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We’re searching for an Echo lab Quality Improvement Specialist, someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position you will be the Cardiology Echo lab's technical director. This includes the orientation, monitoring, and ongoing training/development of the technical competence of staff, contributing feedback and on-going review of sonographers for hiring decisions and performance evaluations, informal oversight of technical operations including the trouble shooting of technical issues, and coordination of sonographer and trainee schedules and rotations for the lab to appropriately
perform studies. To perform high quality and complex echocardiographic exams and independently perform TEE studies on patients that range in age from neonates to adults including both inpatients and outpatients. To partner with the Medical Director and departmental leadership to achieve improvements in study quality in the lab.
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Job Duties & Responsibilities
• Performs echocardiographic exams by participating in daily and on-call staffing.
• Performs high quality echocardiographic exams and collaborates with the cardiology staff to make accurate diagnoses of complex congenital and acquired pediatric heart abnormalities.
• Recognizes, and understands complex anatomy and physiology, diagnosing dextrocardia, heterotaxy syndrome etc.
• Performs TEE studies with MD in attendance and understands complex cardiac lesions from a TEE perspective.
• Performs complex quantification analysis, clinical research following TCH lab guidelines, three-dimensional echo reconstruction and analysis and analyzes strain rate and strain imaging for advanced function studies.
• Prepares equipment and the patient rooms (stocks linen and supplies) for operational use.
• Maintains Echo Lab equipment and systems.
• Support the Technical Operations of the Echo Lab.
• Support the ongoing quality improvement initiatives of the Echo Lab.
Skills & Requirements
• Required Technical diploma from a school of ultrasound (e.g., Diagnostic Medical Sonography) OR a bachelor's degree
• Required Licenses/Certifications, Need one of the following:
o RDCS - Cert-Reg Diag. Cardiac Sono by the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) OR
o RCS - Cert-Registered Cardiac SONO by the Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI) OR
o RCCS - Cert-Reg Congenital Cardi Sono by the Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI)
• Required 5 years of experience as an echo sonographer with a preferred 3 years' experience in a pediatric environment or quality assurance role
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