Cardiovascular Sonographer II - Structural Heart Clinic

Description Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina. Summary: Employs radiologic sciences technology to perform a variety of patient care, technical, and diagnostic tasks targeted to the care of patients with cardiovascular disease. Major tasks include ultrasound imaging, patient preparation and post procedure care, procedure room set-up and cleaning, technical reporting, and quality monitoring. Responsibilities Demonstrates competence in delivering pre-procedure and post-procedure patient care including patient assessment pre- and post-procedure care, emergency cardiac care (CPR is required), and possibly assistance with post-procedure transport. Ensures equipment is calibrated and properly maintained on a daily basis, performs and records all equipment maintenance and quality assurance monitoring, troubleshoots and identifies equipment problems and reports to the appropriate supervisor or biomedical engineering. Generates ultrasound images of the heart and/or vascular related structures, performs advanced cardiac ultrasound studies in care of patients with complex conditions and regularly performs multiple study types with varied anatomical areas. Performs vascular studies and real time readings/reports in the operating room for invasive and non-invasive vascular procedures. Performs studies for inpatient neonatal/NICU and pediatric patients. May perform staff training and education, serves as a subject matter expert and resource to Cardiovascular Sonographers. Monitors and records patient information, maintains report storage and data systems, compiles and enters data necessary for charge entry, prepares reports, and retrieves stored information and reports from the automated storage system. Prepares procedure room and equipment for daily use, responsible for timely and efficient room preparation between procedures. Independently responds to on-call needs for emergent procedures. Requirements Education Requirements: Associate’s degree in Sonography, Radiology or a related field within 3 months of hire, OR completion of a twelve (12) month ultrasound program within 3 months of hire. Licensure/Certification Requirements: Registered by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS), Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI), or registry eligible and become registered within one (1) year from date of hire. Must maintain registry status and continuing education requirements annually. Professional Experience Requirements: One year minimum experience in an acute hospital setting. Structural Heart experience highly preferred. Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements: Specific competencies required by entity. Job Details Legal Employer: NCHEALTH Entity: UNC Health Medical Group Organization Unit: Structural Heart Clinic Work Type: Part Time Standard Hours Per Week: 20.00 Salary Range: $38.55 - $55.43 per hour (Hiring Range) Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity. Work Assignment Type: Onsite Work Schedule: Day Job Location of Job: US:NC:Raleigh Exempt From Overtime: No Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation. UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email View email address on click.appcast.io if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity. #J-18808-Ljbffr