Sonography/Echo Tech

Carenest Health Services • Austin, TX

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Cardiac Sonographer 2 performs basic to advanced cardiac ultrasound services for adult patients, including transthoracic, transesophageal, and stress tests. These examinations help diagnose and assess cardiac abnormalities. General duties include preparing equipment and patients, explaining procedures, reviewing images, reporting findings, and evaluating patient history to identify the purpose of the examination. The sonographer frames the clinical question the examination should answer and expands the examination as needed.

This is a part-time inpatient hospital position at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Oak Hill in Austin. The schedule is Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and Tuesday and Thursday from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. There is no call. The position performs echocardiograms, stress echocardiograms, and TEEs for inpatients.

Baylor Scott & White Health describes itself as the largest not-for-profit healthcare system in Texas and says it promotes the well-being of individuals, families, and communities. Its core values are serving faithfully, continually striving for better, supporting one another and those served, and taking initiative to deliver an exceptional experience.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited program, or two years of work experience above the minimum qualification.
• Less than one year of experience.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification within 30 days of hire or transfer.
• At the time of hire or transfer, hold either Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCS) certification through Cardio Credentialing International (CCI) or Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) certification through the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS).

Responsibilities

• Perform basic to advanced cardiac ultrasound services for adult patients, including transthoracic, transesophageal, and stress tests.
• Prepare equipment and patients for examinations and explain procedures.
• Review images and report findings.
• Evaluate patient history to identify the purpose of the examination.
• Frame the clinical question an examination should answer and expand the examination as needed.
• Perform echocardiograms, stress echocardiograms, and TEEs for inpatients.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed