Allied / Tech - Echo Tech

Allied / Tech - Echo Tech

Shift Details: Shift 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM, Shifts Per Week 5, Scheduled Hours 40

Job Order Details: Start Date 08/31/2026, End Date 11/28/2026, Duration 13 Week(s)

Job Description: To provide high quality ultrasound images of the heart and great vessels for adult patients, technical assistance with exercise and non-exercise stress testing, and to handle other duties as required or assigned.

Job Responsibilities:

• Performs high quality two-dimensional ultrasound studies of the heart and great vessels, along with identifying EKG abnormalities and/or arrthymia.
• Utilizes knowledge of age specific needs of patients in performance of everyday duties and responsibilities.
• Understands complimenting imaging and/or doppler techniques, including when to use these methods to investigate specific clinical questions.
• Demonstrates use of M-Mode technique for measuring the cardiac dimensions at precise times of the cardiac cycle.
• Estimates the severity of the valvular insufficiencies by mapping the dimensions, orientation, and directions of the regurgitant jet with the color flow doppler.
• Asses the blood flow through the heart, including increased velocities, stenosis, regurgitation and shunts with the pulsed and continuous-wave doppler.
• Uses contrast echocardiography in cases where two-dimensional and color flow are suboptimal.
• Evaluates left and right ventricular systolic and diastolic functions and documents wall motion abnormalities.
• Recognizes rare, common, simple and complex congenital heart malformations, acquired pathologies, possible outcomes of palliative and corrective surgical procedures.
• Completes the study according to updated protocols, recognizes the needs and presents additional views, calculations and measurements when necessary.
• Correlates clinical history with exam to be performed and consults with the cardiologist for clarification.
• Monitors, records, charges and communications appropriately utilizing computerized documentation system.
• Prepares, instructs, assists the patients, and produces the images in a timely manner for dobutamine and exercise stress echocardiograms.
• Assists the cardiologist in performing transesophageal echocardiograms (TEE).
• Communicate results to the cardiologist and respond to possible questions and concerns in a timely manner.
• Maintains monthly correlation studies and monthly statistics.
• Demonstrates the ability to troubleshoot and report equipment failure.
• Participates in mobile echo/vascular service regionally.
• Participates in callback rotation.
• Assists in performing functional, pharmacological cardiolite, and echocardiography stress testing.
• Documents procedures correctly.
• Accurately assesses the patients and their physical ability to perform the tests.
• Accurately interprets and clarifies physician's orders.
• Provides thorough assessments of a patient in a crisis, then notify the physician when necessary.
• Displays proficiency in knowing lethal arrhythmias.
• Completes quarterly competency in stress lab, holter monitoring and event monitoring.

Skills: Required Skills & Experience:

• Minimum three (3) years of applicable experience.
• Knowledge of patient positioning, breathing techniques, position and direction for positioning of the transducer to ultimately give the best visualization of the cardiac structures.
• Proficient in recognizing abnormalities in structure and function, in distinguishing normal from abnormal findings, and in recognizing imaging artifacts.
• Knowledge of gross and sectional anatomy.
• Writes, reads, comprehends and speaks fluent English.
• Basic computer knowledge using word processing, spreadsheet, email, and web browser.
• Works proficiently with computers and software driven testing machines and digital archive systems.

Required Skills: PATIENT POSITIONING, BREATHING TECHNIQUES, TRANSDUCER POSITIONING, RECOGNIZING ABNORMALITIES IN STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION, DISTINGUISHING NORMAL FROM ABNORMAL FINDINGS

Additional Skills: RECOGNIZING IMAGING ARTIFACTS, GROSS ANATOMY, SECTIONAL ANATOMY, ENGLISH FLUENCY, WORD PROCESSING, SPREADSHEET SOFTWARE, EMAIL, WEB BROWSER, COMPUTER PROFICIENCY, SOFTWARE-DRIVEN TESTING MACHINES, DIGITAL ARCHIVE SYSTEMS

Education: Required Education: Associate's Degree in Ultrasound

Required Certifications & Licensure: American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS) OR Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI) in Echocardiography. BLS (American Heart Assoc).

Job Category: Clinical-Allied Guaranteed Hours: 40 Contract Weeks: 90 Client Details City Urbana State IL Zip Code 61801