Manager Cardiovascular Diagnostics

CommonSpirit Health•Phoenix, AZ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center is a 571-bed, not-for-profit hospital located in Phoenix, Arizona. Founded in 1895, it is dedicated to caring for the poor and underserved and is nationally recognized for quality quaternary care, medical education, and research. The hospital includes several renowned institutes and centers, and is a destination for complex cases from around the world. It is consistently ranked among the top hospitals in the United States for neurology and neurosurgery and has a strategic alliance with Phoenix Children's Hospital. St. Joseph's is recognized as an outstanding place to work and one of Arizona's healthiest employers. As our Manager, Cardiovascular, you will provide vital leadership and operational oversight for a comprehensive range of cardiovascular services, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, patient-centered care. Every day you will manage the daily operations of assigned cardiovascular units or services, including staffing, scheduling, budgeting, quality control, and process improvement initiatives.

Requirements

Bachelors Other and a combination of Education and or job related experience, upon hire
Five years Registered Sonographer experience, with experience as Supervisor or Clinical Lead
Basic Life Support - American Heart Association
Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer

Responsibilities

Coordinates and manages patient care employees; directs functioning of the echocardiography and ECG departments; acts as liaison with physicians, patients, families, and staff.
Responsible for daily operation activities, employee schedules, call schedules, as well as patient-physician procedure scheduling.
Coordinates and supervises HeartLab PACS digital archiving, Epiphany ECG archiving for the department.
Act as a liaison between CVD and other departments to maintain access to all systems.
Manages the department charges process including daily reconciliation, maintenance of patient records, monitors and ensures HIPAA compliance.
Actively participates in and works with the Medical Director and Senior Director in Policy and procedure formulation as well as Quality review of diagnostic studies.
Maintains ICAEL accreditation for St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center as well as St. Joseph's at Westgate and St. Joseph's Cancer Center.
Functions as Technical Director for the ICAEL accreditation.
Verifies physician requests for the examination by review of medical records or contacting the physician when questions arise.
Performs adult echo cardiograms within ICAEL guidelines: M-Mode, Doppler, 2D and Color Flow.
Schedules and performs TEE echocardiograms at the bedside or outpatient setting, or in the CVOR.
Assists with Intracardiac, 2D and 3D TEE's and echocardiograms in the Cath lab.
Schedules and performs stress medicine induced stress echocardiograms and Dobutamine Stress Echocardiogram's.
Assist/obtains RN coverage for diagnostic testing when necessary.