Echo Facilitator

Next Move Healthcare • Naples, FL

17d • Onsite

About The Position

The Echo Facilitator – Clinical Quality (Cardiac Imaging) combines advanced echocardiography with clinical quality improvement, patient safety initiatives, and departmental project coordination in a hospital-based cardiovascular imaging setting in Naples, Florida. Approximately 70% of scheduled time is devoted to direct patient care and echocardiography, while approximately 30% is devoted to administrative, quality improvement, and project responsibilities. The role works with sonographers, physicians, nursing leadership, administrators, and other interdisciplinary professionals to improve workflows, patient outcomes, and cardiovascular imaging standards.

The position is full-time and permanent, with a schedule of four 10-hour shifts per week, occasional weekend coverage, and occasional on-call duties if needed. The stated pay range is $36.55–$49.71 per hour, based on experience. Sign-on and relocation assistance may be considered individually and require a two-year employment commitment; approved bonuses are generally paid through the first or second paycheck and are subject to applicable tax withholding. Employees who leave before completing the commitment are responsible for prorated repayment based on the remaining commitment period.

Requirements

• Successful completion of a formal Sonography Technology program at an approved school.
• At least five years of clinical echocardiography experience.
• Hold one of the following credentials: RDMS with a Cardiology specialty, RDCS, or RCS.
• Ability to perform comprehensive advanced noninvasive and invasive echocardiographic examinations.
• Strong knowledge of echocardiography techniques, cardiovascular anatomy, clinical imaging protocols, and diagnostic quality standards.
• Experience with clinical quality and patient safety principles, initiatives, and improvement methodologies.
• Experience supporting development, implementation, and evaluation of clinical programs or improvement initiatives.
• Ability to organize project activities, establish timelines, monitor progress, and coordinate multidisciplinary improvement efforts.
• Understanding of clinical performance indicators, data collection, process evaluation, and quality monitoring.
• Ability to guide clinical process improvements, communicate recommendations, and encourage stakeholder participation.
• Basic understanding of research methods and statistical analysis.
• Strong leadership, mentoring, interpersonal, and customer service skills.
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate across healthcare leadership and staff levels.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Care Plus, email, and internet navigation software.
• Understanding of healthcare organizational structures, including physician, nursing, and clinical support workflows.
• Ability to manage competing priorities while balancing direct patient care and quality improvement responsibilities.
• Strong analytical, decision-making, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work four 10-hour shifts per week, with weekend coverage and occasional on-call responsibilities as needed.
• Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing healthcare environment while maintaining high standards of care, professionalism, and departmental performance.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Health Science or a related field.
• At least two years of project management experience, preferably in healthcare, clinical quality, or cardiovascular imaging.
• Previous experience leading or coordinating clinical quality improvement and patient safety initiatives.
• Experience developing and delivering educational programs for healthcare professionals.
• Background in echocardiography laboratory quality assurance, performance improvement, or clinical program development.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary improvement projects involving physicians, nurses, imaging staff, and healthcare administrators.
• Familiarity with evidence-based practice implementation, healthcare regulatory standards, and clinical performance measurement.
• Experience collecting and analyzing echocardiography data for quality improvement initiatives.
• Previous experience as a lead sonographer, clinical educator, quality coordinator, or departmental facilitator.
• Experience implementing process improvements and evaluating effectiveness through measurable clinical outcomes.
• Strong understanding of change management, staff engagement, and sustaining operational improvements.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor clinical staff and support professional development in a cardiovascular imaging department.

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive advanced noninvasive and invasive echocardiographic examinations in accordance with clinical standards and protocols.
• Devote approximately 70% of scheduled work hours to direct patient care and echocardiography.
• Allocate approximately 30% of work hours to clinical quality improvement, administration, patient safety initiatives, and departmental project coordination.
• Lead and facilitate clinical quality and patient safety initiatives in the echocardiography department.
• Collaborate with physicians, nursing staff, imaging professionals, administrators, and healthcare leaders to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Coordinate the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of quality improvement programs and clinical process improvement projects.
• Support multidisciplinary project teams by developing work plans, setting timelines, defining responsibilities, and monitoring progress.
• Apply evidence-based practices, regulatory requirements, and quality standards to improvement initiatives.
• Research industry best practices and recommend strategies to improve echocardiography workflows, diagnostic quality, and patient outcomes.
• Help select clinical performance measures and develop data collection methods.
• Collect, analyze, and interpret echocardiography quality and performance data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Guide implementation of process changes, including small-scale tests of change, before broader adoption.
• Support quality initiatives related to patient safety, regulatory compliance, disease certification, and performance improvement.
• Advise healthcare professionals on quality improvement methods, performance measurement, and patient safety principles.
• Develop and deliver educational programs for sonographers, physicians, nurses, administrative personnel, and other healthcare professionals.
• Educate staff about process improvement, change management, performance measurement, and sustaining improvements.
• Work with departmental leadership to identify barriers to improvement and develop solutions.
• Support standardization of echocardiography workflows, clinical practices, documentation, and quality monitoring.
• Develop communication plans so stakeholders understand project objectives, responsibilities, timelines, and outcomes.
• Use healthcare information technology and clinical data systems for performance tracking, decision-making, and quality reporting.
• Serve as a clinical resource, mentor, and change agent, encouraging staff engagement and evidence-based practices.
• Participate in interdisciplinary meetings, project reviews, and clinical performance improvement discussions.
• Communicate with healthcare leadership and departmental staff to align work with organizational quality and patient safety goals.
• Adapt to changing departmental priorities while balancing patient care with administrative and project responsibilities.

Benefits

• Sign-on bonus considered individually based on candidate qualifications and offer discussions; a two-year employment commitment is required.
• Relocation assistance considered individually for eligible candidates; a two-year employment commitment is required.
• Four-day workweek consisting of four 10-hour shifts, with additional weekend or on-call coverage as needed.
• Dedicated administrative time for clinical quality, patient safety, and process improvement initiatives.
• Professional development opportunities through interdisciplinary projects, staff education, and clinical improvement programs.
• Approved bonuses are generally paid through the first or second paycheck, subject to applicable tax withholding; prorated repayment applies if an employee leaves before completing the two-year commitment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed