Atlantic Health System

Non-profit healthcare provider with physician network

Assistant Manager - Cardiology

Diagnostics & Laboratory ProfessionalsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeMorristown, NJ, USA$41.79 - $73.56 /hr

About the Job

Requirements

An associate degree in healthcare administration or a related field is required.
At least four years of experience in cardiology or a relevant area is required.
BLS certification is required.
ARDMS and/or CCI certification is required.

Responsibilities

Assist the manager in overseeing cardiac services operations, resources, and staff to support high-quality patient care.
Monitor resources, patient flow, and customer service; establish efficient processes as needed.
Develop department safety and operations policies and procedures in collaboration with stakeholders.
Plan, organize, and evaluate daily and long-term operations of outpatient cardiac imaging sites; set productivity levels that reflect volume, safety, quality, and efficiency; and ensure patient satisfaction and efficient operations.
Assist with enforcing mandated policies and requirements and prepare statistical data for accrediting agencies.
Coordinate with department members on diagnostic procedure scheduling, make independent decisions, initiate work as needed, adapt ideas to changing conditions, and take on other departmental duties when assigned work is complete.
Monitor utilization of supplies, equipment, and staffing; collaborate with the Medical Director and Administrative Director on equipment capital needs for imaging sites.
Coordinate staffing patterns and ensure adequate staffing schedules for procedures.
Perform comprehensive cardiac examinations using anatomical, physiological, and pathophysiological principles; obtain a brief cardiovascular history before examinations to ensure appropriate testing.
Contact referring physicians promptly to clarify ambiguous situations and follow departmental protocols when planning and performing cardiovascular testing examinations.
Maintain safety measures during testing and perform preliminary interpretation of laboratory results.
Complete clerical tasks, testing forms, and logs by the end of the day; promptly complete tasks associated with formal examination readings; and follow department protocols.
Establish policies and procedures consistent with hospital guidelines and licensing standards; maintain and update the cardiac imaging sites’ policy and procedure manual; and develop diagnostic scheduling policies.
Develop medical data collection forms with the Medical Director and learn new procedures to instruct and educate others.
Follow departmental policies and procedures and support daily activities and implementation of new policies.
Observe and evaluate laboratory equipment function; notify service representatives and Biomedical Engineering about maintenance and evaluation needs; and schedule regular preventive maintenance.
Recommend new equipment purchases to the Manager and Medical Director; develop equipment assessment and daily evaluation policies; and ensure equipment and carts are cleaned daily according to infection control policy.
Ensure educational needs of patients, families, staff, and students are met; review educational program and in-service evaluations with the Educational Director; and update educational needs to address new technologies and trends.
Provide preceptor rotations for cardiovascular technology students and didactic instruction for the School of Cardiovascular Technology as requested.
Plan, initiate, monitor, and evaluate the department’s continuous quality improvement program; identify departmental strengths and weaknesses; ensure staff participation; and collaborate with staff to implement changes.
Support effective communication within and between departments; participate on committees and projects as requested; conduct staff meetings; listen and coach; and respond efficiently to needs.
Communicate with patients, physicians, and staff in a pleasant and informative manner and collaborate with physicians to assess department needs.
Pursue professional growth by identifying development opportunities, attending in-services, conferences, staff and supervisor meetings, reading current literature, suggesting techniques, and informing others about new quality procedures.
Travel between imaging centers.

Desired Qualifications

A bachelor's degree in healthcare administration or a related field is preferred.
Graduation from an accredited cardiovascular technology school is preferred.

Responsible for assisting the manager in overseeing the operations, resources, and staff associated with cardiac services to ensure the delivery of top-quality patient care. Establishes efficient processes by monitoring resources, patient flow, and customer service, as needed. Develops policies and procedures relevant to department safety and operations in collaboration with multiple stakeholders.

Principal Accountabilities:

Plans, organizes and evaluates the daily and long-term operations of the outpatient cardiac imaging sites. Establishes productivity levels that reflect volume, safety, quality and efficiency. Ensures patient satisfaction and efficiency of operation. Assists in enforcing mandated policies and requirements and prepared statistical data for accrediting agencies. Works cooperatively with other department members in the scheduling of diagnostic procedures. Makes independent decisions and initiates work when needed. Originates own ideas for adapting to changing environment. Voluntarily seeks other duties within the department when own duties are completed. Monitors utilization of supplies, equipment and staffing. Collaborates with Medical Director and Administrative Director on capital needs for individual imaging sites equipment. Coordinates staffing patterns to meet the needs of the Imaging Sites. Assures proper planning and adequate staffing schedules for all procedures.

Performs comprehensive cardiac examinations. Uses sound anatomical, physiological and pathophysiological principals. Performs a short cardiovascular history prior to the examination to ensure appropriate testing performed. Contacts the referring physician promptly to clarify ambiguous situations. Follows established departmental protocols when planning and executing cardiovascular testing examinations. Assures adequate safety measures throughout testing procedures. Performs preliminary interpretation of lab results. Responds in a positive manner during high volume or short staffing situations.

Completes clerical tasks associated with cardiovascular examinations. Completes all information on appropriate testing forms by the end of the day. Completes all information on appropriate log by the end of the day. Completes all reading associated tasks following formal reading of the examinations promptly. Follows department's protocols.

Establishes new policy and procedures in accordance with hospital guidelines and licensing standards. Maintains and updates policy and procedure manual for Cardiac Imaging Sites. Develops diagnostic scheduling policy. Develops medical data collection forms in collaboration with Medical Director. Learns new procedures to help instruct and educate others. Observes all departmental policies and procedures showing motivation and enthusiasm with regard to daily activities and new policies.

Observes and evaluates equipment function in the laboratory. Notifies service representative, Biomedical Engineering for maintenance and evaluation of equipment problems. Schedules preventative maintenance of equipment on a regular basis. Recommends purchase of new equipment to Manager and Medical Director. Develops policy for assessment and daily evaluation of all equipment. Ensures that equipment and carts are cleaned daily according to department Infection Control Policy.

Ensures that patient, family, staff and students educational needs are met. Reviews with the Educational Director evaluations of all educational programs and in-services. Updates with the Educational Director educational needs to insure new technologies and trends. Provides preceptor rotations for all CVT students. Provides didactic instruction for School of Cardiovascular Technology as requested.

Plans, initiates, monitors, and evaluates department Continuous Quality Improvement program. Recognizes departments strengths and weaknesses. Ensures staff participation in quality improvement. Collaborates with staff in implementing change.

Ensures effective communication intra/inter departmentally. Participates on committees and projects as requested. Conducts staff meetings, listens and coaches effectively and responds to needs efficiently. Maintains pleasant and informative manner in communicating with patients, physicians and staff members. Collaborates with physicians in assessing department’s needs. Listens and is receptive to new ideas and suggestions.

Pursues personal/professional growth. Identifies opportunities to upgrade personal/professional growth. Attends in-services, conferences, staff meetings and supervisor meetings. Reads current literature and suggests new and/or changing techniques and informs others of new quality procedures.

Travel between imaging centers mandatory.

Required:
1. Associate degree in healthcare administration or related field.

2. Minimum 4 years of experience in Cardiology or relevant area.

3. BLS certification.

4. ARDMS and/or CCI certifications.

Preferred:
1. Bachelor's degree in healthcare administration, or related field.

2. Graduate of an accredited CVT School.

Minimum Salary (Hourly Rate): 41.790000

Maximum Salary (Hourly Rate): 73.560000

Salary Admin Plan: SUP

About the Company

Atlantic Health System

Non-profit healthcare provider with physician network

Atlantic Health System is a large non-profit healthcare network in New Jersey that runs hospitals, outpatient centers, urgent care clinics, and a physician-led group called Atlantic Medical Group with more than 1,000 doctors across 300 locations. It provides a full range of medical services to communities in New Jersey and New York and lets patients manage care through the MyChart portal, which handles medical records, appointments, and bill payments. Its business model puts earnings back into its healthcare services and facilities, reinvesting to improve care access and community health. The system differentiates itself by being a broad, integrated network of facilities and a large physician group under a nonprofit umbrella, offering coordinated care across many sites. Its goal is to improve community health by delivering comprehensive care and continually expanding access to high-quality medical services.

Company size: 5,001-10,000
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Morristown, NJ
Founded: Not listed

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