Registered Echo Tech

December 11, 2024
$60 - $70 / hour
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Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Provides specialized cardiovascular care, while maintaining maximum patient safety and comfort.
  • Performs/reviews a baseline patient assessment, and evaluates patient response to diagnostic cardiac procedures.
  • Proficient in the operation and maintenance, as specified by the manufacturer, of all diagnostic and therapeutic equipment used for procedures in the specific area of operation.
  • Performs accurate and thorough echocardiograms as ordered by physician.
  • Performs specialized testing using computer assisted devices including, but not limited to TEE, Stress Echo, Pharmacological Stress Echo’s. Cross trained to perform EKG’s, Treadmills, and Holter monitors as needed.
  • Maintains and reviews equipment, ensuring proper function and calibration of machines.
  • Maintains high skill level through participation in CQI, in services, ongoing education, and attendance at 80% of staff meetings.
  • Ability to provide on-call coverage outside of standard scheduled hours per department and/or facility policy.
  • Recognizes and promptly acts upon unusual results or patient response by informing primary health care team to ensure patient safety and foster optimal outcomes.
  • Must be able to deal with many different personality types, ages and levels of consciousness of patients.
  • Must be able to adjust approach based on patient/family level of understanding of test procedure.
  • Promptly trouble-shoots and corrects recording instrument malfunction or unusual patient problems that interfere with recordings.
  • Independently prioritizes clinical and administrative work and identifies process improvements.
  • Process patient and department records ensuring documentations of performed tests in accordance with hospital standards.
  • One year of experience in cardiac ultrasound (echocardiography), preferred

Job Requirements:

  • High School Diploma/G.E.D.- Required
  • Graduate of a diploma, associate, or baccalaureate academic program in health science (including, but not limited to, cardiovascular technology, ultrasound, radiologic technology, respiratory therapy, or nursing) or graduate of a programmatically accredited program in cardiac ultrasound (echocardiography) strongly preferred.
  • BLS (AHA) – Required
  • Currently registered as American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonographers as a Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) or via CCI as a Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCS)- Required