Echo Accreditation Specialist - Full Time

Northeast Georgia Health System•Gainesville, GA

About The Position

The Echo Accreditation Specialist maintains IAC accreditation status across all current and new Echo sites. The role maintains real-time documentation in accordance with IAC accreditation standards, assists with regulatory reviews and quality audits, identifies errors in Echo policies and coordinates policy updates with other departments, and serves as a subject matter expert on regulatory requirements and Echo procedures. The position is divided between scanning Echo patients (60%) and administrative work for IAC accreditation (40%). Echo scanning is required to maintain departmental competencies. The specialist routinely meets with the Echo/Vascular Manager to discuss issues or errors that could affect accreditation, scanning and reporting quality, processes, or billing. The position also supports department leadership and education needs, maintains policies, protocols, and reporting structures in accordance with accreditation requirements, and performs cardiac ultrasound procedures following department protocols.

Requirements

Dual registration in Echo with an appropriate accrediting body: ARDMS or RCS.
BLS Certification.
Associate degree.
At least 3 years of related experience as a technologist.
Expertise in computer applications, including Microsoft Office, Adobe Flash, Adobe Captivate, and SharePoint.
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to prioritize and multitask effectively.
Excellent oral and written communication, interpersonal, and customer service skills.
Ability to facilitate and train.
Ability to work effectively and efficiently both independently and as part of a team.
Participation in department shared leadership activities.

Nice To Haves

Multilingual ability.

Responsibilities

Maintain and renew accreditation for all Echo sites.
Maintain real-time documentation in accordance with IAC accreditation standards.
Assist with preparation for and maintenance of regulatory agency reviews and quality audits.
Identify policy errors and coordinate updates to Echo testing policies with other departments.
Serve as a subject matter expert on Echo procedures, departmental scanning and reporting protocols, and regulatory requirements.
Maintain and update policies, protocols, and reporting structures in accordance with accreditation requirements.
Meet with the Echo/Vascular Manager and Medical Imaging Director regarding changes to policies, protocols, and reporting structures.
Assist the director, manager, and educator with departmental needs.
Perform cardiac ultrasound and Echo procedures proficiently, obtaining required images based on patient anatomy.
Follow department protocols for elements to include in technologist reports before submitting them to physicians for interpretation.
Prioritize workload and promptly attend to patients with actual or potential urgency.
Accurately enter data in the computer to charge or credit patient-generated charges.
Verify orders, follow protocols to perform the correct procedure, and properly assign the reading physician.
Meet departmental productivity standards.
Spend 60% of work time scanning patients and 40% on IAC accreditation administration.