Ultrasound Tech l or ll (Echo sonographer)

Munson Healthcare•Manistee, MI

45d

About The Position

Imagine doing meaningful work in a place where people vacation. That’s life at Munson Healthcare - northern Michigan’s largest healthcare system, with eight award-winning community hospitals serving over half a million residents across 29 counties. If you want a career in healthcare and a lifestyle most people only dream about – with freshwater lakes, scenic trails, charming downtowns, a vibrant arts scene, and endless outdoor adventures - you might just be Munson Material. To us, that means teammates who live by our values of excellence, teamness, positivity, creativity, and a commitment to creating exceptional experiences for our patients and each other. Join a team that delivers outstanding care in one of the most beautiful regions in the country. Invested in You Grow: Tuition reimbursement, in-person and online development, and access to our career hub to help you advance. Thrive: Full benefits, paid holidays, generous PTO, employee discounts, and free individual retirement counseling. Be Well: Free wellness platform for you and your family, plus personalized support for personal or family challenges. Be Heard: Share your ideas and help shape the way we work through improvement huddles, employee surveys, and town hall meetings A Day in the Life Patient Care & Safety: Delivers high-quality, safe echocardiography services aligned with Munson Healthcare’s mission, values, AIDET principles, patient identification standards, infection control, and emergency response (CPR, isolation procedures). Clinical Expertise: Performs a full range of echocardiographic studies (adult, limited pediatric exposure, stress, TEE, Doppler, contrast studies) under appropriate supervision, identifies critical findings, and promptly communicates life-threatening abnormalities. Physician & Team Support: Assists physicians with specialized procedures, collaborates with cardiologists for feedback and satisfaction, and supports other CDS procedures as needed. Operations & Workflow: Documentation, billing, charges, and digital reporting to ensure efficient operations and timely medical record completion. Equipment & Supplies: Maintains, cleans, calibrates, and troubleshoots equipment; ensures proper disinfection; and orders operational supplies. Professional Standards & Compliance: Maintains required credentials (ARDMS/CCI), meets IAC accreditation standards, completes annual competencies and testing, and stays current through continuing education. Flexibility & Continuous Improvement: Covers staffing needs, travels as required, performs related duties (ECG, stress testing), offers operational improvement suggestions, and completes additional assigned responsibilities.

Requirements

Completion of college or hospital based Cardiovascular Program or Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program, or completion of Allied Health Program approved by the AMA.
Must be able to do 2D Echocardiograms, M-mode, PW & CW Doppler, Color Spectral Doppler and Transesophageal echocardiogram on adults, with some exposure to pediatric patients.
In addition, must be able to do stress echocardiograms and Dobutamine stress echocardiograms.
Must have a minimum of 1 year of clinical experience performing Stress Echo/Dobutamine Stress Echo.
Must be a Registered Cardiovascular Diagnostic Sonographer (RCDS) or a Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCS) by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers or Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI).
Must perform examinations in an acceptable time frame using a variety of complex equipment.
Must be knowledgeable in the use of IV pumps and stress testing preparation.
Munson Healthcare requires all employees be vaccinated or have lab confirmed immunity for Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella.
MHC also requires all employees to receive a flu vaccine during the flu season in the year that they are hired and annually thereafter, or receive an approved medical or religious exemption.

Nice To Haves

Vascular Experience Preferred

Responsibilities

Delivers high-quality, safe echocardiography services aligned with Munson Healthcare’s mission, values, AIDET principles, patient identification standards, infection control, and emergency response (CPR, isolation procedures).
Performs a full range of echocardiographic studies (adult, limited pediatric exposure, stress, TEE, Doppler, contrast studies) under appropriate supervision, identifies critical findings, and promptly communicates life-threatening abnormalities.
Assists physicians with specialized procedures, collaborates with cardiologists for feedback and satisfaction, and supports other CDS procedures as needed.
Documentation, billing, charges, and digital reporting to ensure efficient operations and timely medical record completion.
Maintains, cleans, calibrates, and troubleshoots equipment; ensures proper disinfection; and orders operational supplies.
Maintains required credentials (ARDMS/CCI), meets IAC accreditation standards, completes annual competencies and testing, and stays current through continuing education.
Covers staffing needs, travels as required, performs related duties (ECG, stress testing), offers operational improvement suggestions, and completes additional assigned responsibilities.