Lead Vascular Tech, Outpatient Services, Full Time, Days

ABOUT MARINHEALTH
Are you looking for a place where you are empowered to bring innovation to reality? Join MarinHealth, an integrated, independent healthcare system with deep roots throughout the North Bay. With a world-class physician and clinical team, an affiliation with UCSF Health, an ever-expanding network of clinics, and a new state-of-the-art hospital, MarinHealth is growing quickly. MarinHealth comprises MarinHealth Medical Center, a 327-bed hospital in Greenbrae, and 55 primary care and specialty clinics in Marin, Sonoma, and Napa Counties. We attract healthcare’s most talented trailblazers who appreciate having the best of both worlds: the pioneering medicine of an academic medical center combined with an independent hospital's personalized, caring touch. 

MarinHealth is already realizing the benefits of impressive growth and has consistently earned high praise and accolades, including being Named One of the Top 250 Hospitals Nationwide by Healthgrades, receiving a 5-star Ranking for Overall Hospital Quality from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and being named the Best Hospital in San Francisco/Marin by Bay Area Parent, among others. 

Company:

Marin General Hospital dba MarinHealth Medical Center

Compensation Range:

$59.89 - $89.83

Work Shift:

10 Hour (days) (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Job Description Summary:

Serves as the senior clinical and operational lead for the vascular laboratory while maintaining an active direct-patient-care assignment and expert competency in noninvasive diagnostic vascular ultrasound. Provides day-to-day functional direction to vascular technologists across assigned sites; promotes consistent clinical practice, patient safety, quality, service, workflow, staff competency, accreditation readiness, and efficient use of resources. Serves as the primary technical resource for complex studies and operational issues and works in partnership with department leadership and the Medical Director to implement approved standards and improvements. Exercises routine operational judgment within clearly delegated authority and promptly escalates matters outside that authority. This is a lead-worker role and does not independently hire, terminate, discipline, set compensation, approve leave, or conduct formal performance evaluations unless specifically authorized by organizational policy.

Job Requirements, Prerequisites and Essential Functions:

Education

• Associate degree in a related health-science field or successful completion of an accredited/certified diagnostic medical sonography program required, or an equivalent pathway accepted by the organization when consistent with credentialing requirements.
• Ongoing education sufficient to maintain required professional credentials and competency is required.

Experience

• Minimum five years of progressively responsible vascular ultrasound experience required
• Demonstrated advanced competency in the range of vascular examinations performed by the department, including complex, urgent, and technically challenging studies.
• Experience providing functional direction, precepting, competency validation, quality review, accreditation support, or workflow leadership strongly preferred.
• Experience in a high-volume or multi-site vascular laboratory and participation in process improvement preferred.

Licenses & Certifications

• Registered Vascular Technologist (RVT) credential through ARDMS required at time of hire. 
• Maintains all required credentials, continuing education, and organization-required competencies throughout employment.

Prerequisite Skills

• Expert knowledge of vascular anatomy, hemodynamics, vascular disease, diagnostic testing protocols, image optimization, and recognized vascular-laboratory quality standards.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate daily assignments, urgent add-ons, breaks, patient-flow priorities, and cross-site coverage within established staffing plans and policies.
• Ability to coach, precept, assess technical competency, give timely behavior- and standard-based feedback, and escalate unresolved competency or conduct concerns to management.
• Sound clinical and operational judgment, including the ability to distinguish decisions within delegated authority from issues requiring management or Medical Director review.
• Strong communication, conflict-resolution, organization, prioritization, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to interpret quality data, identify trends or variances, document follow-up, and support corrective or performance-improvement actions.
• Working proficiency with vascular ultrasound equipment, electronic medical records, vascular reporting applications, and routine office/communication technology.

Primary Customer Served (Age Specific)

• ( ) Infants: Birth up to 1 year
• ( ) Toddlers: 1 up to 3 years
• ( ) Preschool Children: 3 up to 6 years
• ( ) School Age Children: 6 up to 12 years
• (X) Adolescents: 12 up to 18 years
• (X) Early Adults: 18 up to 45 years
• (X) Middle Adults: 45 up to 61 years
• (X) Late Adults: 61 up to 80 years
• (X) Late, Late Adults: 80 years and up

Patient Privacy (HIPAA Compliance):

• Accesses only the protected health information reasonably necessary to perform assigned duties, including patient demographics, orders, history, prior studies, results, and related operational information.
• Protects privacy and confidentiality in accordance with HIPAA, organizational policy, and role-based access requirements.

Duties And Responsibilities:

Essential Duties (Not Modifiable)

• Performs the essential clinical duties of a Vascular Technologist and maintains expert competency in the examinations and procedures assigned to the vascular laboratory.
• Provides day-to-day functional direction to vascular technologists by coordinating assignments, urgent add-ons, schedule balancing, breaks, patient-flow priorities, and cross-site coverage within approved staffing plans and departmental policy.
• Serves as the first-line clinical and operational resource. Resolves routine workflow and technical issues within delegated authority and escalates patient-safety, staffing, physician, conduct, competency, or performance concerns promptly and through the appropriate chain of command.
• Monitors adherence to approved vascular protocols, documentation requirements, critical-result escalation, infection-prevention practices, patient-identification standards, and other safety and quality requirements. Identifies variances, documents or communicates them as required, and initiates appropriate follow-up.
• Leads or coordinates orientation, precepting, competency validation, and ongoing technical education. Provides timely, specific feedback tied to established standards and communicates persistent or significant gaps to management for formal performance management when indicated.
• Coordinates vascular-laboratory accreditation readiness, including required documentation, case review, quality measures, submissions, corrective-action follow-up, and ongoing compliance in partnership with department leadership and the Medical Director.
• Leads or coordinates technical quality assurance and performance-improvement activities. Uses defined measures and trends to identify opportunities for improved image quality, protocol adherence, access, throughput, patient experience, and standardization across sites.
• Functions as a primary technical resource for ultrasound equipment, vascular reporting systems, and workflow issues. Coordinates troubleshooting and escalation with vendors, IT, clinical engineering/biomedical services, physicians, and leadership and follows issues through resolution.
• Supports equipment readiness, repair tracking, supply standards, and standardized room setup; participates in evaluation, implementation, and staff training for approved new technology.
• Facilitates respectful, timely communication among technologists, physicians, scheduling and clinic teams, and leadership to address barriers affecting safety, access, quality, throughput, or patient experience.
• Supports department metrics, audits, policy/protocol review, and operational projects and helps translate approved changes into consistent daily practice.
• Act as the department's operational designee for routine day-to-day matters when the manager is unavailable, only within documented delegated authority. The Lead does not independently hire, terminate, discipline, set compensation, approve time off, or complete formal performance evaluations unless specifically authorized by organizational policy.
• Performs duties consistently with MarinHealth C.A.R.E.S. standards and applicable policies, including Communication, Accountability, Respect, Excellence, and Safety.

Secondary Duties (Modifiable)

• Maintains a regular clinical assignment and provides coverage at assigned sites based on patient-care and operational needs.
• Participates in structured candidate interviews and provides job-related technical input using approved selection criteria; final employment decisions remain with authorized management.
• Represents the vascular laboratory on committees, workgroups, vendor meetings, and improvement initiatives as assigned.
• Supports implementation of approved new services, technology, workflows, and physician-driven clinical protocols.
• Performs other related duties within the scope of the role, qualifications, and organizational policy as assigned.

Accommodation:

Qualified applicants with disabilities may request reasonable accommodation during the application process by contacting Human Resources at 415-925-7040 or [email protected].

 

C.A.R.E.S. Standards:

MarinHealth seeks candidates ready to model our C.A.R.E.S. standards—Communication, Accountability, Respect, Excellence, Safety—which foster a healing, trust-based environment for patients and colleagues.

 

Health & Immunizations:

To protect employees, patients, and our community, MarinHealth requires measles, mumps, varicella, and annual influenza immunizations as a condition of employment (and annually thereafter). COVID-19 vaccination/booster remains strongly recommended. Medical or religious exemptions will be considered consistent with applicable law.

 

Compensation:

The posted pay range complies with applicable law and reflects what we reasonably expect to pay for this role. Individual pay is set by skills, experience, qualifications, and internal/market equity, consistent with MarinHealth’s compensation philosophy. Positions covered by collective bargaining agreements are governed by those agreements.

 

Equal Employment:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability status, and any other classifications protected by federal, state, and local laws.