Cardiovascular Ultrasound Tech III

Atlantic Health System • Morristown, NJ

4d

About The Position

The Cardiovascular Ultrasound Tech III performs comprehensive ultrasound exams, adhering to established protocols for verification, planning, setup, execution, and reporting. This role involves patient identification, education, cooperation, and safety monitoring during procedures. The position also contributes to quality assurance and performance improvement initiatives. Additionally, the Cardiovascular Ultrasound Tech III is responsible for completing all associated clerical tasks accurately and in a timely manner, ensuring prompt reporting of critical results and maintaining patient privacy. Effective communication with physicians, patients, and other personnel is essential, as is fostering a positive and collaborative team environment. The role requires maintaining a clean and orderly work area, adhering to infection control policies for equipment cleaning, and identifying personal learning needs to enhance professional growth and departmental efficiency. This role includes the skills of Sonographer level 1 & 2, with a focus on Protocol Directed/Research Protocols, demonstrating initiative, a positive attitude, increased engagement, and a shift towards an external team/department/organizational focus. It also involves demonstrating a High Reliability Organization (HRO) culture by identifying patient safety issues and consistently seeking opportunities to learn new technology, equipment, and expand knowledge and skills. Specific activities include being an ASE Member, attending Echo Conferences, acting as a Preceptor, providing educational activities/inservices, giving presentations, participating in Shared Governance, assisting with IAC, and contributing to QI initiatives. Completion of CVT PACT is also required.

Requirements

• Includes skills of Sonographer level 1 + 2
• Protocol Directed/Research Protocols
• Positive attitude
• Increased engagement
• Shift from internal focus to external team/department/org.
• Demonstrates HRO culture by identifying patient safety issues.
• Consistently seeks out opportunities to learn new technology and equipment; expand knowledge and skills.
• ASE Member
• Attends Echo Conference
• Preceptor
• Provides Educational activity/Inservice
• Presentations
• Shared Governance
• Assist w IAC
• QI initiatives
• Complete CVT PACT

Responsibilities

• Performs comprehensive ultrasound exams. Follows established protocols to verify, plan, set up, perform, and report appropriate examinations.
• Verifies identity and informs and observes patient during procedure to ensure patient education, cooperation, and safety.
• Assists in continuing quality assurance and performance improvement.
• Completes clerical tasks associated with ultrasound tests. Completes and records all testing information accurately, completely, and in a timely manner.
• Ensures that critical results are reported promptly and accurately, following established policy.
• Maintains patient privacy and confidentiality.
• Communicates with physicians, patients, and other center personnel. Maintains pleasant and informative manner in communicating with patients, physicians, and other center personnel.
• Makes recommendations to supervisor on related duties, policies and procedures.
• Enhances environment of teamwork. Shows motivation, enthusiasm, acceptance of responsibility and personal accountability with regard to daily duties.
• Engages in problem solving in difficult situations. Asks for assistance / guidance when appropriate and accepts suggestions in a positive manner.
• Demonstrates understanding of impact of individual performance on team. Seeks to mentor and develop others.
• Maintains work area in a clean and orderly manner. Cleans patient areas after each use and assists in maintaining a clean and orderly environment in the lab.
• Notifies supervisor of stocking needs and equipment needs or problems.
• Takes responsibility for lab opening and closing procedures when appropriate.
• Cleans and maintains all equipment according to Hospital Infection Control policies and procedures.
• Identifies own learning needs and responds to department needs. Identifies, acts on and maintains a record of meetings, etc. to upgrade personal / professional growth.
• Attends in-services, lab and departmental meetings.
• Strives to increase proficiency in testing and other lab procedures.
• Suggests new, changing, more efficient or economical techniques, procedures, and processes.
• Consistently takes initiative to develop professionally.
• Demonstrates HRO culture by identifying patient safety issues.
• Consistently seeks out opportunities to learn new technology and equipment; expand knowledge and skills.
• Provides Educational activity/Inservice.
• Gives Presentations.
• Participates in Shared Governance.
• Assists w IAC.
• Contributes to QI initiatives.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Coverage (22.5 hours per week or above for full-time and part-time team members)
• Life & AD&D Insurance.
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (with options to supplement)
• 403(b) Retirement Plan: Employer match, additional non-elective contribution
• PTO & Paid Sick Leave
• Tuition Assistance, Advancement & Academic Advising
• Parental, Adoption, Surrogacy Leave
• Backup and On-Site Childcare
• Well-Being Rewards
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Fertility Benefits, Healthy Pregnancy Program
• Flexible Spending & Commuter Accounts
• Pet, Home & Auto, Identity Theft and Legal Insurance

What This Job Offers

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