About the position
The Echo Tech position at MLK Community Hospital & Foundation involves performing a range of highly specialized cardiac ultrasound investigations. This includes utilizing advanced techniques such as pulsed and continuous wave Doppler, color flow mapping, and tissue Doppler imaging. The role also requires producing tracings of heart electrical activity by setting up electrocardiography (ECG) equipment, attaching electrodes to patients, operating and adjusting equipment, and recording cardiac data and measurements while ensuring patient safety and comfort.
Responsibilities
- Performs adult transthoracic, 2D-M mode Color flow doppler echocardiograms, Pharmacological and Nuclear Stress Testing and Stress echocardiograms.
- Assists with transesophageal (TEE) echocardiograms.
- Performs standard and complex measurements and techniques of quantification, to an accurate and reproducible level.
- Independently issues preliminary clinically diagnostic findings in a competent professional standard.
- Prepares for examinations by checking Physician orders for specific examinations, equipment and available supplies.
- Reviews patient schedules and sets up recording equipment.
- Enters patient information into the system.
- Reduces patient anxieties by explaining procedures and answering questions.
- Positions and applies electrodes and/or conductive gel as appropriate.
- Connects leads from electrocardiograph, Echo or Stress equipment to electrodes on specified body areas.
- Reviews patient's record and instructs patients prior to procedures.
- Monitors patient during procedures and reports any abnormal findings.
- Identifies and corrects for wandering, interference, and artifact.
- Edits and forwards results to attending physician for analysis and interpretation.
- Maintains ECG, Echocardiography and Stress equipment and supplies.
Requirements
- High School diploma or GED.
- Completion of program related to sonography with emphasis on echocardiography or equivalent on-the-job training.
- Minimum 2-years experience in performing Echocardiograms.
- Credentialed with the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS) as a Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) or Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer (RDMS) required.
- Candidates that are Registered Cardiac Sonographers (RCS) through Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI) and have 5 years of experience performing Cardiac Solography will be considered in lieu of ARDMS Certification.
Nice-to-haves
- Bilingual skills preferred (Spanish).
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) Blue Card (Upon hire or with 90 days of hire).
- Written and verbal communications, interpersonal skills.
- Basic organizational skills.
- Basic computer skills.
- Demonstrated team member abilities.
- Education and/or training related to areas of responsibility.
- Principles of patient/family teaching.
