What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cardiac Sonographer II position at Dominican Hospital?
Overview
Dominican Hospital (a member of Dignity Health) is a 222-bed facility that offers a wide range of services to residents of California’s Central Coast. With 24/7 emergency care comprehensive care in cardiac orthopedics oncology women’s and children’s services we continue to lead the region in medical innovation and excellence in healthcare.
Comprehensive Care
Dominican offers emergency services and is a Certified Stroke Center and Chest Pain Center. Dominican’s services include the only comprehensive Cancer Center in Santa Cruz County a Total Joint Replacement program and advanced neurological and endoscopic services. Dominican regularly receives ‘A’ grades for hospital safety from Leapfrog Group and has received national recognition for superior patient safety cardiac care and stroke treatment from Healthgrades a leading provider of comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals.
As Santa Cruz County’s heart attack (STEMI) receiving center Dominican Hospital provides cutting edge cardiac care. The hospital’s heart attack treatment times consistently beat the national average and the hospital offers two cardiac catheterization labs available 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Groundbreaking cardiac procedures at Dominican include the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure which allows for heart valve replacement without opening a patient’s chest.
Dominican Hospital has forged significant partnerships with area hospitals to bring exceptional care to Santa Cruz County. The hospital offers a level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) through a partnership with Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. Neurosurgery at Dominican is also offered through a partnership with Stanford Health Care.
Responsibilities
Qualifications
Pay Range
$88.23 - $88.23 /hour
Dominican Hospital (a member of Dignity Health) is a 222-bed facility that offers a wide range of services to residents of California’s Central Coast. With 24/7 emergency care comprehensive care in cardiac orthopedics oncology women’s and children’s services we continue to lead the region in medical innovation and excellence in healthcare.
Comprehensive Care
Dominican offers emergency services and is a Certified Stroke Center and Chest Pain Center. Dominican’s services include the only comprehensive Cancer Center in Santa Cruz County a Total Joint Replacement program and advanced neurological and endoscopic services. Dominican regularly receives ‘A’ grades for hospital safety from Leapfrog Group and has received national recognition for superior patient safety cardiac care and stroke treatment from Healthgrades a leading provider of comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals.
As Santa Cruz County’s heart attack (STEMI) receiving center Dominican Hospital provides cutting edge cardiac care. The hospital’s heart attack treatment times consistently beat the national average and the hospital offers two cardiac catheterization labs available 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Groundbreaking cardiac procedures at Dominican include the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure which allows for heart valve replacement without opening a patient’s chest.
Dominican Hospital has forged significant partnerships with area hospitals to bring exceptional care to Santa Cruz County. The hospital offers a level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) through a partnership with Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. Neurosurgery at Dominican is also offered through a partnership with Stanford Health Care.
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Responsibilities
Position Summary:
- The Echo Sonographer will produce diagnostically adequate documentation of all the anatomic malformations associated with heart disease, cardiac sonographers must be familiar with cardiac anatomy and physiology and with the clinical aspects of cardiology.
- Cardiac sonographers must possess a keen understanding of ultrasound physics and instrumentation plus manual dexterity to manipulate a transducer. Performs Echocardiology procedures, electrocardiograms (EKGs), pediatric and neonatal EKG's, pharmacological and exercise stress echoes, pharmacological and exercise cardiolyte procedures, stress testing, tilt table procedures, and holter monitoring.
- Within procedure specifications and within scope of practice performs echocardiograms, stress echocardiograms, pharmacological stress tests, nuclear stress tests, pharmacological nuclear stress tests, transesophogeal echocardiograms, tilt table tests, and Holter monitoring. Within scope of practice performs electrocardiograms pediatric and neonatal EKG's, pharmacological and exercise stress echoes, stress testing, tilt table procedures, and holter monitoring.
Qualifications
Minimum:
- Two (2) years experience performing echos dopplers color flow doppler Transesophageal echo.
- One (1) year experience in performing EKG testing stress testing Holter monitor and event monitor set-up and scanning
- Accredited echocardiography program
- Current BLS certification
- Current ACLS certification
- Current RDCS certification
Preferred:
- Certified Cardiovascular Tech (CT CVT) preferred
- Clinical experienced RDCS preferred
Pay Range
$88.23 - $88.23 /hour
Salary : $88
