Career Opportunities

Job Type: Regular

Time Type: Full time

Work Shift: Day (United States of America)

FLSA Status: Exempt

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Under the direction of the Technical Director of the lab, the Cardiovascular (Echo) Clinical Supervisor provides supervision to technical staff and oversees day to day operations of the lab. They provide staff training and continuing education in order to maintain an efficient, productive lab and high quality diagnostic exams. They promote a spirit of teamwork, professionalism and excellence among the staff. In addition, this position performs all the responsibilities of the modality.

The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required of this position.

Job Description:

Primary Responsibilities:

1. Performs all duties of a sonographer, including echocardiograms, saline contrast/UEA studies, and stress echocardiograms. Reviews patient chart for pertinent history, writes preliminary reports, and communicates STAT or critical findings.

2. Provides supervision to sonographers and oversees all aspects of day-to-day workflow, ensuring adherence to echo policies and procedures. Works in collaboration with staff to optimize patient flow and promote patient satisfaction. Updates and changes resources to match workloads and schedules.

3. Assists with daily lab activities including scheduling/rescheduling patients, maintaining equipment, troubleshooting machines/systems, and ordering supplies. (essential)

4. Prepares the sonographer schedule including approval of vacation/time off request. Coordinates coverage in case of unplanned absences.

5. Reports problems within the site of service of the department to the technical or medical director. Recognizes potential problems arising in any of the sites of the department involving technical and/or personnel issues, and brings to the attention of the director as soon as possible

6. In collaboration with the technical director, interviews and recommends hiring, promotion, termination or disciplinary action for related staff, and develops annual performance evaluations and competencies. Conducts staff clinical competency assessments.

7. Maintains IAC lab accreditation which includes QI meetings and QI analysis of studies

8. Assists in training new echocardiography staff. Instructs techniques of echocardiography (scanning and interpretation) to fellow, house officers, students and new colleagues

9. Maintains all appropriate certification and credentials; attends rounds and conferences (in-house and externally), and provides lectures when requested by the medical director. (essential)

10. Assists in planning and monitoring budget.

11. Has the authority to direct and support employees daily work activities. Has authority to undertake or recommend the following employment actions: hiring, termination, corrective action and performance reviews. Direct Reports: 15-20 Indirect Reports: None

Required Qualifications:

1. Bachelor's degree required. Vocational or Technical training in cardiac ultrasound.

2. Basic Life Support required.

3. 5+ years related work experience

4. Knowledgeable of cardiac anatomy, physiology, and pathology either through college level courses in biology and anatomy and/or relevant acquired experience.

5. Advanced skills with Microsoft applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access and other web-based applications. May produce complex documents, perform analysis and maintain databases.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. 3+ years supervisory/management experience

2. FASE or ACS credential

3. IV certification (or within 3 months of hire)

Competencies:

1. Decision Making: Ability to make decisions that are guided by precedents, policies and objectives. Regularly makes decisions and recommendations on issues affecting a department or functional area.

2. Problem Solving: Ability to address problems that are highly varied, complex and often non-recurring, requiring staff input, innovative, creative, and Lean diagnostic techniques to resolve issues.

3. Independence of Action: Ability to set goals and priorities for functional area. May make recommendations for department policies, practices and programs. Manager or Director provides broad guidance and overall direction.

4. Written Communications: Ability to communicate complex information in English effectively in writing to all levels of staff, management and external customers across functional areas.

5. Oral Communications: Ability to verbally communicate complex concepts in English and address sensitive situations, resolve conflicts, negotiate, motivate and persuade others.

6. Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate broad and comprehensive knowledge of theories, concepts, practices and policies with the ability to use them in complex and/or unprecedented situations across multiple functional areas.

7. Team Work: Ability to act as a team leader for small projects or work groups, creating a collaborative and respectful team environment and improving workflows. Results may impact the operations of one or more departments.

8. Customer Service: Ability to lead operational initiatives to meet or exceed customer service standards and expectations in assigned unit(s) and/or across multiple areas in a timely and respectful manner.

Age based Competencies: Employees in this job must be competent to provide patient care to the following age groups: Young adult: 16-30 years, Middle Age: 30 - 60 years, Elderly: 60 - over.

Social/Environmental Requirements:

1. Work requires close attention to task for work to be accurately completed. Intermittent breaks during the work day do not compromise the work.

2. Work is varied every day and the employee needs to be adaptable to respond to these changes and use independent judgment and manage priorities.

3. Potential exposure to adverse environmental conditions

o Daily: Protective equipment required(Respirator,earplugs,mask,gloves,eyewear etc), Potential exposure to infectious diseases and/or airborne pathogens, Potential exposure to infectious diseases and/or bloodborne pathogens.

o Several times a week: Exposure to dust,gas,fumes,steam,chemicals.

4. Health Care Status: HCW1: Regular, day-to-day contact; both face-to-face and hands-on (having close contact within three feet for at least five minutes). Examples: physicians, clinical nurses, phlebotomist, medical assistants, PFT tech, and x-ray tech.- Health Care Worker Status may vary by department

Sensory Requirements:

Close work (paperwork, visual examination), Color vision/perception, Visual monotony, Visual clarity > 20 feet, Visual clarity <3 feet, Hot/Cold, Sharp/Dull, Smell, Conversation, Monitoring Equipment, Telephone, Background Noise.

Physical Requirements:

Light work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force frequently to move objects. Some elements of the job are sedentary, but the employee will be required to stand for periods of time or move through out the hospital campus

This job requires frequent sitting, walking, standing, Power Grasping using both hands, Fine Manipulation using both hands, Keyboard use, Lifting and carrying items weighing up to 10 lbs, Lifting and carrying items weighing up to 25 lbs, Pushing items weighing up to 10 lbs, Pushing items weighing up to 25 lbs.There may be occasional Pushing/Pulling using both hands.Rarely there may be Lifting and carrying items weighing up to 50 lbs, Lifting and carrying items weighing up to 75 lbs, Lifting and carrying items weighing up to or more than 100 lbs, Pushing items weighing up to 50 lbs, Pushing items weighing up to 75 lbs, Pushing items weighing up to or more than 100 lbs, Push a wheelchair or wheeled bed containing a patient weighing up to 250 pounds, with assistance

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more about this requirement.

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