Job Description

Would you like to be part of a team of colleagues that employs pioneering, innovative techniques to treat a variety of conditions with less risk, less pain and as little stress as possible? Do you have a passion for the highest quality and patient happiness? Then please respond to this dynamic opportunity available with one of the best places to work in Southern California! We would be happy to hear from you. Cedars-Sinai has been recognized ten years in a row on the "Best Hospitals" Honor Roll by U.S. News & World Report. 

Each year, almost 500,000 inpatient and outpatient exams and procedures are performed and interpreted at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Our radiologists & imaging specialists are board certified by the American Board of Radiology in their respective subspecialties. Our subspecialized imaging physicians, American College of Radiology certified technologists and customer-service oriented staff provide our patients with brand-new imaging technologies and innovative treatment options in a compassionate environment. 

Summary of Essential Duties: 

• Coordinates the daily work schedule and directs staff to ensure section maintains effective and efficient workflow following staffing guidelines.
• Ensures appropriate orientation, training, and development of staff, students, and new hires. Facilitates cross-training of staff as needed. 
• Demonstrates ability to perform crucial conversations and confrontations and appropriately uses chain of command to manage staff.
• Works effectively with Technical Manager to appropriately flex staff and manage overtime.
• Works closely with and supports Safety Ambassador to eliminate errors. 
• Ensures staff is involved and compliant with safety standards.
• Works closely with and supports PACS Recon liaison to eliminate significant PACS errors.
• Responsible for first-line patient resolution and customer complaints.
• Maintains effective communication with physicians, nurses, visitors, and other personnel regarding scheduling, status of procedure performance, or results.
• Ensures that approved protocol changes are followed.
• Transports medications from the delivery area to an authorized imaging area. 
• Stocks medications in accordance with policy and procedure and ensures medication security at all times.
• Maintains thorough knowledge and understanding of imaging technology employed in their section including theory of operation and rationale of QC procedures performed. 

Qualifications

Education:

• High School Diploma or GED required
• Graduate of an accredited Ultrasound Tech program required

License/Certifications:

• Registered Vascular Technologist certification from ARDMS required
• BLS from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross required

Experience: 

• A minimum of 4 years of Sonography experience in an acute care hospital setting required
• At least 1 year of management experience in large Imaging department and/or Cardiac Cath Lab required

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About Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Providing healthcare for more than 100 years, Cedars-Sinai has evolved into one of the most dynamic and highly renowned medical centers in the world. Along with caring for patients, Cedars-Sinai is a hub for biomedical research and a training center for future physicians and other healthcare professionals. This attracts exceptional talent to Cedars-Sinai, including world-renowned physician-scientists who seek a place where they can both conduct research and see patients--the ideal formula for discovery and its translation into cures. Our patients benefit from access to doctors at the top of their fields, and our researchers have an ideal community in which to study the impact of healthcare challenges, and reflect that knowledge in their research. The greater Los Angeles area in which Cedars-Sinai resides possesses unparalleled cultural and ethnic diversity which offers outstanding opportunities for translational and clinical research and a dynamic environment for medical education.Although community based, Cedars-Sinai is a major teaching hospital affiliated with the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Cedars-Sinai has highly competi...tive graduate medical education programs in more than 50 specialty and subspecialty areas, a graduate program in biomedical sciences and translational medicine, a clinical scholars program directed towards junior physicians with aspirations to become clinical scientists, and post graduate training opportunities.There are more than 250 full-time faculty members at Cedars-Sinai. The voluntary medical staff, comprised of more than 2,200 specialty board-certified or board-qualified physicians, represent all of the specialties and subspecialties and collaborate with full-time medical staff in the teaching responsibilities of the graduate medical education programs.

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