Sonographer - Lead Vascular Technologist

Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation•High Point, NC

7h•$40 - $60

About The Position

Position Highlights: Sign on Bonus: This job qualifies for a $15,000 sign on bonus (New Hire), $10,000 sign on bonus (New Grad) provided the candidate meets eligibility requirements. Relocation Assistance: Up to $5,000 in Relocation Assistance (for qualified candidates) Location: High Point, NC / Winston Salem, NC Full Time What We Offer: Day 1 Health Coverage: Choose from either copay or HSA-eligible health insurance options with coverage starting on your first day of work. Generous PTO: Accrual starts at up to 25 days/year, to be used for vacations, sickness, holidays, and personal matters. Parental Benefits: Six weeks paid birthing-mother maternity leave & four weeks paid parental leave for non-birthing parents. Retirement: Up to 7% employer-paid retirement contributions Education Reimbursement: We invest in your professional growth, offering up to $2,500 per year towards a bachelor's degree and up to $5,000 per year towards a graduate degree. What You'll Do: Serves as point for scheduling and flow of the vascular lab Maintains equipment logs, arranges preventative maintenance, serves as point for equipment issues Precepts new hires through orientation. Responsible for maintaining par levels and ordering procedure supplies Assists manager in collection of QI data Verify physician's orders and reviews patient record prior to exam. Performs basic vascular ultrasound testing according to SHVI protocols, ensure patient comfort throughout. To include Arterial Dopplers, Aortic and con complex venous studies, Carotid duplex and basic physiological testing. Performs complex vascular ultrasound testing to include: renal and visceral duplex, complex venous testing, post procedural arterial and venous imaging. Recognizes abnormal pathologies, recording in PACS system as necessary to support diagnosis. Provides physician with detailed preliminary report. Enters measurement data into cardiovascular reporting system. Ensures equipment is cleaned in accordance with manufactures guidelines Ensure all continuing educational credit requirements are fulfilled for both accreditation and, registration with credentialing body. Assist surgeon in outpatient venous interventions utilizing sterile techniques. Physical Requirements: Light-to-moderate physical effort, with lifting and moving patients, equipment and supplies. Job duties require sitting, standing, reaching, bending, pushing and pulling. Intact sense of sight and hearing is required. Our Commitment to You: Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including: Compensation Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job Incentive pay for select positions Opportunity for annual increases based on performance Benefits and more Paid Time Off programs Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs Educational Assistance Program About Advocate Health Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.

Requirements

Graduate of a CAAHEP vascular sonography program required.
Associates Degree required; Bachelors preferred.
Vascular certified by the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (RVT) or Cardiovascular Credentialing International (RVS) required.
3 years of experience required.
BLS certification required.
Meets all competency requirements of Vascular Ultrasound Technologist II – Medical Group which includes: a minimum of five competencies: Renal Artery Doppler, Visceral Doppler, Thoracic Outlet, Cold immersion testing, Allen's testing, Fistula mapping, post-operative AVF evaluation. Post procedural Doppler lower arterial (Stents, bypass angioplasty), EVAR, Venous reflux, Venous procedure (sterile scrub tech) Ulcer bed sclerotherapy siting. Iliac vein study- May Thurner. Iliac vein stent evaluation. Post venous procedure EHIT evaluation. Carotid stent or bypass.

Nice To Haves

Bachelors preferred.

Responsibilities

Serves as point for scheduling and flow of the vascular lab
Maintains equipment logs, arranges preventative maintenance, serves as point for equipment issues
Precepts new hires through orientation.
Responsible for maintaining par levels and ordering procedure supplies
Assists manager in collection of QI data
Verify physician's orders and reviews patient record prior to exam.
Performs basic vascular ultrasound testing according to SHVI protocols, ensure patient comfort throughout. To include Arterial Dopplers, Aortic and con complex venous studies, Carotid duplex and basic physiological testing.
Performs complex vascular ultrasound testing to include: renal and visceral duplex, complex venous testing, post procedural arterial and venous imaging.
Recognizes abnormal pathologies, recording in PACS system as necessary to support diagnosis.
Provides physician with detailed preliminary report.
Enters measurement data into cardiovascular reporting system.
Ensures equipment is cleaned in accordance with manufactures guidelines
Ensure all continuing educational credit requirements are fulfilled for both accreditation and, registration with credentialing body.
Assist surgeon in outpatient venous interventions utilizing sterile techniques.

Benefits

Day 1 Health Coverage: Choose from either copay or HSA-eligible health insurance options with coverage starting on your first day of work.
Generous PTO: Accrual starts at up to 25 days/year, to be used for vacations, sickness, holidays, and personal matters.
Parental Benefits: Six weeks paid birthing-mother maternity leave & four weeks paid parental leave for non-birthing parents.
Retirement: Up to 7% employer-paid retirement contributions
Education Reimbursement: We invest in your professional growth, offering up to $2,500 per year towards a bachelor's degree and up to $5,000 per year towards a graduate degree.
Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
Educational Assistance Program