Cardiac Sonographer II

Beth Israel Lahey Health

13d • $49 - $66

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 Lead Cardiac Sonographer and Technical director, the Cardiac Sonographer performs cardiac ultrasound exams according to departmental policy and standards Job Description: Recent Market Adjustment

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 three years of 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, 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 conferences and attendance at conferences/CME events. Maintain minimum CME requirements as per ARDMS/CCI.
• In addition to the above responsibilities, the level II sonographer must maintain a professional contribution in two or more of the following areas: IV insertion Active participation of an educational activity within the last 12 months (active participation in a regional or national educational activities i.e. faculty, board member) HCM Stress Echo Performs stress echo/dobutamine stress echo Actively scanning and competent in intraprocedural Cath lab studies Active and ongoing participation in research studies/QI projects (within the last 12 months) > 5 years' experience scanning ACS credential FASE designation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees