Sonographer

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Prepares patient for examination focusing on patient comfort and satisfaction, explains the procedure in easy-to-understand terms performs ultrasound procedures, relieve patients of pre-testing anxiety and directly observes the and monitors the patient during the entire process.
• Sets-up equipment to administer procedures in a timely fashion.
• Carefully reviews prior reports and images, and patient chart.
• Ensures that proper images have been obtained, studies are complete and through, appropriate techniques have been employed, reader is notified.
• Maintains records and logs exams performed.
• Maintains control of inventory and purchases of supplies for the assigned area.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• BLS
• Inpatient cases in echocardiography. -Proficiency in valvular assessment with strong spectra
• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Graduate of CAAHEP or ABHES Cardiovascular Technology Program preferred.
• Registered Cardiac Diagnostic Medical Sonographer with American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) or Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification from American Heart Association (AHA)
• Experience documented by institutional referral with a minimum of 200 inpatient cases in echocardiography.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• TAVR, Mitral Clip, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, VAD, closure device protocols.
• TEE and Stress Echo experience.
• Familiarity with 3D echo imaging.
• Maintaining ICAEL-accreditation echo lab standards.
• Experience using Philips ie33 and Epiq systems.
• Familiarity with Epic hospital information system.