What are the responsibilities and job description for the Echo Tech Per Diem / VOLOL Camden position at VIRTUA?
Work Schedule:
Requires weekend shifts and on call.
Summary:
Under the direction of the department Director and the Medical Director, Section of Cardiology, the Echocardiographer will perform high quality ultrasound images of the heart as outlined by the International Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories and departmental policies and procedures.
Staff will perform 2D echo Doppler studies, stress echocardiograms, and transesophageal echocardiograms.
Staff will support Virtua Health Policies and Procedures and the Virtua Health Mission and Vision Statement.
Position Responsibilities:
• Completes 2D echo Doppler studies, edits in digital system, and processes for physician interpretation.
• Completes stress echo and dobutamine stress echo studies, edits in digital system, and processes for physician interpretation.
• Completes transesophageal echocardiograms with the cardiologist, edits and processes for physician interpretation.
Position Qualifications Required / Experience Required:
Minimum of 1 year of echocardiography experience.
Knowledge of Stress Echocardiography and Transesophageal Echocardiography procedures.
Required Education:
Graduate of accredited echocardiography program.
Training/Certifications/Licensure:
Echo techs must be credentialed through American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) or Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI) within one year of hire.
Pediatric Echocardiography requires RDCS Pediatric credential or approval by interpreting pediatric cardiologists.
