Cardiac Sonographer I

Covenant Health•Harriman, TN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Overview: Proudly serving our community, Roane Medical Center is committed to your healthy future! Our state-of-the-art facility is equipped with modern technologies and expert staff to provide you the best possible patient care. From our quality medical, surgical, emergency and critical care services to our diagnostic imaging and rehabilitation support, you will find the right blends of technical expertise, medical professionalism, and patient quality and satisfaction at Roane Medical Center. Position Summary: The candidate will work in a Covenant Health System Cardiac Diagnostics Department utilizing state of the art technology to assist our cardiologists in diagnosing congenital, structural, and disease-process cardiac issues. The candidate will perform procedures to IAC standards and guidelines, to include transthoracic, transesophageal, and stress echocardiograms . Recruiter: Erin Wood || [email protected]

Requirements

Must have and maintain a CCI, ARRT, or ARDMS Registry.
American Heart Association BLS prior to hire.

Nice To Haves

Preference may be given to individuals with experience as a Cardiac Sonographer in a hospital setting.

Responsibilities

Understands cross-sectional human anatomy, physiology, pathology and medical terminology to obtain optimal studies.
Demonstrates knowledge of basic medical terminology.
Demonstrates knowledge in all facets of performing optimal studies to include pertinent clinical history, related diagnostic procedures, ultrasound physics, normal anatomy, and pathological variants. Also demonstrates competent performance of critical skills to include appropriate delivery of care according to age-specific patient needs.
Assists in the maintenance of equipment, supplies and imaging areas.
Able to perform ultrasound testing on patients by utilizing 2-dimensional, 3-dimensional, M-mode, spectral Doppler, color flow Doppler, speckle tracking, and other post-processing functionality, along with exercise and stress echo exams.
Performs as primary liaison between patients, physicians, and other members of the support team.
Provides patients and families with procedure explanation and/or written documentation of procedure.
Demonstrates competency in production, use, recognition and analysis of images and patterns used for patient diagnosis and treatment.
Able to complete preliminary reports including a range of measurements and motion to assist the physician with test results.
Able to develop and maintain good working relationships both inter- and intra-departmentally; to foster good customer relations, to maintain open lines of communication with colleagues, providers, and patients, and to observe the Covenant Health Mission and Values.