Echo Stress Technician

Dignity Health Medical Group•Redwood City, CA

20h•Onsite

About The Position

Dignity Health Medical Foundation, established in 1993, is a California nonprofit public benefit corporation with care centers throughout California. Dignity Health Medical Foundation is an affiliate of Dignity Health - one of the largest health systems in the nation - with hospitals and care centers in California, Arizona and Nevada. Today, Dignity Health Medical Foundation works hand-in-hand with physicians and providers throughout California to provide comprehensive health care services to the many communities we serve. As Dignity Health Medical Foundation continues to grow and establish new premier care centers, we provide increasing support and investment in the latest technologies, finest physicians and state-of-the-art medical facilities. We strive to create purposeful work settings where staff can provide great care, while advancing in knowledge and experience through challenging work assignments and stimulating relationships. Our staff is well-trained and highly skilled, qualities that are vital to maintaining excellence in care and service. Dignity Health Medical Group – Sequoia, a service of Dignity Health Medical Foundation, is committed to serving the continuing health care needs of the Bay Area on the peninsula and beyond. With a growing list of primary and specialty care clinics, along with our local affiliated Dignity Health hospital (Sequoia Hospital), we offer an integrated care delivery system that provides primary care for family medicine and internal medicine, surgical services that include general, vascular, gynecological, cardiothoracic, and orthopedics, and a growing list of neurologist, cardiologists, endocrinologists, infectious disease and sports medicine specialists. One Community. One Mission. One California Job Summary and Responsibilities As an Echo Stress Tech with the Dignity Health Medical Foundation, now part of CommonSpirit Health, you will perform cardiac diagnostic procedures, including echos, stress tests, and vascular, on a variety of patient populations including adult, and geriatric patients in our outpatient Cardiology clinic.Your success in this role comes from your enthusiasm to help others and desire to have a positive impact on the lives of our patients and their families as you play a huge role in the patient experience. Success in this role means you: - Are responsible for the performance of complex cardiac diagnostic procedures. - Explain procedure before beginning each study, patient prep, calibrating equipment, and entering patient data with an exceptional accuracy rate. - Prioritize studies by patient status and age of order and complete study within your scheduled shift. Demonstrate competence in care of neonatal, pediatric, adult and geriatric patients. - Prepare test results for physicians' interpretation providing all pertinent patient data, and accurately recording measurements. Copy and disperses study to appropriate areas. Initiate an appropriate charge for patient account. - Maintains proper care of equipment, including cleaning and re-stocking, so that no more than 1 to 2 outages of supplies are noted per month. Notifies company of any equipment failures immediately to ensure timely repair with notification to supervisor. - Assists with procedures and various duties of EKG technician between scheduled tests.

Requirements

Completion of an Echo Technician program.
Substantial knowledge of: EKG procedures and equipment.
Basic cardiac and human body anatomy.
Basic interpretation of cardiac arrhythmias.
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
General filing procedures.
Electrical safety standards.
Typing and office skills.
Proper phone techniques.
Aseptic techniques.
Ability to perform a quality echocardiographic study of the heart including 2D, color flow mapping and TEE procedures of all patient age groups.
Ability to perform stress echocardiographic procedures on adult and geriatric patients with and without contrast.
Ability to work with computer billing system.
Ability to establish and maintain a good working relationship with a wide variety of Hospital personnel.
Ability to act courteously and with tact in dealing with patients, visitors and the public.
Ability to explain procedures to patients.
Ability to maintain patient confidentiality.
Ability to follow established procedures.
Ability to work effectively under stress and adjust priorities as circumstances require.
Ability to organize work assignments, maintaining accurate and complete records.
Ability to maintain a high degree of accuracy regarding all details.
Ability to calm and reassure distressed patients.
Ability to work with minimal supervision.
Ability to respond effectively in emergency situations.
Ability to read and comprehend technical instructions.
Effective oral and written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

1 year experience as Echo/ Stress Tech preferred.
Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) preferred.

Responsibilities

Perform cardiac diagnostic procedures, including echos, stress tests, and vascular, on a variety of patient populations including adult, and geriatric patients in our outpatient Cardiology clinic.
Perform complex cardiac diagnostic procedures.
Explain procedure before beginning each study, patient prep, calibrating equipment, and entering patient data with an exceptional accuracy rate.
Prioritize studies by patient status and age of order and complete study within your scheduled shift.
Demonstrate competence in care of neonatal, pediatric, adult and geriatric patients.
Prepare test results for physicians' interpretation providing all pertinent patient data, and accurately recording measurements.
Copy and disperses study to appropriate areas.
Initiate an appropriate charge for patient account.
Maintains proper care of equipment, including cleaning and re-stocking, so that no more than 1 to 2 outages of supplies are noted per month.
Notifies company of any equipment failures immediately to ensure timely repair with notification to supervisor.
Assists with procedures and various duties of EKG technician between scheduled tests.