Cardiac Sonographer

Essential Responsibilities

• Develops, implements, and monitors program curriculum for specified courses. Ensures that all required didactic and clinical educational needs are met.
• Monitors and evaluates the performance of program students. Provides instruction, counseling, and guidance for students.
• Acts as liaison as required with all clinical training site instructors and ensures that educational standards are met and records are maintained.
• Supervises the daily operation of the imaging Educational Program.
• Substitutes for other instructors as needed.
• Assists in the testing and interviewing of program applicants.
• Gives recommendations for and monitors the program budget.
• Interprets the National and State standards for accreditation. Develops, implements, and monitors policies and procedures necessary for compliance with these standards.
• Support programmatic accreditation; assisting with accreditation renewal.
• Actively participate in faculty committees.
• Assists in the acquisition and maintenance of both national and state accreditation for the training program. Meets with the accrediting agencies to discuss program operation and development. Incorporates all necessary operational functions to comply with accreditation requirement.
• Kaiser Permanente conducts compensation reviews of positions on a routine basis. At any time, Kaiser Permanente reserves the right to reevaluate and change job descriptions, or to change such positions from salaried to hourly pay status. Such changes are generally implemented only after notice is given to affected employees.
  

Experience

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum two (2) years of full-time experience in the professional discipline.
  

Education

• Bachelor's degree OR four (4) years of experience in a directly related field.
• High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) required.
  

License, Certification, Registration

• For Imaging Programs holds ARRT, or NMTCB, or ARDMS, or RDCS/RCS certification(s).
• For Echo instructor position ARDMS and RDCS or RCS required or equivalent Certification/registration in the pertinent discipline.
• For Nuclear Medicine Technology Instructior NMTCB required or equivalent Certification/registration in the pertinent discipline.
• For Radiography Instructor position ARRT required or equivalent Certification/registration in the pertinent discipline.
  

Additional Requirements

• Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• One (1) year supervisory experience.
• Two (2) years of experience as a classroom or clinical instructor (preceptor) in an accredited training program.
• Master's degree.