Cardiac Sonographer III

About the role

Beth Israel Lahey Health is seeking a Cardiac Sonographer III to join our growing team. This position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact in patient care.

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.
• Performs saline contrast studies and UEA studies as per protocol.
• Performs exercise stress echocardiography and dobutamine stress echocardiography.
• IV certification within 3 months of hire.
• Generates preliminary reports with all protocol specified measurements.
• 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.
• Instructs cardiac and anesthesia fellows in scanning technique.
• Identifies patients with echocardiographic findings of importance or uniqueness for the hospital's and medical staff's teaching and research program.
• Affords assistance in training new echocardiography staff.
• Affords assistance in instructing techniques of echocardiography (scanning and interpretation) to fellow, house officers, students and new colleagues.
• Maintains knowledge of echocardiography with attendance at weekly conferences and attendance at conferences/CME events.
• Maintains minimum CME requirements as per ARDMS/CCI.

Qualifications

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

Preferred Qualifications

• Graduation of an accredited echocardiography program.

Skills

• Knowledge of cardiac anatomy, physiology, and pathology.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off.

Pay

$51.82 - $77.00 per hour.

Schedule

Flexible schedule to accommodate your needs.