Echo Lab Manager - Cardiology

The Echocardiography Lab Manager serves as a Health Care Professional with primary responsibility for leadership and management of patient focused echocardiography services providing high quality patient care within a pre-determined budget.

Responsible for the day-to-day operations of echocardiography services.

Responsible for participating in departmental and hospital programs for quality assessment and improvement, identifying opportunities to improve services, making recommendations and implementing actions as appropriate and consistent with the goals of the Nemours Foundation.

Hires, supervises and evaluates the staff of the echocardiography service.

Additional responsibilities include scheduling patients, patient care activities, performance of the Echocardiographic procedures (2-3 days per week subject to study volume/type demand) and participation in call coverage.

Essential Functions:

Complete echocardiographic examinations on inpatients and outpatients; including 2D, M-Mode and Doppler studied: transthoracic, fetal, transesophageal and intracardiac under the direction of the medical director of the echocardiography service.

Provides age and developmental appropriate care to infants, children and adolescents.

Provides clinical assistance to cardiologists.

Responds to and provides direction during crises and emergency situations.

Assumes responsibility for the coordination and integration of interdepartmental and intradepartmental services Provides leadership and direction to patient care team members in accordance with organizational goals.

Responsible for the patient care delivered by sonographers and provides advice and guidance to other health care providers.

Makes sound decisions, implements strategies and evaluates outcomes.

Provides management and leadership of other patient care units within the Cardiac Center when necessary.

Supports attendance at continuing education programs/seminars within budgetary constraints.

Assists in the budgeting process and cost accounting procedures for echocardiography services.

Supervises coordination of equipment and supply purchase within the echocardiography service.

Negotiates equipment and supply pricing .Responsible for the economical utilization and maintenance of equipment and supplies.

Ensures the continuous assessment and improvement of quality patient care.

Ensures the safety of patients and employees by providing sufficient training on all equipment and procedures and maintaining clinical proficiency of all staff.

Participation in departmental and hospital programs for Quality Assessment and Improvement and working with department management to improve the services provided.

Responsible for development of patient-focused unit(s) budget.

Assures patient-focused unit(s) deliver quality within budgetary guidelines.

Works with staff to coordinate care with health care providers of all disciplines to achieve patient care goals.

Assesses and evaluates patient care needs, pers...