Description

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.

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Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (PPMC) has an outstanding opportunity for an experienced Cath Lab Supervisor to join the Cath Lab team and work alongside some of the best medical providers in Philadelphia.

PPMC, the Philadelphia region’s top Level 1 Trauma Center, has an outstanding record of medical accomplishments, placing our patients at the core of everything we do. The “how” is important to us – how we treat our patients and each other, how we raise the bar every day to achieve excellence and how we contribute to the health of the community around us. PPMC has a community feel but is also part of the larger academic and research-based institution that is Penn Medicine. By joining PPMC, you get the best of both worlds and a genuine commitment to your professional growth and development.

Summary:

Responsible for the daily supervision of the Cath Lab's operations. Supervises Cath Lab nurses, technologists, and support staff. Supervises the daily departmental operations in terms of procedural scheduling, staff scheduling, and efficiency and cost-effectiveness of procedures. Assists in budget preparation, long-term planning, program development, and policy and procedure formulation and implementation. Assists with interviewing, selecting, promoting, and terminating staff per established hospital policies and federal/state laws.

Responsibilities:

• Patient Care: Participates in clinical care.

• Staff Education: Assists with identifying staff educational needs, developing and implementing educational plans, coordinating vendor in-services, evaluating progress of new staff members on orientation, mentors' new staff.

• Staff Scheduling: Prepares the staff schedule for final approval in a timely manner. Prepares the daily staff lab assignments for the week. Assists with managing changes to the schedule to ensure appropriate staffing levels and skill mix.

• Cath Lab Management: Provides direct supervision of nursing staff and technologists. Demonstrates leadership in problem-solving. Responsible for the daily managerial functions of the Cath Lab under the direction of the nurse manager. Works extensively with vendors and/or clinical engineering to identify and ensure timely resolution of technical issues with lab equipment and systems.

• Communication: Maintains positive and effective interpersonal relationships with all members of the team, responds to all queries in a timely manner, maintains and develops interdepartmental collaboration and relationships. Helps resolve issues and concerns of both patients and staff.

• Quality Improvement: Actively participates in QA, supports unit shared governance, ensures efficient and effective operations through compliance with institutional and regulatory policies and procedures. Supports customer service and patient/family/physician/staff satisfaction. Understands and demonstrates service recovery commitment.

• Fiscal Management: Maintains fiscal responsibility in the daily operations of the Cath Lab. Educates staff and works to ensure that staff are utilizing inventory and inventory tracking processes appropriately.

• Regulatory Readiness: Consistently works to maintain regulatory readiness.

• Performs duties in accordance with Penn Medicine and entity values, policies, and procedures

• Other duties as assigned to support the unit, department, entity, and health system organization

Credentials:

Req Pref Licenses/Registrations/Certifications Licenses/Registrations/Certifications

• RCIS OR ARRT (for technologists within 1 year of hire) RCIS

• BLS/CPR from the American Heart Association

• ACLS from the American Heart Association

• Registered Nurse - PA (Required)

Education or Equivalent Experience:

Bachelor's Degree Bachelor’s Degree OR Cardiovascular Technologist And 3+ years 3 to 5 years of Cath Lab supervisory experience. Staff development, training, supervision, and evaluation experience

• Master’s degree preferred*

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

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We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.

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