Echo Tech
About The Position
As an Echo Tech, you will perform diagnostic echocardiography procedures to assist in diagnosing and treating cardiovascular conditions. Every day you will operate ultrasound equipment to capture high-quality cardiac images and data, ensuring patient comfort and performing a range of echocardiographic studies. To be successful, you will possess a strong understanding of cardiac anatomy, proficient technical skills, and effective communication abilities to provide exceptional diagnostic services. Is a role model for the Hospital's Patient Satisfaction effort, i.e. demonstrates AIDET/HELLO principles when interacting with customers, peers and colleague. Demonstrates skill necessary to perform best quality diagnostic echocardiograms, including measurements, recordings, and other related procedures on newborn, pediatric, adolescent adult and geriatric patients. Consistently utilizes best patient positioning for optimal imaging. Visualizes and records all standard views in all non-limited studies. Suprasternal visualization of the aortic arch and great vessels in studies performed on neonates, pediatrics, and young adults with congenital abnormalities (corrected or non-corrected). Subcostal visualization of cardiac structures and IVC are provided when technically possible.
Requirements
- High School Graduate or GED
- Graduate of Cardiovascular Sonography certificate program
- Minimum of one year of independent experience performing echocardiograms with spectral and color flow Doppler in an acute health care setting or a cardiology clinic is required, or a continuous structured internship of at least (6) months in an acute health care setting
- Registered Cardiac Sonographer CCI, within 6 - months or Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer, within 6 - months
- AHA Basic Life Support - CPR
Nice To Haves
- Graduate of a two-year program with a six(6) internship in acute health care settingis preferred.
- Associates or Bachelors degree
- A continuous structured internship of six (6) months in an acute health care setting
- Experience performing exercise and pharmacological stress echocardiograms, neonatal and pediatric echocardiograms is preferred
Responsibilities
- perform diagnostic echocardiography procedures to assist in diagnosing and treating cardiovascular conditions
- operate ultrasound equipment to capture high-quality cardiac images and data
- ensuring patient comfort
- performing a range of echocardiographic studies
- role model for the Hospital's Patient Satisfaction effort, i.e. demonstrates AIDET/HELLO principles when interacting with customers, peers and colleague
- demonstrates skill necessary to perform best quality diagnostic echocardiograms, including measurements, recordings, and other related procedures on newborn, pediatric, adolescent adult and geriatric patients
- consistently utilizes best patient positioning for optimal imaging
- visualizes and records all standard views in all non-limited studies
- suprasternal visualization of the aortic arch and great vessels in studies performed on neonates, pediatrics, and young adults with congenital abnormalities (corrected or non-corrected)
- subcostal visualization of cardiac structures and IVC are provided when technically possible
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
