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Responsible for managing the daily operation and workflow for the Echocardiography department. Functions as the clinical leader/expert in echocardiography.

Department Name: Briargate Cardiology
Job Status: Full time, salaried, 40 hours/week, eligible for benefits
Shift: Monday through Friday, normal business hours, will have some clinical requirements in addition to leadership duties, on call shifts required

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Education: Associate's degree and completion of an accredited diagnostic medical sonography program
Experience: Four (4) years of clinical pediatric cardiac echo experience
Certification(s): Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer (RDMS) and Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

POPULATION SPECIFIC CARE
Neonate - <30 days
Infancy - >30 days to 1yr
Toddlers - >1yr to 3yrs
Pre-Schoolers - >3yrs to 5yrs
School age - >5yrs to 13yrs
Adolescent - >13yrs to 18yrs
Adult - >18yrs to 65yrs

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all the following essential functions. These examples do not include all the functions which the employee may be expected to perform.

1. Implements annual work plans to achieve goals and performance metrics.
2. Participates in leadership activities for department, contributing to the achievement of goals and objectives; evaluates team performance. Defines and maintains internal processes for section; supports customer service standards and handles operational and customer service escalations for section. Serves as a champion of organization culture, influencing culture change to support section objectives.
3. Manages communications to the organization on projects and hot topics related to section.
4. Maintains effective working relationships with peers in section, peers in other divisions, and senior leadership.
5. Directs day to day technical duties for department. Assigns and reviews work, provides work instruction (OTJ or formal training) and develops team members. Evaluates performance of team members, providing continuous feedback. Manages discipline and performance issues; hires and fires team members. Identifies resource needs and develops recommendations for meeting needs.
6. Participates in developing budget recommendations and in monitoring budget.
7. Works on complex projects; performs project management activities. Provides technical expertise on programs, processes, and best practices.
8. Ensures compliance against federal, state, and local regulations for section.
9. Actively participates in the development and monitoring of compliance with all regulatory agencies and federally funded programs, productivity analysis, quality/performance improvement and patient/employee safety.
10. Provides high quality patient care using effective communication that explains the echocardiography exam and ensures patient comfort and safety and independently produces high quality echocardiography images.
11. Maintains ACRM and PEDS Echo accreditations for all locations.
12. Participates in the recruitment process by reviewing resumes, conducting interviews, and selecting suitable candidates.

SCOPE & LEVEL
Guidelines: Guidelines are in the form of stated objectives for the section, unit, function, or project. Is normally the first level of full supervision in a classification series. Performs most elements of supervision over 50% of the time. May also perform the work of front line staff as needed.
Complexity: Work assignment is generally unstructured, and employee is responsible for assigning and supervising a variety of functions to achieve the objectives of the section, unit, or project. Duties performed involve weighing and evaluating factors requiring judgment, analytical ability, and problem solving.
Decision Making: Employee is responsible for simultaneous coordination and supervision of several functions, programs, or projects in various stages of completion. Primary responsibility for arranging and directing the work of two or more employees.
Communications: Contacts are of a non-prescribed nature involving the negotiation and resolution of problems and where exceptional degrees of discretion, judgment, and specialized knowledge are required in carrying out the programs and policies of an organization.
Supervision Received: Under managerial direction, the employee has personal accountability for carrying out the work objectives of an organizational unit or section within the scope of established guidelines and the mission of the agency or department. Employee is expected to resolve problems that arise in the normal course of the work. Work may be discussed with higher level supervisors and reviewed for soundness of judgment and feasibility of decisions.

Ability to Perform Essential Functions of the Job

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Audio-Visual: Color Discrimination - Fair
Audio-Visual: Depth Perception - Fair
Audio-Visual: Near Vision: Good
Audio-Visual: Far Vision: Good
Audio Visual: Hearing: Good
Motion: Bend : Up to 1/3 of the time
Motion: Reach up to 1/3 of the time
Motion: Carry up to 1/3 of the time
Motion: Pull up to 1/3 of the time
Motion: Push up to 1/3 of the time
Weight Lifted/Force Exerted: Up to 10 lbs. or more of the time
General Activity: Stand/Walk up to 4hrs a day
Use of hands/feet: Precise Motion Function (or fine manipulation)

WORK ENVIRONMENT
Exposure: Exposure to blood/body fluid: Occasional
Exposure: Exposure to cold/heat: Occasional
Exposure: Exposure to infectious disease: Occasional
Mental and Emotional Requirements: Manages stress appropriately
Mental and Emotional Requirements: Works with other effectively
Mental and Emotional Requirements: Handles multiple priorities effectively.
Mental and Emotional Requirements: Independent discretion/decision making.
Mental and Emotional Requirements: Makes decisions under pressure.
Mental Stress: multi-tasking, meeting deadlines, prioritizing

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information.

The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained.

Here, you matter. As a Children's Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children's Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.