Registered Echo Sonographer – Heart & Vascular Specialists Clinic

#REF!•Fort Worth, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Registered Echo Sonographer – Heart & Vascular Specialists Clinic Bring your passion to Texas Health so we are Better + Together. Work location Required: 1300 West Terrell Avenue, Fort Worth, TX 76104. Work hours Required: Full-time, 40 hours weekly, rotating 8-hour shifts. Hours may vary beginning as early as 7:00 am and ending as late as 6:00 pm. Call and weekends required on a rotational basis. Travel Required: 50% to surrounding hospitals & clinics (mileage reimbursement provided). Heart & Vascular Specialists Department Highlights: Strong teamwork and collaboration. Compassion and empathy to our patients and the Team. Join an innovative team working towards making healthcare more accessible, integrated, and reliable.

Requirements

High School Diploma or Equivalent (required)
RDMS - American Registry for Diagnostic and Medical Sonographers or RDCS – Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer Upon Hire (required) or RCS - Registered Cardiac Sonographer Upon Hire (required)
Possess an excellent working knowledge of cardiac and pulmonary anatomy/pathology, the cardiac patient, and treatment of cardiac diseases
Excellent communication skills
Good computer skills
Possess a strong work ethic and a high level of professionalism

Nice To Haves

Associate Degree Related field (preferred)

Responsibilities

Delivers care to patients utilizing the Registered Echo Sonographer Process
Will produce two-dimensional ultrasonic recordings and Doppler flow analyses of heart and related structures, using ultrasound equipment, for use by physician in diagnosis of heart disease and study of heart.
Calibrates and maintains equipment and orders supplies when needed.
Calculates, measures, and documents appropriate values on the tests performed for review and interpretation by physicians.
Explains procedures to patient to obtain cooperation and reduce anxieties of patient.
May perform therapeutic procedures.
Enters patient information into computer database to record information on video cassette and strip printout of test.
Reviews test results with interpreting physician.
Communicates with physicians, managers, and co-workers as appropriate about changes in patient's clinical conditions while undergoing echocardiogram.
Performs other duties as assigned.