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Nemours Children's Health is seeking a Point of Care Ultrasound (Pocus) Coordinator to join our team in Wilmington, Delaware. Will also consider a candidate located in Orlando, Florida.
The Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Coordinator is responsible for the daily oversight of enterprise POCUS utilization to ensure compliance with POCUS Governance guidelines, the Use of Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Enterprise Policy, Regulatory requirements, quality standards, and credentialing requirements. The POCUS Coordinator will serve as the Enterprise POCUS liaison and will monitor compliance with established enterprise-wide standards, ensure best practice adherence so that POCUS can be safely and effectively utilized by all clinicians whose patients can benefit from its application. The POCUS Coordinator will provide support through POCUS Project Management, Enterprise Operational Oversight, Regulatory Compliance, Quality and Patient Safety and Consultation functions.
Quarterly travel is required to Nemours sites in the Delaware Valley, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Orlando, Florida. The candidate would be expected to live within commuting distance from a Nemours location. Additional training on-site may be required for the first 90 days.
Essential Functions:
- Operational oversight on behalf of POCUS Governance Committee
- Work with POCUS Governance Leadership to ensure high quality POCUS throughout the system.
- Serve as enterprise POCUS resource for Departments interested in implementing POCUS.
- Ensure the System wide POCUS credentialing and competency policies remain current, working with credentialing and MEC when providers request additional POCUS privileges.
- Maintain POCUS documentation and provide onboarding for new departments performing POCUS.
- Serve as enterprise Liaison for all things POCUS, materials management, technical, credentialing, quality, Epic build requirements and requests.
- Coordinate Technical Support for POCUS workflow access requests/issues.
- Coordinate networking for new POCUS machines.
- Provide General Support for all POCUS workflow issues.
- Collect and review monthly infection audit reports.
- Collect and review department quality assurance program documentation to ensure compliance
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree required.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in one or more of the following areas is required: administrative support role with progressively more responsibility, data analysis, regulatory affairs, or compliance.
- Experience with Ultrasound technology preferred.
- Competency comprehending clinical language, and scenarios.
- Strong organizational, administrative, and project management skills.
- Demonstrated experience in teaching and training healthcare professionals.
- Detail-oriented with a focus on quality, documentation, and adherence to policy.
- Familiarity with data management systems and software including but not limited to Word, Excel, Power Point, Epic, QlikSense and PACS systems.
- Experience in developing, implementing, and managing programs within a clinical setting, including quality assurance and regulatory compliance.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and collaborative skills to work with diverse teams, including physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.
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