Echo Tech/Cardiac Sonographer

Cardiovascular SonographerThe Cardiovascular Sonographer is fully engaged in providing Quality/No Harm, Customer Service and Stewardship by delivering appropriate direct and indirect quality patient care and performs scans in compliance with regulatory and department processes. The Cardiovascular Sonographer is responsible for achieving system and department goals, and quality and fiscal targets.Primary responsibilities include:Ensuring the correct procedure is performed on the correct patient by verifying two forms of patient identification on Every Patient / Every Time.Accurately completing all required written and electronic documentation.Ensuring all charges are complete and accurate for all procedures and supplies used.Reviewing exam orders from medical charts and prescriptions prior to performing an exam.Performing procedure protocols, producing images consistent with image quality standards and following all Federal, State and Regional healthcare regulations.Properly positioning patients using appropriate technique.Properly identifying, preparing and administering medications within the technologists scope of practice as prescribed by a licensed independent practitioner.Maintaining productivity as determined by leadership.Practicing aseptic and sterile technique per Infection Control guidelines and policies.Ensuring equipment is clean and disinfected prior to each patient encounter and reporting malfunctioning equipment to the appropriate department, fellow associates, and management in a timely manner.Ensuring exam rooms are clean, neat, stocked and disinfected.Minimum qualifications include:Graduate of a Sonography program or Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program or Noninvasive Cardiovascular Program or Bachelors Degree in Health Services or Associates Degree in Health Sciences.Must obtain one of the following within one (1) year of hire: RVT, RVS, RDCS, RCS, RCCS.Must hold American Heart Association Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider Completion Card prior to start date and maintain.None required.Basic computer skills including knowledge of MS Office Outlook and Word.Excellent communication skills in an active team environment.Ability to assess and interpret data.Ability to clearly communicate with patient/family/physicians at various levels of understanding.Ability to take call acknowledging emergency alerts within five (5) minutes and presenting to hospital within 60 minutes of alert.Flexibility to work weekend shifts.Physical requirements include:Physically agile; may require walking, standing running, bending, stooping, kneeling, climbing or crouching frequently.Medium work that may include lifting or moving objects up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, with or without assistance.May require moving self in different positions to accomplish tasks in various environments including tight and confined spaces, including reaching out and above shoulders or over head.May lift, turn, pull, push, or ambulate people and/or equipment with or without assistance up to 90% of the assigned shift.May be exposed to inside and outside environments with varied temperatures, air quality, lighting and/or low to loud noise.May require working with biohazards such as blood/body fluids and airborne particles following OSHA and CDC Guidelines.Communicating with others to exchange information.Visual acuity and hand-eye coordination to perform tasks.Workspace may vary from open to confined.May require travel to various facilities within and beyond county perimeter; may require use of personal vehicle.Schedule: Full-TimePaygrade: 40