Ultrasound Educator RVT

Texas Children's Hospital•Houston, TX

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About The Position

We're searching for an Ultrasound Educator RVT, someone who's ready to be part of the best ranked children's hospital in Texas, and among the best in the nation. In this position, you will provide education and administrative support for department operation under the supervision of the Department Manager and ensure effective and efficient implementation of the six key education processes at the department level and to assist in the implementation of designated centralized components of the key education all processes. The six key education processes are orientation, annual competence assessment, preceptor orientation and development, required training, ongoing development, and student affiliations. Job responsibilities will be split between patient care and administrative responsibilities. Think you've got what it takes?

Requirements

Required graduate of technical diploma Graduate of a formal diagnostic Radiology program and bachelor's degree
BLS - Cert-Basic Life Support by the American Heart Association and
RVT - Cert-Registered Vascular TECHA by the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (Required within 18 months of entry into role) and
RDMS-AB - RDMS in Abdomen by the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography or
RDMS-OB - Reg Diag Med Sonographer OBGYN by The American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography or
RDMS-PS - RDMS in Pedi Sonography by the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography or
S-ARRT - ARRT RegTech Sonography by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT)
Required 6 years Ultrasound experience

Responsibilities

Supervises routine and specialized examinations, assigns tasks, and inspects completed work to ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, local, institutional, and departmental standards, rules, and laws.
Monitors supply inventory and ensure that established stock levels are appropriate. Shortages and/or overages of supplies are to be managed with Supply Chain, and par levels to be adjusted accordingly.
Actively manages workflow in communication with different modalities, nursing, anesthesia, and other impacted parties.
Accurately documents equipment malfunction and ensures timely notification of appropriate parties including Biomed, the vendor, faculty, and staff.
Reports all equipment issues to Bio-Med as issues are observed and follows up with manager or designee within one hour.
Schedules and documents for preventative maintenance of equipment. Ensures impact on patients and operations are minimized by thorough communication of events with staff, physicians, and other critical customers.
Performs daily documented team huddles.
Works with team to ensure 5S principles are embedded into operations and that gains are sustained. Works with manager, IT, and others to update IMG codes to reflect current billing standards reflective of CPT and ICD-10 codes.
Accurately and independently perform procedures, identify and resolve issues. Seeks experiences and knowledge in the technical area to gain experience. Sharing knowledge with others.
Recognizes signs and symptoms of an emergency and initiates emergency procedures.
Responsible for quality control activities on the equipment and collaborates with appropriate parties to resolve image quality issues.
Assists other employees in troubleshooting exam problems, errors, and performance of workload to meet established turnaround times.
Ensures the design, implementation, and evaluation of a cost-effective department orientation process that focuses on knowledge, skills, and relationships.
Develops, implements, and sustains a department-based process of orientation, professional development, and support of preceptors as measured by feedback from orientees, preceptors, and Leadership team.
Coordinates the annual assessment and validation of priority high-risk skills and annual competencies.
Coordinates/Conducts required training to close performance gaps in knowledge and skills.
Implements a department plan for advancing competence of staff on all shifts that results in improved performance.
Coordinates the department clinical experience for students.
Participates in the QA/QC process.
Provides administrative support for unit-based operations.