Per Diem Cardiac/Vascular Sonographer - Lake Success

NYU Langone Health•Lake Success, NY

3d•Onsite

About The Position

NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island is a 591-bed university-affiliated medical center, which offers sophisticated diagnostic and therapeutic care in virtually every specialty and subspecialty of medicine and surgery. We are a major regional healthcare resource with a deep commitment to medical education and research, offering a full complement of inpatient and outpatient services. At NYU Langone Health, equity and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace inclusion and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge. This role is responsible for performing all cardiac ultrasound studies including echocardiograms, treadmill stress echocardiograms, pharmacological stress echocardiograms, echocardiograms with ultrasound enhancing agents and agitated saline studies. The role is also responsible for performing all vascular ultrasound studies including carotid duplex, upper and lower extremity venous and arterial duplex studies, abdominal aortic studies, renal artery duplex studies, iliocaval duplex studies, mesenteric duplex studies, plethysmography, and ankle-brachial index studies.

Requirements

Associate's degree in a related field or completion of an accredited program in cardiac and vascular ultrasound.
Registered with the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers as a Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) and Registered Vascular Technologist (RVT) OR with Cardiovascular Credentialing International as a Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCS) and Registered Vascular Sonographer (RVS). One must have one cardiac credential and one vascular credential.
Candidate may apply for a position if they have one credential (cardiac or vascular) with the requirement of obtaining the other second credential within one year of hire.
Certification in Basic Life Support (BLS).
Must maintain active registry status.
Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

Demonstrates knowledge of NYU policies and protocols and incorporates them into the performance of duties.
Performs all cardiac ultrasound studies including echocardiograms, treadmill stress echocardiograms, pharmacological stress echocardiograms, echocardiograms with ultrasound enhancing agents and agitated saline studies.
Performs all vascular ultrasound studies including carotid duplex, upper and lower extremity venous and arterial duplex studies, abdominal aortic studies, renal artery duplex studies, iliocaval duplex studies, mesenteric duplex studies, plethysmography, and ankle-brachial index studies.
All studies must adhere to NYU protocols as well as IAC and ACR standards.
Provides for patient comfort and interacts with patient by identifying self to patient and verifies identity of the patient by checking the patients ID bracelet or verbal acknowledgement by patient. Technologist explains the procedure and equipment to the patient clearly and provides patient privacy.
Creates a preliminary report based upon completion of the scan. Documents the scans according to departmental procedures. Enters, maintains and records all pertinent patient data. Must use good judgment when determining if the procedure was sufficient for proper diagnoses.
Usage of highly technical equipment to perform ultrasound studies.
Alerts medical staff of abnormalities that require immediate attention.
Compares present echovascular studies to previous studies to monitor changes in status.
Assists with maintaining accreditation compliance and documentation (IAC or ACR) and submitting appropriate studies to management for accreditation application.
Position may require lifting, pushing, or moving patients and equipment over 150 pounds, with or without assistive devices.
Carries out assignments within a realistic time.
Performs other duties as assigned.