Job Description

Join Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center, a 116-bed community hospital located in Hartsville, SC, that has been recently honored with ScionHealth’s Platinum Award, eight consecutive “A” safety grades from Leapfrog, Top General Hospital honors from Leapfrog, and recognition as a Great Community Hospital by Becker's Hospital Review. The hospital delivers excellence across the continuum of services, and holds numerous accreditations and certifications in areas that include chest pain, stroke and heart failure, hip and knee replacement, sepsis, and more. Come grow your career at Carolina Pines, where innovation, safety, and community are core to everything we do.

The Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer/Registered Vascular Technologist Supervisor provides day-to-day technical and operational supervision of cardiac and vascular sonography services. This working supervisor coordinates staffing and workflow, supports staff competency and performance, monitors quality and regulatory compliance, and performs diagnostic echocardiographic and noninvasive vascular examinations as needed. The role collaborates with physicians, nursing, and other departments to promote timely, accurate, safe, and patient-centered diagnostic services.

Essential Functions

• Coordinates daily cardiac and vascular sonography operations, including staff assignments, workload distribution, scheduling, and adjustments based on patient volume, acuity, and service priorities.
• Supervises, coaches, and evaluates assigned staff; supports hiring, orientation, competency validation, continuing education, performance management, and employee engagement activities.
• Performs diagnostic echocardiographic and noninvasive vascular examinations and provides technical support for complex studies or coverage needs.
• Reviews physician orders and relevant clinical history; verifies patient identity, explains procedures, and prepares and positions patients in accordance with established protocols.
• Acquires, analyzes, and documents high-quality diagnostic images and physiologic data; recognizes suboptimal or abnormal findings and takes appropriate action within scope of practice.
• Monitors patients before, during, and after procedures and promptly communicates significant changes, critical findings, or safety concerns to the appropriate clinician.
• Ensures examinations, preliminary findings, measurements, image transfer, charging, and related documentation are completed accurately and timely.
• Maintains and enforces departmental policies, imaging protocols, infection prevention practices, patient privacy requirements, and applicable professional, regulatory, and accreditation standards.
• Leads quality assurance and performance improvement activities, including image review, peer review, competency assessment, data collection, and corrective action follow-up.
• Monitors equipment performance, quality control, preventive maintenance, repairs, and downtime; escalates issues and coordinates service to minimize disruption to patient care.
• Manages supplies and inventory within assigned areas and supports responsible use of departmental resources.
• Collaborates with physicians, nursing, scheduling, and other departments to resolve operational issues and improve access, throughput, and continuity of care.
• Provides technical education and practical instruction to staff, students, and other healthcare professionals, as applicable.
• Participates in required call, weekend, holiday, and coverage assignments based on departmental needs.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities/Expectations

• Advanced knowledge of adult echocardiographic and noninvasive vascular anatomy, physiology, pathology, testing protocols, and image optimization.
• Knowledge of applicable accreditation standards, quality assurance requirements, infection prevention practices, and patient safety principles.
• Ability to supervise daily operations, prioritize competing demands, and adjust staffing and workflow in a changing clinical environment.
• Ability to perform and evaluate cardiac and vascular studies and identify technical limitations, urgent findings, and opportunities for corrective action.
• Effective leadership, coaching, conflict resolution, and performance management skills.
• Strong critical thinking, independent judgment, and problem-solving skills.
• Effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills with patients, staff, physicians, and leaders.
• Ability to maintain accurate documentation and use imaging, electronic health record, scheduling, and related information systems.
• Ability to protect confidential information and demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.

• Ability to work independently and respond effectively in stressful or time-sensitive situations.

Qualifications

Education

• Postsecondary (Cert/Diploma/Program Grad) Graduate of an accredited cardiac and/or vascular sonography program (Required)

Licenses/Certifications

• ARDMS - Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonography as a Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) and/or Registered Vascular Technologist (RVT) Upon Hire (Preferred) Or
• CCI - Cardiovascular Credentialing Internation as a Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCS) and or Registered Vascular Sonographer (RVS) Upon Hire (Preferred) Or
• Other: an equivalent combination of recognized credentials appropriate to the modalities supervised Upon Hire (Required)
• Other: State sonographer license required where mandated by the state of practice Upon Hire (May be Required-Facility Specific)
• BCLS - Basic Life Support by the American Heart Assoc. or other approved program Upon Hire or within facility-specified time frame (Required)

Experience

• 3+ years progressively responsible cardiac and vascular sonography experience (Preferred)