10398 - Ultrasound Supervisor

Wellstar Health System

67d

About The Position

The Sonography Supervisor functions as a highly experienced sonographer, working under the delegated authority of the supervising physicians, and is responsible for the overall daily management of the sonography department. The Sonography Supervisor's role and responsibilities extend beyond those of a Staff or Lead sonographer and are focused on providing leadership to ensure the delivery of safe and efficient patient care. The Sonography Supervisor's activities are performed in accordance with facility policies and procedures and applicable professional standards.

Requirements

High School Diploma General AND Associates General or Accredited Program Diagnostic Medical Sonography or Bachelors General-Preferred
BLS - Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor AND ARDMS - Registered Medical Sonographer or ARRT-S - ARRT Sonography
Fetal Echocardiogram Certification Upon Hire Required
Minimum 5 years in Women's Health ultrasounds Required

Responsibilities

Verifies proper clinician order for procedure.
Obtains complete clinical history, gathers examination data and assesses for contraindicating conditions.
Ensures that all studies have proper patient identification and right and left marker are utilized appropriately.
Reviews ultrasound images for clinically acceptable results and releases patients.
Responds to emergency situations and maintenance of life support equipment.
Assists other technologists in all modalities when needed.
Observes patient condition and properly evaluates situations when physician intervention is necessary so that no patient condition deteriorates.
Verifies correct identity of patient using 2 unique identifiers prior to performing a procedure per hospital policy and procedure.
Ensures patient's privacy and comfort is accommodated. Maintains patients dignity throughout the exam/procedure.
Demonstrates competence in the determination and application of appropriate procedures, equipment, supplies and techniques based on the age of patients.
Organizes schedule, time and priorities so that required activities are accomplished within designated time frames.
Follows physicians instructions when assisting with procedures and exams.
Uses critical thinking skills.
Dialogs with patient/family.
Asks clarifying questions.
Seeks clarification on ambiguous orders.
Understands, demonstrates and documents preprocedural verification and Time Out process when appropriate.
Demonstrates and understands pre-and-post procedural care.
Preps the patient for the procedure.
Demonstrates and understands sterile technique.
Patiently and clearly explains purpose and nature of exam to patient prior to starting of procedure, to minimize anxiety and facilitate cooperation using AIDET; Acknowledge, Introduce, Discuss, Explain, and Thank you of all patients and family members.
Ensures that patient's questions, concerns or contraindications are satisfactorily addressed, notifying physician when this cannot be accomplished, prior to the initiation of the procedure.
Participates in the orientation and training of departmental employees.
Provides patients with preparatory instruction and explanation of procedures.
Required documentation is concise, legible and includes precise terminology.
Reads email each day scheduled to work and follows through with assignment.
Completes mandatory departmental and Hospital-wide education without prompting.
Consistently produces acceptable images, as evidenced by provider feedback and quality audits
Ensures that equipment is fully operational prior to each use, by checking for proper calibration and operating deficiencies.
Sends all studies to PACS immediately after completion, prints CDs as needed.
Studies that have been reported after hours by teleradiograph are printed and scanned into PACS, if applicable.
Completes all studies in RIS before completing in PACS.
Prints completed log sheet from teleradiograph and submits to Radiologist, if applicable
Performs and maintains quality control logs for probe disinfection and follows infection control policies
Restocks linens and supplies and maintains the department in clean and orderly condition.
Transports patients, positions patients, and helps them on and off procedure table.
Performs patient charging activities on the day the service is rendered.
Applies supportive and immobilization devices and equipment. If needed.
Willingly lends knowledge and assistance to others upon request as needed and routinely as time is available, without prompting, so that all working time is used for departmental advantage.
Performs routine duties of clerical and support personnel in accordance with procedure when warranted to ensure continuity and quality of services.
Keeps supervisor informed on all responsibilities on an ongoing basis, ensuring prompt notification in the event of problems or potential problems.
Maintains an individual productivity rate equal to other co-workers.
Ability to operate all workstations associated with the US department.
Ability to push / retrieve images from the Ultrasound console to PACS.
Maintain Joint Commission standards and any other regulatory agency standards.
Takes call when necessary.
Any other duties as assigned.
Travel to other locations, as needed
Provides rotational training of staff sonographers.
Ensures technical competency of all staff during precepting period: Ensures completion of checklist within 90 days for all orientees, or if orientation is extended, by the completion date of orientation Provides supportive, timely, and constructive feedback to all orientees during precepting period Provides resources and development tools to foster a dynamic learning environment Completion of checklists or ICAEL and JACHO, and evaluations of interns and 90-daychecklists Communicates with other team members regarding learning needs for orients or students, providing a consistent learning environment among staff
Manage sonographer schedules across locations
Responsible for day-to-day operation of sonography services within WMG
Accountable for the creation, oversight, and implementation of scanning protocols and quality control activities
Function as a technical or clinical leader/expert in Sonography
Establish and maintain collaborative working relationships with co-workers, administrators, and other members of the healthcare team
Provide leadership in the daily operation, specific to sonography
Supervise direct reports including performance evaluations, schedule management, etc.
Demonstrates the ability to adjust technique so that images are optimized.
Reports problems regarding malfunctioning equipment to supervisor or service provider, so that problem can be corrected in a timely manner.
Cleans, disinfects and maintains equipment in accordance with infection control policy and department cleaning schedule.
Adheres to strict safety protocols during ultrasound procedures to minimize risks and ensure patient well-being.
Performs other duties as assigned
Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.