CV Sonographer - Educator

Lexington Medical Center • West Columbia, SC

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About The Position

The CV Sonographer - Educator facilitates quality patient care by serving as an educator, mentor, and leader for Cardiovascular Sonographers. This dual registered sonographer is an expert clinician who provides departmental and service-line leadership, communicates effectively, and applies proficient clinical knowledge and decision-making. The role performs diagnostic testing and quality improvement for echocardiogram and vascular studies, and develops, coordinates, and implements orientation, training, and competency validation for sonographers, new hires, and students.

The educator performs staff-sonographer duties and contributes to daily operations, including potentially staffing and call schedules. The role develops and maintains protocols, competencies, policies, accreditation readiness, continuous quality assurance plans, equipment operations, and staff education. It provides individual and group instruction, mentoring, performance feedback, and education to other disciplines, while monitoring the safety, efficiency, and accuracy of diagnostic testing. The position also supports professional development and collaborative, quality-focused patient care for patients from infancy through geriatric age.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Five years of experience in echocardiography and vascular technology; experience may be concurrent.
• Registration in Echocardiography and Vascular Technology.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification, or obtain certification within three months of employment.
• Excellent understanding of medical terminology.

Responsibilities

• Perform all duties and responsibilities of the staff sonographer, including diagnostic echocardiogram and vascular testing.
• Participate in daily operations, which may include staffing and call schedules.
• Assist leadership with staff education, orientation, and competency validation.
• Serve as an educational mentor and resource for sonographers, other healthcare personnel, and students.
• Develop, coordinate, implement, evaluate, and revise sonographer protocols and competencies in accordance with accreditation guidelines.
• Provide structured orientation for new employees and identify specific competencies for annual completion by staff.
• Identify staff development needs and create, deliver, and evaluate group education programs and individual training and mentoring.
• Create and maintain programs to monitor staff performance; organize and participate in annual Echo and Vascular testing competencies.
• Provide education about Echo and Vascular testing to other disciplines and educate staff on new policies and procedures.
• Ensure adherence to clinical and accreditation standards and maintain Echocardiogram and Vascular accreditations.
• Maintain continuous quality assurance plans, provide education to improve quality, and report quarterly QA data to Medical Directors, the Manager, and the Director.
• Maintain the policy and procedure manual for Echo and Vascular testing.
• Research best practices and assist with policy and procedure development, revisions, and annual reviews.
• Maintain equipment and facilitate Echo/Vascular diagnostic service operations; evaluate equipment, support optimal operation, and assist with machine presets and protocols.
• Monitor and evaluate the safety, efficiency, and accuracy of diagnostic tests.
• Provide consistent staff feedback and mentoring, and contribute as needed to probationary and annual performance evaluations.
• Promote a professional working atmosphere and maintain professional rapport with medical directors, medical staff, and other healthcare professionals.
• Help direct-care sonographers acquire the knowledge and skills needed to provide cost-effective, quality patient care.
• Provide one-on-one education, support, and oversight for new hires and students.
• Use critical thinking and problem-solving to assist staff in caring for the patient populations served.
• Maintain professional growth and development and maintain required registrations and educational requirements.
• Work cooperatively with employees, patients, families, visitors, and medical staff; perform other duties as assigned or required by departmental needs.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and life insurance benefits available on day one for benefit-eligible employees.
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts.
• Eligibility to enroll in the 403(b) match plan on day one; employer matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
• Employer-paid life insurance equal to one times salary.
• Optional supplemental life insurance with low-cost premiums up to three times salary.
• Adoption assistance.
• Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability coverage for full-time employees after 90 days of eligible employment.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Student loan forgiveness.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: High school or GED