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Excellence, Teamwork, Leadership, and Innovation. These are the values that define UConn Health, and we are looking for team members that share these same values. Our top-rated organization is looking to add a Lead Cardiac/Vascular Sonographer to our growing team. If you have a background in this field, as well as a passion for customer and patient experience, we want to hear from you.
At UConn Health, this class is accountable as a working Lead for independently performing cardiac and/or vascular ultrasound screenings.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
Works under the general supervision of an employee of higher grade.
Leads Cardiac/Vascular Sonographers and other employees as assigned.
- Plans unit work flow, determines priorities, schedules, assigns, oversees and reviews the work of the unit staff; provides technical guidance, staff training and assistance; prepares and assists in conducting performance evaluations;
- Coordinates work schedule with Department Manager and/or scheduling desk to assure workload coverage and efficient patient flow;
- Implements and ensures adherence to policies and standards; develops and/or recommends unit policies, procedures and new imaging techniques;
- Acts as liaison for other operating units, agencies and outside officials regarding unit policies and procedures;
- Participates in the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) accreditation process;
- Performs cardiac and/or vascular ultrasound screenings, including, two-dimensional , Mmode echocardiography, Doppler, stress echos, stress testing, holter monitors, etc.;
- Performs advanced techniques, which may include: ultrasound contrast studies, transesophageal echocardiography, harmonic imaging, transcranial Doppler, flow velocities, etc.;
- Interprets scans to ensure they provide physician with required information;
- Provides accurate documentation of measurements and calculations;
- Performs other non-invasive modalities as required;
- Participates in the performance of invasive procedures (intraoperative or ultrasound guided interventions);
- Performs patient assessment; evaluates and analyzes the hemodynamics of peripheral and abdominal blood vessels, as required;
- Orders and stocks supplies relevant to procedures;
- Participates in orientation and training of new employees and provides technical assistance to health care professionals and medical students;
- Maintains instruments and equipment;
Performs related duties as required.
Knowledge of anatomy and physiology;
Knowledge of ultrasound physics, instrumentation, procedures, and advanced cardiac and/or vascular screening techniques;
Knowledge of cardiovascular and venous diseases and therapeutic measures, patient management and clinical medicine;
Considerable interpersonal skills; oral and written communication skills;
Skilled in the operation and maintenance of standard ultrasound equipment;
Ability to operate advanced echocardiographic/vascular equipment and produce complex ultrasound recordings;
Ability to keep records and prepare preliminary ultrasound reports for physician interpretation and reporting;
Ability to understand and carry out technical instructions;
Supervisory ability.
Five (5) years cardiac sonography experience in an acute care setting; and/or five (5) years vascular sonography experience in an acute care setting.
Cardiac: Must possess and maintain during employment registration/certification by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) as a Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS), OR by Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI) as a Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCS) OR by the American Registry of Radiological Technologists (ARRT) in Cardiac Interventional Radiography (CI) OR related advanced registration/certification.
Vascular Specialist (RVS) OR by the American Registry of Radiological Technologists (ARRT) in Vascular Sonography (VS) or Vascular Interventional Radiography (VI) OR related advanced registration/certification.
Must possess and maintain during employment Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
Associate degree or higher in Cardiac or Vascular Technology may be substituted for two (2) years of the general experience.
- 1 - 3 years' experience as lead sonographer in a hospital-based setting.
- Experience with ICAEL data submission and management.
- Experience in TAVR, Watchman procedures.
May be required to lift/adjust patients and equipment; may have some exposure to communicable/infectious diseases and uncooperative abusive patients; significant amount of bending, stretching, reaching and repetitive motion.
May be required to travel to outreach locations.
SCHEDULE: Full-time, 40 hours per week, Monday-Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.
UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.
