Echocardiography Operational & Clinical Specialist, Cardiology

Nemours Children's Health•Wilmington, DE

About The Position

Nemours is seeking an Echocardiography Operations & Clinical Specialist. The Echocardiography Operational & Clinical Specialist, along with the Medical Director of the Echocardiography Lab, includes operational oversight of the echocardiography lab. Together, this team maintains ICAEL lab accreditation for all services provided, coordinates equipment purchasing and budgeting within each budget cycle, coordinates equipment maintenance and repair with biomed/vendors, supports growth and outreach initiatives throughout the Delaware Valley service area. The role helps maintain and grow partner (e.g. Jefferson) relationships, supports interdepartmental relationships within Nemours, maintains the educational and CME structure of the lab, establishes and maintains a cadence of communication and process improvements with cardiology counterparts at Nemours-Florida, participates in procedural billing audits, and continuous improvement with other members of the operational teams (internal and external) , and works hand in hand with the Epic and Enterprise Imaging Informatics teams to manage and optimize the technical components of the performance, transfer, and reporting of an Nemours and non-Nemours echocardiograms. Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children’s hospitals — Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. duPont Trust, as well as other income. As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we’re on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children’s health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child’s world a place to thrive. It’s a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever. Inclusion and belonging guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build an inclusive and supportive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families. To learn more about Nemours Children’s and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us at www.nemours.org.

Requirements

Active RCCS or RDCS (PE) Required
Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association is required
Associate degree is required
Five years Echocardiographic Sonography experience is required.
Familiarity with Syngo Dynamics Workplace, ScImage, Radiant, PACS, image transfer/reading platforms (or similar platforms) is required.

Nice To Haves

Active RDCS with Fetal Certification is preferred
Bachelor’s degree is preferred
Supervisory or management experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Actively completes echocardiographic examinations on inpatients and outpatients (ideally both fetal and transthoracic). Completes echocardiographic examinations of inpatients together with an imaging cardiologist (transesophageal, epicardial). Role is expected to perform Echocardiography Sonographer duties a minimum of three days per week.
Development and maintenance of an educational program for partner site sonographers as well as regional sonographer schools.
Assumes responsibility for the coordination and integration of echocardiographic services within the cardiac center, within other departments, and with partner institutions staffed by Nemours cardiology.
Assists in maintaining echocardiography lab accreditation.
Supports and participates in national echocardiography lab quality improvement and assurance initiatives.
In concert with Nemours biomedical team, vendor support, maintains outreach site equipment in working order so clinical work can proceed without limitation.
Enforces and updates relevant department and hospital policy.
Assists in purchasing, vendor negotiation processes and cost accounting procedures for echocardiography services, particularly for outreach clinical sites and partner sites.
Supports sonographers at Nemours satellite locations through regular site visits and open communication with management.
Provides leadership presence in the echocardiography lab particularly in the absence of the Echocardiography Lab Manager.
Supports telemedicine initiatives including fetal telecardiology outreach and technical support for both Nemours telehealth-based encounters and Phillips Collaboration Live.