Echocardiogram Technician-2

Sea Mar Community Health Centers•White Center, WA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Sea Mar Community Health Centers, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) founded in 1978, is a community-based organization committed to providing quality, comprehensive health, human, educational and cultural services to diverse communities, specializing in service to Latinos in Washington State. Sea Mar proudly serves all persons without regard to race, ethnicity, immigration status, gender, or sexual orientation, and regardless of ability to pay for services. Sea Mar's network of services includes more than 90 medical, dental, and behavioral health clinics and a wide variety of nutritional, social, and educational services. Sea Mar is a mandatory COVID-19 and flu vaccine organization. The Echocardiogram Technologist (Cardiac Sonographer) is responsible for obtaining high quality recordings of ultrasound images of the heart and related structures to be interpreted by the Cardiologist.

Requirements

Must be a graduate of a CAAHEP or CMA approved School of Diagnostic Ultrasound or equivalent amount of on the job training as outlined by ICAEL accreditation requirements.
Registered or registry eligible with the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers with a specialty Registration of Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographers (RDCS). If RDCS registry eligible, must receive RDCS certification within 12 months of hire.
Registered with Cardiovascular Credentialing International as Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCS) or Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist (RCIS) may be substituted for RDCS with the expectation of obtaining ARDMS registry within 12 months of hire.

Responsibilities

Complete ultrasound exam accurately and timely, adapting protocol according to degree and type of pathology encountered, while adhering to standards of Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) for Echocardiography for both complete resting echocardiogram and stress (exercise treadmill) echocardiogram.
Observes patient during the exam, monitoring patient’s condition and safety.
Performs quality control (weekly) and cleaning procedures (daily) on all equipment: Performs daily maintenance such as sanitizing the transducers, cables, beds, or other items as needed after each patient.
Works with Sea Mar IT to help performs weekly and monthly maintenance such as filter cleaning, workstation back up and purging or other duties to ensure smooth patient flow.
Alerting the Sea Mar Cardiology clinic manager when supplies are low to reorder (ultrasound gel, wipes for transducers, etc.)
Performs clerical activities associated with department operation and patient care:
Transfer studies from the echo machine to the EchoPACs reading station
Copy or upload echo studies to and from EchoPACs.
Provide a preliminary report for the staff cardiologist.
Call the cardiologist to discuss and view any STAT findings (tamponade, aortic dissection, etc.) prior to discharging the patient.
Participates in Quality Assurance activities, continuing education, and assists in training of new Echo Lab personnel and ultrasound students.