Echo tech, Cardiology

Mass General Brigham•Medford, OR

14h•Onsite

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 work 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. Mystic Healthcare is committed to building healthier communities. Our experienced teams of primary care physicians, cardiologists and advanced practice clinicians offer comprehensive, compassionate care for the entire family with convenient access to cardiac testing, labs and imaging. We are located at 127 Main Street in Medford, Massachusetts. We are seeking a Per Diem Echo Tech to support our practice on-site picking up a minimum of 2, 8-hour shifts a months. We are flexible with the shift times based on the candidate’s availability! Our cardiac sonographer uses non-invasive cardiovascular technology equipment to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of our patients with heart and blood vessel conditions.

Requirements

Associate's Degree Diagnostic Medical Sonographer preferred
Registered Cardiac Sonographer [RCS] - Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI) required
Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer [RDCS] - American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) required
Basic Life Support [BLS] - Generic - HR Only required
Sonographer experience 0-1 year required

Responsibilities

Prepare exam rooms and ultrasound equipment in accordance with infection control, sterilization, and patient safety protocols.
Understand reasons for individual patient exams, review patient history, and prior reports/images.
Apply proper positioning tools and ergonomically correct scanning techniques to ensure patient comfort and prevent personal injury, provide safe and high-quality patient care, and ensure an exceptional patient and family experience.
Perform comprehensive TTEs (transthoracic echo) independently within 6 months of hire.
Perform ultrasound contrast and agitated saline (bubble) studies when indicated and complex portable studies when needed.
Write preliminary reports to the interpreting physician.
Participate in Quality Improvement initiatives and in all measures to support accreditation.
Assist with scheduling as needed.
Meet productivity and volume expectations as defined by department standards.