Supervisor Vascular Technology

CommonSpirit Health•Tacoma, WA

12d

About The Position

The Supervisor, Vascular Technology plans, assigns, coordinates, and controls Vascular Technologist care within the scope of licensure to meet patient-care needs. The role provides clinic leadership and helps ensure organizational mission and goals are met. It oversees vascular laboratory operations, staff development and staffing, service quality, regulatory compliance, clinic standards, and patient confidentiality, in collaboration with the Clinic Manager. The supervisor also performs non-invasive diagnostic vascular examinations in inpatient and outpatient settings and at lab locations as needed. Examinations include extracranial and intracranial cerebrovascular, peripheral arterial and venous, dialysis access, abdominal arterial and venous, and intraoperative monitoring studies. The role conducts patient histories and basic physical assessments before evaluations, interprets findings, prepares timely preliminary reports, communicates emergent findings to referring providers, and supports accurate patient records, billing, and documentation.

Requirements

High school diploma in General Studies or GED in General Studies.
Completion of an accredited allied health education program and a six- to twelve-month externship in vascular ultrasound.
Registered Vascular Technologist credential upon hire.
Basic Life Support (CPR) certification within 30 days.

Nice To Haves

Previous supervisory or lead experience.

Responsibilities

Coordinate and supervise all aspects of vascular laboratory operations, including selection, orientation, training, and staffing, in collaboration with the Clinic Manager.
Ensure effective development and implementation of human resources policies and procedures, efficient and quality service, regulatory compliance, clinic standards, and patient confidentiality.
Prepare clinical staff schedules and monitor, edit, and approve staff timecards each pay period.
Perform high-quality, accurate non-invasive diagnostic vascular examinations, including cerebrovascular, peripheral arterial and venous, dialysis access, abdominal arterial and venous, and intraoperative monitoring studies.
Perform examinations according to ARDMS and ICAVL standards and written clinic protocols.
Work in inpatient and outpatient settings and at all lab locations as required.
Perform a basic patient history and physical assessment before a non-invasive evaluation to verify the indication for the examination.
Conduct performance appraisals for supervised staff, establish individual goals, and follow up according to policies and procedures.
Coordinate with the Clinic Manager, Medical Director, and other staff to set clinic goals; communicate goals to employees and ensure they have the tools and means to achieve them.
Perform same-day and emergent add-on examinations as required.
Compare evaluations with previous evaluations as necessary.
Interpret examination findings and prepare an accurate, timely preliminary report upon completion of the study.
Ensure referring providers are notified of findings for same-day emergent add-ons and notify providers of emergent findings for inpatients and outpatients.
Use appropriate patient identifiers and accurately enter patient information into ultrasound-machine demographic screens and reporting software.
Accurately bill examinations and complete charge sheets.
Perform incidental office duties as needed to maintain complete patient records.
Stay current with Medicare billing guidelines.
Document necessary interactions with referring providers in the patient's permanent medical record.
Serve as a liaison between patients, interpreting physicians, and referring providers, and explain testing procedures to patients.