Echocardiography Supervisor

Emory Healthcare•Sandy Springs, GA

10d•Onsite

About The Position

JOB DESCRIPTION: Support for the Echocardiography service when the manager is unavailable. The Supervisor is responsible for directing, coaching, and mentoring their assigned core group of staff. Evaluates staff, provides feedback, documents, and directly monitors quality performance at each site. Directs orientation, provides guidance, and constructively influences staff morale. Instruct and educate visiting students, technologists and physicians about our procedures, computers, and departmental functions. Provides Echo technical direction/functional advice and direct supervision to staff. Interacts and communicates with physicians, support staff, and other health care professionals to facilitate departmental operations Monitors the status of equipment repairs and preventative maintenance, gathers data on equipment malfunction and associated down time, and documents the effects on patient care. Assures compliance with department and institutional policies, procedures, and regulations. Assist with site specific personnel functions including hiring, annual evaluations, development & implementation of existing departmental policies. Coordinate staff scheduling and maintain payroll time reports. Communicates information to staff in support management decisions. Assist the Manager in evaluation and selection of capital equipment. Enhance professional growth and development of department staff through leadership participation in educational programs, current literature, in-service meetings, and workshops. Maintain working knowledge of resources available to the department and employees in developing work skills, employee benefits, continuing education and assuring that hospital requirements are met.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of Ultrasound technology
Current RDMS or CCI certificate
Minimum three years of clinical experience
Two years of experience in area of concentration
Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification in accordance with the American Heart Association is required

Responsibilities

Directing, coaching, and mentoring their assigned core group of staff
Evaluates staff, provides feedback, documents, and directly monitors quality performance at each site
Directs orientation, provides guidance, and constructively influences staff morale
Instruct and educate visiting students, technologists and physicians about our procedures, computers, and departmental functions
Provides Echo technical direction/functional advice and direct supervision to staff
Interacts and communicates with physicians, support staff, and other health care professionals to facilitate departmental operations
Monitors the status of equipment repairs and preventative maintenance, gathers data on equipment malfunction and associated down time, and documents the effects on patient care
Assures compliance with department and institutional policies, procedures, and regulations
Assist with site specific personnel functions including hiring, annual evaluations, development & implementation of existing departmental policies
Coordinate staff scheduling and maintain payroll time reports
Communicates information to staff in support management decisions
Assist the Manager in evaluation and selection of capital equipment
Enhance professional growth and development of department staff through leadership participation in educational programs, current literature, in-service meetings, and workshops
Maintain working knowledge of resources available to the department and employees in developing work skills, employee benefits, continuing education and assuring that hospital requirements are met