Cardiac Sonographer I

Beth Israel Lahey Health•Granbury, TX

7d•$47 - $70•Onsite

About The Position

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. Under the direction of the Supervising Cardiac Sonographer and Technical Director of Non-Invasive Cardiology, the Cardiac Sonographer performs cardiac ultrasound exams according to departmental policy and standards.

Requirements

Vocational or Technical training in echocardiography.
Basic Life Support
RDCS (ARDMS) or RCS (CCI) certification. New graduates are expected to obtain RDCS/RCS certification within 3 months of hire date.
Knowledge of cardiac anatomy, physiology, and pathology either through college level courses in biology and anatomy and/or relevant acquired experience.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Performs M-mode, two dimensional, three dimensional, spectral and color Doppler echocardiograms according to the established laboratory protocol and modified as needed by patient variability; reviews medical record for pertinent history.
Communicates with reading physicians regarding echocardiogram findings.
Performs saline contrast studies and UEA studies as per protocol.
Generates preliminary reports with all protocol specified measurements.
Determines priority for requested studies and revises schedule as needed to perform urgent outpatient and emergency inpatient studies; recognizes important and life-threatening abnormalities on the echocardiogram and calls them to the immediate attention of the director or physicians.
Instructs cardiac and anesthesia fellows in scanning technique.
Identifies patients with echocardiographic findings of importance or uniqueness for the hospital's and medical staff's teaching and research program.
Assists in training new echocardiography staff.
Instructs techniques of echocardiography (scanning and interpretation) to fellow, house officers, echocardiography students and new colleagues.
Monitors supply inventory and notifies manager to re-order; maintains equipment in clean, running order and notifies manager if equipment repair is warranted.
Treats all patient information and laboratory findings in a confidential manner; responds to all patients in a courteous and professional manner.
Maintains knowledge of echocardiography with attendance at weekly echo conferences and attendance at conferences/CME events.
Maintain minimum CME requirements as per ARDMS/CCI.