Cardiac Ultrasound Tech

Brigham and Women's Hospital • Newton, MA

75d • $35 - $52

About The Position

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham. The Mass General Brigham Medical Group is a system-led operating entity formed by Mass General Brigham to deliver high quality, low cost, innovative community-based ambulatory care. This stems from Mass General Brigham's unified system strategy to bring health care closer to patients while lowering total health care costs. The Medical Group provides a wide range of offerings, including primary care, specialty care, behavioral and mental health, and urgent care, both digitally as well as at physical locations in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. The group also offers outpatient surgery and endoscopy, imaging, cardiac testing, and infusion. We share the commitment to delivering a coordinated and comprehensive experience across all locations, ensuring the appropriate level of care is available to every patient across our care delivery sites.

Requirements

• Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Associates Degree - Required.
• Registered in Cardiac Ultrasound preferred.
• Three to five years Cardiac ultrasound experience required with knowledge of M-MODE, 2-D, COLOR FLOW IMAGING and Doppler.
• Experience with transesophageal imaging preferred.
• Experience with stress echo preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform professional quality cardiac ultrasound procedures including M-MODE, 2D (real time), PW/CW DOPPLER, COLOR FLOW IMAGING, STRESS ECHOES, TRANSESOPHAGEAL AND CONTRAST ULTRASOUND studies.
• Prepare the patient for examination by explaining the procedure, acquiring demographic information, and clinical history.
• Correlate symptoms with findings and recognize abnormal pathology.
• Generate a permanent record of the examination on the digital PACS system and hardcopy.
• Prepare an initial report for the Cardiologist to read.
• Notify the cardiologist directly for issues requiring immediate attention.
• Participate as a member of the Cardiac Ultrasound team, assisting in all aspects of the delivery of services to patients and physicians.

Benefits

• Free Parking
• Great benefits
• Comprehensive benefits package including career advancement opportunities, differentials, premiums and bonuses as applicable.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees