Emergency Ultrasound Director Opportunity - Flushing NY

The emergency ultrasound director will be a board-certified emergency physician who has a minimum of 3 years of experience after an EM ultrasound fellowship and who will be be given administrative oversight of the emergency ultrasound program from the EM Chief, Manish Sharma DO, MBA, FACEP. In addition to coordination of education, machine acquisition and maintenance, the US director is responsible for developing, monitoring, and revising the QA process.

Specific Ultrasound Director Responsibilities:

As ultrasound director his/her responsibilities include:

• Developing and ensuring compliance to overall program goals: educational, clinical, financial, and academic.
• Designing and managing an appropriate credentialing and certification program for physicians and/or residents within the group and/or academic facility.
• Designing and implementing in-house and/or out sourced educational programs for all residents and attending physicians involved in the credentialing program.
• Monitoring and documenting physician privileges, educational experiences, ultrasound scans, and CME.
• Developing, maintaining, and improving an adequate QA process in which physician scans are reviewed for quality in a timely manner and from which feedback is generated.
• Developing and monitoring an appropriate ultrasound machine maintenance care plan to ensure quality and cleanliness.

Other Requirements for Emergency Ultrasound Director:

• Credentialed as an Emergency Physician
• Privileges for emergency ultrasound applications

If you are eligible based on the above requirements & interested in pursuing this opportunity, please send your CV & letter of interest to Mr. Jonathan Hughes (Jonathan.Hughes@envisionhealth.com) & Dr. Manish Sharma (mas9064@nyp.org).

FACILITY INFORMATION

New York-Presbyterian Queens, located in Flushing, New York, is a community teaching hospital affiliated with Weill Cornell Medicine, serving Queens and metro New York residents. The 535-bed tertiary care facility provides services in 14 clinical departments and numerous subspecialties. With its network of affiliated primary and multispecialty care physician practices and community-based health centers, the hospital provides approximately 162,000 ambulatory care visits and 125,000 emergency service visits annually.

• 125,000 annual volume
• Level I Trauma Center
• 56 ED beds
• Well-established EM Residency Program
• ­Observational Unit and separate Pediatric ED
• Designated Stroke Center
• Designated Emergency Heart Care Station
• Fast Track
• Simulation Lab, Active ED Research Program and ultrasound Fellowship
• Full practice support with advanced practice providers, medical scribes and EMR

COMMUNITY INFORMATION

Queens/Flushing, New York is recognized as the most culturally diverse county in the United States. Queens is home to nearly 2.5 million people as well as many colleges, New York City's two major airports, and numerous professional sports and cultural organizations. Downtown Flushing is known for its restaurants, bakeries and Asian specialty stores - from Kugel to Kimchi, Flushing, NY is a foodies paradise!