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Job Description Summary

Conducts non-invasive cardiac tests meant to assist in the diagnosis of injury or disease. Echocardiographers work with physicians to assess a patient’s heart condition through detailed images obtained during an echocardiogram.

Job Description

Essential Functions

• Performs interpretable echocardiogram tests to include M-Mode, 2D, transesophageal echocardiography, cardiac doppler studies and stress echoes of diagnostic quality.
• Operate within Change Healthcare Cardiology PACS to upload images and measurements for cardiologists’ structured reporting.
• Evaluates blood flow, valve function, and chamber size to determine the overall heart condition.
• Accurately records patient data and test results.
• Provides findings to cardiologist for interpretation and diagnosis.
• Cleans and maintains equipment properly and report any equipment problems promptly.
• Handles administrative duties such as scheduling outpatient appointments and completes all necessary paperwork for echocardiography.
• Explains procedures to patients prior to exam.
• Performs other duties as requested by primary manager that do not compromise moral code of conduct or protocols set in place for patient or employee safety

Supervised Positions

• None

Qualifications

Minimum Education Required

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Graduate of a formal training program in diagnostic medical sonography.
• Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCS) / American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS), or Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonography (RDCS) certified within one (1) year of employment start date. 
  • If required certification is not obtained in that timeframe, the employee will be moved into position  Echocardiographer I

• BCLS Certification

Minimum Education Preferred

• Associates degree in diagnostic medical sonography with additional registration in echocardiography.

Minimum Experience Preferred

• Three (3) years’ experience in Echocardiography.

Required Knowledge/ Skills/ Abilities

• Attend training and education sessions to maintain current required registry and industry certification(s)
• Maintain BCLS certification
• Ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to communicate effectively in an emergency.
• Basic typing and computer skills.
• Basic to working knowledge of all equipment.
• Ability to recognize severely abnormal or potentially life threatening anatomy.
• Ability to perform interpretable M-Mode, 2D, transthoracic echocardiograms and cardiac dopplers of diagnostic quality.
• Ability to assist with transesophageal echocardiograms.
• Ability to respond promptly to any critical situations.
• Demonstrates the ability to perform all exams in the department.  Has taken the initiative to insure one’s own competency with each exam.
• Demonstrates ability to work with patients, families, visitors, and co-workers regardless of race, gender, disease process, life-style, religious or cultural beliefs.
• Passion for patient well-being and a fascination with the heart’s inner workings;
• Demonstrates a commitment to the provision of high quality services and contributes to quality outcomes and performance improvement in the department as well as the organization.
• Demonstrates responsibility for educational requirements as evidenced by reading all assigned related references, and attending all required educational meetings, or webinars, and completing annual Symplr requirements.
• Work hours may include weekends, evenings, holidays, and on-call coverage
  • Call support to Non-Invasive Cardiology within thirty (30) minutes of notification;
• Manages all information obtained with strict confidentiality to safeguard patient information from use by unauthorized personnel.
• Demonstrates commitment to organizations five (5) priorities and Six Ground Rules
• Person in this position is required to understand, agree upon and follow our Six Ground Rules:
  • No excuses.
  • We are a team.
  • Bring up your ideas.
  • Poor performance will be addressed.
  • ‘That’s not my job’ is not acceptable
  • Manage Up.

Shift

Day

Shift Details

FTE

0.9

Type

Regular

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