What are the responsibilities and job description for the Echo Technologist position at Travel Nurse Across America Allied?
Job Title: Travel Echo Technologist
Specialty: Echo Technologist, Discipline: Allied Health Professional
We are seeking an experienced Echocardiogram Technologist (Echo Tech) for a 13-week travel assignment in Reno, NV.
Responsibilities:
- Educate patients and/or patient's family regarding procedures performed
- Demonstrate competence in performance of echocardiographic studies
- Consistently perform quality Doppler and color Doppler Exams
- Acquire quality Stress Echo and Dobutamine images according to Physician and benchmark standards
- Perform quality Trans esophageal echocardiograms according to physician expectations
- Demonstrate an understanding of cardiac disease processes and acquired images
- Report findings or concerns to reading physician for prompt interpretation
- Perform all related processing required for each completed study
- Maintain equipment including cleaning and disinfecting according to department procedure and identifying problems with equipment and reporting appropriately
- Maintain accurate patient records
- Understand and use the McKesson PACS system
Requirements:
- Must have 1 year of experience as an Echo Tech
- Must have BLS, ARDMS-RDCS or CCI-RS National Certification and state-specific licensing when required
- Sound knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pathology, and medical terminology
- Able to stand and walk for long periods of time, bend, lean, or stoop without difficulty
