Adult Echo Educator - Noninvasive Cardiology - Days at Virginia Commonwealth University Health

Adult Echo Educator - Noninvasive Cardiology - Days

Location: Richmond, VA

Time Type: Full time

Posted: 4 Days Ago

Job Requisition ID: R28114

***Day Shift, No Call, No Holidays, Working with New Hires and Students***

The Adult Echo Educator works in collaboration with the Sonographer Technical Supervisor and Program Manager to ensure professional development that provides education, leadership, and accountability for clinical teaching experiences for student echocardiographers, new hires including echocardiographers and fellows, and experienced staff echocardiographers. The role includes professional development and empowerment of staff to promote desired outcomes with attention to image quality, efficiency, and STAR Service.

Essential Job Statements

1. Performance Expectation: Develops / Implements / Modifies New Employee Orientation
   Assists in developing and maintaining VCUHS orientation process to aid in training of new team members. Evaluates new hires professional development needs, provides an orientation plan, performs weekly documentation of performance, and modifies plan as needed. Provides constructive feedback to aid in professional growth.
2. Performance Expectation: Facilitates Clinical Education/Training for Students with Echocardiographer Programs
   Assists in developing and maintaining VCUHS echocardiographer student orientation process. Coordinates clinical echocardiographer student education for VCUHS as well as facilities outside of VCUHS. Identifies systems needed to provide optimal clinical training experiences for students and new hires.
3. Performance Expectation: Education/Training
   Coordinates student clinical rotations with the specific echocardiographer programs to include required assessments. Coordinates new hire training to include required assessments. Conducts a formal assessment of the developmental needs of the echocardiographer student(s) and new hires.
4. Performance Expectation: Providing Guidance to Others
   Assures adequate education and orientation and development of students, new hires and established team members. Coaches and mentors student and new hires on their clinical and professional development.
5. Performance Expectation: Operations & Staffing Coordination
   Efficiently utilizes existing reporting lines and channels of communication to identify steps to promote optimal patient outcomes and advocacy.
6. Performance Expectation: Teamwork
   Facilitates communication and fosters team spirit and positive morale.
7. Performance Expectation: Productivity & Performance Improvement
   Identifies systems needed to provide optimal clinical training experiences.
8. Performance Expectation: Provides Safe Patient Care
   Able to assist in the inpatient or outpatient clinic setting to meet patient care requirements as needed.
9. Performance Expectation: Continuing Education & Professional Development
   Adult Cardiac Sonographers Educator must complete a minimum of 20 contact hours of continuing education during each annual evaluation cycle.

Independent action(s) required:

• Evaluates student clinical rotation candidates and new hires and tailors their orientation program to their needs.
• Prepares schedules for training for student clinical trainees, and new hires.
• Prepares and presents special request lectures by way of computerized presentation packages.
• Provides continuing educational opportunities for staff and promotes STAR Values and customer service policies.

Supervisory responsibilities (if applicable):

Provides supervision of students and new hires.

Additional position requirements:

• Responsible for promoting best practice through education for students, newly hired adult echocardiographers and established team members.
• Responsible for scheduling the student’s clinical rotations for their clinical experiences.
• Depending upon the needs of the department, may be assigned in staffing as an adult echocardiographer.
• Performs other duties as assigned and/or participates in special projects as assigned.

Patient Population:
Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide equitable care appropriate to the age of the patients served on their assigned unit.

Employment Qualifications:

Required Education:
Graduation from a minimum of a 2-year JRC Accredited Program in Cardiac Sonography in Diagnostic Cardiac Sonography, JRC-DMS or graduation from a Bachelor’s degree program in sonography.

Preferred Education:
Bachelor’s Degree in Health Administration, Radiology Sciences or other related field from accredited program.

Licensure/Certification Required:
RDCS, PE required. Current RDCS, FE REQUIRED within 24 months of hire.

Minimum Qualifications:
Minimum 3 years’ experience as a Registered Cardiac Sonographer in Adult Cardiology.

Working Conditions:
Periods of high stress and fluctuating workloads may occur.

Physical Requirements:
Physical Demands: Lifting/ Carrying (0-50 lbs.), Push/ Pull (0-50 lbs.), Stoop, Kneel, Squat, Balance, Bending.