Job: SUPERVISOR PEDIATRIC & FETAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY LAB (69315)

Department: SCOTT AND LAURA ELLER CONGENITAL HEART CENTER
Employment Type: FULL TIME
Hours per pay period: 80
Shift: DAY
Facility: ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL & MED CTR
Location: PHOENIX, AZ

Facility Information:

St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center has been a symbol of quality healthcare in the Valley of the Sun for more than 110 years. As one of the Valley's largest hospitals with more than 740-beds and 5,200 employees, we are extremely proud to announce that we are the only Arizona hospital to be voted a "Best Place to Work in the Valley" six years in a row. We are also proud to be named a Top 25 Workplaces for Women, a top hospital by Ranking Arizona Magazine and routinely recognized as one of the country's best neuroscience centers by U.S. News & World Report. We are also the ONLY Valley Hospital located conveniently off of the Valley's Metro Light Rail.

St. Joseph's is home to: the internationally renowned Barrow Neurological Institute; St. Joseph's Children's Health Center, which is the second largest provider of comprehensive pediatric services in the state; The Heart & Lung Institute at St. Joseph's; and St. Joseph's Trauma Center, which is one of the only Level 1 trauma center's in Arizona that's verified by the American College of Surgeons.

St. Joseph's continues to expand and enhance its services to meet the growing needs of the community by providing comprehensive neurological, neurosurgical, pediatric, perinatal, cardiac, thoracic, and cancer care. The hospital's nine critical care units serve more than 60,000 patients each year.

As a mission-driven organization dedicated to the legacy of service and innovation set by its founders, the Sisters of Mercy, St. Joseph's continues to help the underserved through clinics, community grants and outreach programs. The hospital is part of Catholic Healthcare West, which has more than 40 hospitals in Arizona, California and Nevada.

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Under the direction of Ernerio T. Alboliras, MD, FACC, FAAP, FASE, join us now as our Scott and Laura Eller Congenital Heart Center is recruiting for a Supervisor for its Pediatric and Fetal Echocardiography Laboratory. The successful candidate will be joining a new rapidly expanding group of full-time academically-driven pediatric cardiologists, pediatric cardiac intensivists, and pediatric cardiac surgeons. A state-of-the-art brand-new 28-bed Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, unique to the State, was recently opened.

The echocardiography laboratory currently has six sonographers and performs more than 7,000 studies per year, including 650 fetals. All images are digitally archived. There is a great opportunity to experience a broad spectrum of imaging congenital and acquired heard defects, from simple to complex; to include echocardiographic involvement during interventional catheterization, Hybrid operative procedures and open heart surgery. All aspects of ultrasound imaging
- transthoracic, transesophageal, fetal, intracardiac, and stress
- are performed. Tele-echocardiography transmission from other hospitals is routine. Ample opportunity for participation in echocardiography research and education is available. Salary is very generous and competitive with national and regional standards.

REQUIREMENTS:

A minimum of five years' experience in pediatric echocardiography, BCLS, RDMS or RDCS certification, ability to follow a consistent Pediatric Echo Lab imaging protocol, efficiently manage a busy Lab and work and communicate effectively with physicians, sonographers and other staff required. Strong congenital heart and previous supervisory experience in a Pediatric and Fetal Echocardiography Laboratory highly preferred.

For questions regarding The Scott and Laura Eller Congenital Heart Center please visit http://www.stjosephs-phx.org/Medical_Services/Congenital_Heart_Center/index.htm or email ernerio.alboliras@chw.edu

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