Sonographer Q&S Consultant at Kaiser Permanente

Establishes and promotes quality and compliance standards to comply with ACR/NIUM/State Regulations and guidelines/policies and procedures which support organizational objectives. Collaborates with departments and staff in all clinics, emphasizing standards and professional accountability across the region. Develops and monitors in collaboration with physician section chiefs in each modality, quality assurance goals and projects to ensure continuing image quality, technologists competency-based assessments, auditing schedules and metrics.

• Acts as the expert resource in the covered modalities, and serves as a technical and professional mentor to the designated departments and physician partners.
• Works independently and reports directly to the Medical Imaging Compliance Manager.
• Establishes and maintains quality management programs for the covered modalities.
• Prepares quality documentation and reports by collecting, analyzing and summarizing information and trends including failed processes, quality studies, callback rates, corrective actions, and re-validations.
• Monitors ongoing quality data, and generates reports based on 1uality improvement activities. Designs, measures, assesses and implements the improvement cycle for quality improvement activities.
• Designs, develops, coordinates, and implements training initiatives and programs based on quality improvement data, to ensure the highest quality techniques, protocols, and programs.
• Ensures policies and procedures are routinely monitored and updated to include regulatory or accreditation standard changes.
• Analyzes data from clinical competency-based assessments. Assists technical/clinical staff in the development of competent clinical skills, assist supervisors in initial interview and hiring process of sonographers.
• Monitors and implements national, state and local standards and regulations.
• Analyzes and recommends performance improvement actions on both individual and system levels.
• Conducts audits of radiologist feedback data, repeat/reject analyses, QC program compliance, Radiation Safety Compliance, etc., reports metrics to Compliance Manager and other teams as requested.
• Participates on the National SST committee (Standards and Sourcing Team-Diag Medical Sonography), evaluating equipment and purchasing standards for all KP regions.
• Provides oversight of student programs.
• Evaluates and recommends ergonomic improvements for technologists.
• Provides complex planning and collaboration with other departments to ensure quality and consistency regionally and across departmental lines.
• Exercises considerable judgment when assessing the quality needs of the region using a wide degree of creativity and latitude. Utilizes influence and negotiation toward change management.
• Updates job knowledge by studying trends in and developments in quality management, participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks, and participating in professional organizations.
• Explores opportunities to add value to job accomplishments, departmental goals, and strategic initiatives.
• Demonstrates leadership and management skills; exercises independent judgment, providing direction, resource alignment, coaching and delegation as appropriate.
• The union and the company are currently investigating the bargaining unit status of this position. If it is determined that this is a bargaining unit position, bargaining unit status (seniority dates, dues payments etc.) will be applied on a retroactive basis based on the employment commencement date.

• Minimum five (5) years of sonography experience.

• Bachelors degree in business administration, healthcare administration or related field OR four (4) years of experience in a directly related field.
• High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) required.

• Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Certificate - Ob-Gyn from American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
   

• Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Certificate - Abdomen from American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
   

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Effective interpersonal skills.
• Project management skills.
• Teaching and presentation skills.
• Working knowledge of modality specific ACR Accreditation/NIUM/State Regulations.
• Experience and/or certification in Radiography.
• Experience in quality monitoring, tracking, outcome analysis.
• Experience in education and training of adult learners.
• Experience with database and word processing programs required (ex. Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word).
• RIS and PACS experience.
• Experience with various quality assurance tools preferred (e.g., performance measures/indicators, process improvement models, work flow mapping/ flowcharting, statistical databases, audit metrics).

• Minimum eight (8) years of imaging experience in radiography and sonography.
• Multiple body certifications preferred.

 

Position may be asked to assist with Ultrasound technologist staffing shortages throughout the region. 

May require weekend work and additional hours.

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