What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cardiac Sonographer position at North Mississippi Health Services?
Job Title: Cardiac Sonographer
The Sonographer - Echo Cardiac Ultrasound at North Mississippi Health Services plays a crucial role in echocardiography. This role is responsible for conducting educational and in-service training, performing various echocardiography procedures, ensuring proper charting and filing, maintaining inventory, and participating in Performance Improvement activities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Educational: Participate in the training of new personnel, conduct/participate in in-service training classes
- Clinical: Perform all aspects of echocardiography, including M-mode, 2 Dimensional, Spectral and Color Flow Doppler, Stress Echocardiography, and assist with Trans esophageal Echocardiography
- Clerical: Responsible for proper charting, filing, and charging of all Echocardiography procedures performed, Computerized Patient Scheduling on an as needed basis
- Inventory: Maintain adequate inventory of supplies needed for procedures performed
- Performance Improvement: Participate in hospital and departmental on-going Performance Improvement activities and comply with actions taken as a result of those activities to assure high quality patient care
Qualifications:
- Education: Associate's Degree, Registered cardiac sonographer and preferably a graduate of an accredited ultrasound program or NMMC Echo Internship
- Licenses and Certifications: ARDMS - Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonography, RDCS, CCI - Cardiovascular Credentialing International, RCS, BCLS - Basic Life Support
- Work Experience: 1-3 years, Work experience not required due to on job training program
- Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Detailed knowledge of cardiac anatomy, cardiac disease processes and the effect of these disease processes on the cardiac structures and blood flow, Ability to perform detailed measurements and calculations in order to define disease states, Knowledge and use of computerized ultrasound and echocardiography equipment, Telemedicine equipment for the transmission of echocardiography images by telemedicine
Scope of Responsibility:
- Financial Responsibility: Sales Revenue Target Responsibility, Approval Responsibility, P & L Responsibility, Assets Controlled, Controllable Expenses, Total Financial Responsibility
North Mississippi Health Services Job ID #2232-000BOZ. Posted job title: Echo Cardiac Ultrasound Sonographer
