Echocardiography Technician - PRN

BHS•Richmond, KY

41d•Onsite

About The Position

Job Description: Performs echocardiograms under the administrative supervision of the Director of Cardiovascular Services and the medical/technical supervision of the physicians who interpret echocardiograms and department Medical Director. Possesses sound knowledge of echocardiography procedures. Collaborates with all other interdisciplinary services and team members. The individual will demonstrate competency based on observation and/or demonstration for all age categories treated within the Cardiac Service’s scope of practice. The individual will abide by all hospital wide policy and procedures, for example Guest Relations, Corporate Compliance, Mandatory Yearly in-services, continuing education units and other required in-services. Performs echocardiographic examinations, pediatrics through geriatrics. Communicates with all patient care staff regarding patients. Responsible for the safe operation and daily maintenance of the echocardiogram machine. Transports patients to and from Echo Lab when necessary. Explains purpose and procedure of the echocardiogram to the patient and family members dependent upon age of the patient. Documents education. Records all pertinent information on the proper echocardiogram forms/EMR. Performs other Cardiorespiratory Care functions when necessary and individual is licensed appropriately. Participates in department CQI activities and team projects. Provides input in ways to improve processes as appropriate. Maintains CEU’s, attends department meetings/workshops, participates in Guest Relations activities. If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now! Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. EEO Statement: Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing. NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.

Requirements

Must be certified/registered in Echocardiography through American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography or at least minimum of 1 year experience in performing Echocardiography.
BLS
Minimum Experience Required: 1 year Work Experience

Responsibilities

Performs echocardiograms under the administrative supervision of the Director of Cardiovascular Services and the medical/technical supervision of the physicians who interpret echocardiograms and department Medical Director.
Collaborates with all other interdisciplinary services and team members.
Performs echocardiographic examinations, pediatrics through geriatrics.
Communicates with all patient care staff regarding patients.
Responsible for the safe operation and daily maintenance of the echocardiogram machine.
Transports patients to and from Echo Lab when necessary.
Explains purpose and procedure of the echocardiogram to the patient and family members dependent upon age of the patient.
Documents education.
Records all pertinent information on the proper echocardiogram forms/EMR.
Performs other Cardiorespiratory Care functions when necessary and individual is licensed appropriately.
Participates in department CQI activities and team projects.
Provides input in ways to improve processes as appropriate.
Maintains CEU’s, attends department meetings/workshops, participates in Guest Relations activities.