Cardiac Sonographer II

About the role

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. Under the direction of the Lead Cardiac Sonographer and Technical director, the Cardiac Sonographer performs cardiac ultrasound exams according to departmental policy and standards.

Primary Responsibilities

• Performs M-mode, two dimensional, three dimensional, spectral and color Doppler echocardiograms according to the established laboratory protocol and modified as needed by patient variability; reviews medical record for pertinent history.
• Communicates with reading physicians regarding echocardiogram findings. (essential)
• Performs saline contrast studies and UEA studies as per protocol. (essential)
• Generates preliminary reports with all protocol specified measurements. (essential)
• Determines priority for requested studies and revises schedule as needed to perform urgent outpatient and emergency inpatient studies; recognizes important and life-threatening abnormalities on the echocardiogram and calls them to the immediate attention of the director or physicians. (essential)
• Instructs cardiac and anesthesia fellows in scanning technique. (essential)
• Identifies patients with echocardiographic findings of importance or uniqueness for the hospital's and medical staff's teaching and research program. (essential)
• Affords assistance in training new echocardiography staff. Instructs techniques of echocardiography (scanning and interpretation) to fellow, house officers, students and new colleagues. (essential)
• Maintains knowledge of echocardiography with attendance at weekly conferences and attendance at conferences/CME events. Maintain minimum CME requirements as per ARDMS/CCI. (essential)

Additional Responsibilities

• Treats all patient information and laboratory findings in a confidential manner; responds to all patients in a courteous and professional manner. (essential)
• Monitors supply inventory and notifies manager to re-order; maintains equipment in clean, running order and notifies manager if equipment repair is warranted (essential)

Qualifications

• Vocational or Technical training in echocardiography.
• Basic Life Support RDCS (ARDMS) or RCS (CCI) certification.
• At least three years of experience performing echocardiograms in a hospital setting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Graduation of an accredited echocardiography program.

Competencies

• Decision Making: Ability to make decisions that are guided by general instructions and practices requiring some interpretation. May make recommendations for solving problems of moderate complexity and importance.
• Problem Solving: Ability to address problems that are varied, requiring analysis or interpretation of the situation using direct observation, knowledge and skills based on general precedents.
• Independence of Action: Ability to follow precedents and procedures. May set priorities and organize work within general guidelines. Seeks assistance when confronted with difficult and/or unpredictable situations.

Work Environment

• Daily: Protective equipment required (Respirator, earplugs, mask, gloves, eyewear etc)
• Potential exposure to infectious diseases and/or airborne pathogens
• Potential exposure to infectious diseases and/or bloodborne pathogens
• Health Care Worker Status may vary by department
• Close work (paperwork, visual examination)
• Color vision/perception
• Visual monotony
• Visual clarity
• Conversation
• Telephone
• Background Noise

Physical Requirements

• Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and or up to 20 pounds of force frequently.
• Exerting up to 10 pounds of force frequently and/or up to 50 pounds of force occasionally.
• Exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 50 pounds of force occasionally.
• Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 75 pounds of force occasionally.
• Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally.
• Pushing items weighing up to 10 lbs
• Pushing items weighing up to 25 lbs
• Pushing items weighing up to 50 lbs
• Pushing items weighing up to or more than 100 lbs
• Push a wheelchair or wheeled bed containing a patient weighing up to 250 pounds, with assistance.

Pay Range

$49.35 - $66.42