain Health, you will play a vital role in supporting our imaging team, ensuring our patients receive the best care by:

• Leads the work of the associates in the department. Implements directives related to adjusting staffing levels based on service needs and volumes. Acts as a resource and provides technical support. Rounding on patients and staff. Follow up with families/patients.

• Participates and leads improvement initiatives and implementation of new exam procedures. Teaches new and evolving technologies. Coordinates orientation and training of new associates. Ensures staff competency through proper training techniques and conducts quality audits.

• Participates in problem solving to address issues relating to patient safety, care and service. Supports and promotes effective working relations and works effectively as part of a department/unit team and interdepartmentally to facilitate that departments ability to meet its goals and objective. Collaborates with department leadership team to coordinate care with other departments and promote the highest level of patient care and satisfaction.

• May participate in human resource functions. May participate in the interview process and provides feedback to leadership team on candidates. Provides education/training and performance feedback for associates in the department. Participates in policy and procedure development. Presents and documents staff meetings as required.

• Monitors supply and equipment inventory. Notifies leadership team of needed equipment repairs and scheduled preventative maintenance. Participates in leading quality and performance improvement initiatives. Ensures compliance with applicable regulatory guidelines, accreditation standards, and established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety, environmental and infection control standards.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent

• RDCS - Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer or RCS - Reg Cardiac Sonographer.  New graduate hires must obtain registry within 18 months of hire

• Current Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (BLS-HCP) course completion card from the American Heart Association

• Three (3) years relevant clinical experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Associates degree

• ACLS

• Prior experience working with students and leadership experience

Physical Requirements:

Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.- and -Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.- and -Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.- and -Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.- and -Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc).- and -May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.

Location:

Saint Joseph Hospital

Work City:

Denver

Work State:

Colorado

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$38.77 - $59.82

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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