Echocardiography Technologist 1 SIGN ON BONUS $10K

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Nashville, TN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Acquires echocardiographic data using transthoracic transducer acquisition with the patient at rest under the supervision and/or director of a physician. Work includes morphologic imaging, assessment of myocardial function, recording of hemodynamic parameters, visualization of blood flow. May perform and administer contrast imaging under the direction of a physician. The sign-on bonus is not applicable to current full-time VUMC staff or former staff who have worked full-time for VUMC in the past twelve months. Allied health is among the fastest growing occupations in healthcare today. This area can be defined as credentialed professionals who perform supportive, diagnostic and therapeutic health care services to promote health and prevent disease in a variety of settings. These areas are crucial to Vanderbilt Health’s reputation for excellence in these areas that has made us a major center for patient referrals from throughout the Mid-South. Each year, people throughout Tennessee and the southeast choose Vanderbilt Health for their health care because of our leadership in medical science and our dedication to treating patients with dignity and compassion.

Requirements

Compliance (Novice): Can explain and apply basic statutory instructions in normal situations on the job. Understands the principles upon which the rules and regulations are based. Appropriately escalates problems relating to rules and regulations in timely and effective manner.
Echocardiography Technology (Fundamental Awareness): Has limited experience, training, direct exposure, or past experience working with echocardiography technology.
Diagnostic Equipment (Fundamental Awareness): Has training, direct exposure, limited experience, or past experience working with equipment diagnostic tools. Able to resolve simple equipment problems.
Patient Documentation Management (Fundamental Awareness): Writes clear, concise and comprehensive documentation operational procedures, etc. Incorporates accepted technical documentation conventions and uses graphics and other visual aids to assure understanding by the reader. Adheres to governmental documentation requirements and associated templates and forms. Creates outlines and organizes thoughts before attempting to write a document. Edits and proofreads drafts before completing documents, adopts constructive critiques and integrates changes easily.
LIC-Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer - Licensure-Others
Relevant Work Experience
Graduate of an approved discipline specific program

Responsibilities

Applies broad range of skills to ensure exam is completed timely and meets quality and compliance standards
Provides appropriate Echo testing process to patients, staff and self according to prescribed safety standards
Gathers echocardiographic images for all patients including the clinically complex patients
Communicates findings to the healthcare team including recognition of abnormal studies