Echo Tech / Cardiac Sonographer - $10K Sign on Bonus

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Job Summary:

MedStar Health is looking for an Echocardiograph Technologist to join our team! We are looking for a credentialed technician with a background in cardiac ultrasound.

As an Echocardiograph Technologist, you will conduct echocardiograph studies according to physician's orders. Advises cardiologists of results of examination, provides diagnostic evaluation, and reports abnormalities.

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Primary Duties:

·       Obtains pertinent clinical information from patient, medical chart, and/or physician

·       Communicates purpose and procedures related to the ultrasound test to the patient and comforts/reassures patient about the examination.

·       Performs 2D echo, Doppler, stress, and other echocardiographic examinations to provide anatomic and physiologic data for physician's review. Uses a portable echocardiograph machine to perform studies, as requested. Notifies physician immediately if patient is in distress or severe abnormal reading is obtained. Reviews studies with the interpreting physician.

·       Provides assistance/training in the Echocardiograph Laboratory to cardiology fellows as relates to ultrasound examinations. Maintains appropriate training documentation/ material.

·       Inspects/maintains equipment and supplies used for cleanliness, proper functioning and par levels, notifies appropriate personnel regarding problems or malfunctions.

·       Assists in scheduling patient for examination(s) to be performed, set-up of special procedure rooms, i.e. transesophageal echocardiograph (TEE) examination.

·       Performs various related functions, such as logging and filing of echo studies, tabulating statistics, paging staff and assisting physician with obtaining patients' reports, etc.

·       Participates in the development of effective Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement (QA/QI) activities to improve quality of care.

·       Attends echo conferences, continuing education courses, and/or in-services.

Qualifications:

·       Associate’s degree or higher level degree, required

·       1 years experience in ultrasound procedures equipment, CW Doppler, and related anatomy and pathological conditions of the heart, valves, pericardium, and blood vessels

·       BLS

·       Registration by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS) or by the American Registry of Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographers (ARDCS) or by the Cardiology Credentialing Institute/National Board of Cardiovascular Technologists (CCI/NBCVT), or become eligible to take the  registry within one year of hire and pass the registry within two years of hire.