Cardiac Sonographer I

Beth Israel Lahey Health

6d • $47 - $70

About The Position

Under the direction of the Lead Cardiac Sonographer and Clinical Manager, the Cardiac Sonographer performs cardiac ultrasound examinations according to departmental policy, laboratory protocols, and standards. The role includes reviewing patients’ medical records, communicating findings to reading physicians, generating preliminary reports, and recognizing abnormalities that require immediate attention. The sonographer also supports teaching and training, maintains equipment and supplies, protects confidential information, and keeps current with echocardiography practices and continuing education requirements.

Requirements

• Vocational or technical training in echocardiography.
• Basic Life Support certification.
• RDCS (ARDMS) or RCS (CCI) certification; new graduates are expected to obtain RDCS/RCS certification within three months of hire.
• Ability to make decisions using general instructions and practices, analyze varied problems, follow procedures, organize work, and seek assistance in difficult or unpredictable situations.
• Clear and effective written English communication and effective spoken English communication with staff, patients, families, and external customers.
• Working knowledge of standard concepts, practices, procedures, and policies, with the ability to apply them in varied situations.
• Ability to collaborate in small teams and provide professional, respectful, service-oriented customer care, including remaining calm in stressful situations.
• Competence to provide patient care to young adults (16–30 years), middle-aged adults (30–60 years), and elderly patients (60 years and older).
• Ability to meet the position's physical demands, including standing and moving for most of the shift, frequent walking, bending, twisting, reaching, grasping, fine manipulation, and pushing or pulling equipment and items.
• Ability to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently; with assistance, push a wheelchair or wheeled bed containing a patient weighing up to 250 pounds.
• Ability to work with close attention to tasks and respond using judgment to events that occur several times a week.
• Ability to work with required protective equipment and potential exposure to adverse environmental conditions, infectious diseases, airborne pathogens, and bloodborne pathogens.
• Ability to meet sensory demands including close visual work, color perception, visual clarity under three feet, conversation, telephone use, and background noise.
• Must be vaccinated against influenza as a condition of employment.

Nice To Haves

• Graduation from an accredited echocardiography program.
• At least one year of experience performing echocardiograms in a hospital setting.

Responsibilities

• Perform M-mode, two-dimensional, three-dimensional, spectral, and color Doppler echocardiograms according to laboratory protocols, adapting as needed to patient variability.
• Review medical records for relevant patient history and communicate echocardiogram findings with reading physicians.
• Maintain competency in IV placement and perform saline contrast and UEA studies according to protocol.
• Generate preliminary reports with all protocol-specified measurements.
• Prioritize requested studies and revise schedules to accommodate urgent outpatient and emergency inpatient studies.
• Recognize important or life-threatening echocardiographic abnormalities and promptly bring them to the attention of the director or physicians.
• Instruct cardiac and anesthesia fellows in scanning techniques and identify notable echocardiographic findings for teaching and research programs.
• Assist with training new echocardiography staff and teach echocardiography scanning and interpretation techniques to fellows, house officers, students, and colleagues.
• Monitor supply inventory and notify the manager when items need to be reordered.
• Keep equipment clean and operational and notify the manager when repairs are needed.
• Handle patient information and laboratory findings confidentially and treat patients courteously and professionally.
• Maintain echocardiography knowledge by attending weekly echo conferences and conferences or CME events, and meet minimum ARDMS/CCI CME requirements.

What This Job Offers

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