Echocardiographer- St Johns/Woodwinds Hospital

Fairview Health Services • Woodbury, NJ

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About The Position

Fairview Health Services is hiring a Echocardiographer to join our Electrocardiology team at our M Health Fairview Woodwinds and St Johns Hospitals location in Maplewood and Woodbury, MN. We’re offering a $5,000 sign-on bonus! Schedule: This position will be working 1.0 FTE (80 hours every two weeks). The shift length will be 8 hours on the day shift. This position will work every Saturday and Sunday (inpatient only) and 3 days per week could be flexible/variable or fixed days. This position will not require you to take on-call unless you want to pick it up. The Echocardiographer performs non-invasive cardiac diagnostic imaging using ultrasound technology to aid the physician in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac diseases.

Requirements

• BLS Certification
• Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) from the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography; OR Registered Cardiac Sonography (RCS) from Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI) (to be obtained within 6 months of hire)

Nice To Haves

• Associate’s degree in Echocardiography
• 1 to 3 years of Echocardiography experience

Responsibilities

• Performing various echocardiograms according to departmental policies and procedures.
• Transthoracic echocardiograms.
• Exercise and pharmacological echocardiograms.
• Utilizes contrast agents for echocardiograms as needed.
• Assists physicians with transesophageal echocardiograms.
• Prepares echocardiogram for interpretation including accurate preliminary report.
• Participating in quality assurance activities per ICAEL and laboratory standards.
• Attends required Q.A. meetings.
• Participates in quality improvement programs.
• Correlation studies.
• Required continuing medical education (CME).
• Participates in research studies as needed.
• Completing various clerical and departmental tasks for efficient departmental operations.
• Completes patient registration.
• Replenish laboratory supplies as needed.
• Clean echo cart and room after each use.
• Copies and prepare DVD/CD/tapes for outside interpretation/use.
• Meeting all role-related and age-specific competencies.
• Demonstrating ability to provide care or service adjusting approaches to reflect developmental level and cultural differences of population served.
• Partners with patient care giver in care/decision making.
• Communicates in a respective manner.
• Ensures a safe, secure environment.
• Individualizes plan of care to meet patient needs.
• Modifies clinical interventions based on population served.
• Provides patient education based on assessment of learning needs of patient/care giver.

Benefits

• Medical plans
• Dental plans
• Vision plans
• Life insurance
• Short-term disability insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• PTO and Sick and Safe Time
• Tuition reimbursement
• Retirement
• Early access to earned wages

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees