Cardiovascular Ultrasound Tech III

Responsibilities

• Performs comprehensive ultrasound exams.
• Follows established protocols to verify, plan, set up, perform, and report appropriate examinations.
• Verifies identity and informs and observes patient during procedure to ensure patient education, cooperation, and safety.
• Affords assistance in continuing quality assurance and performance improvement.
• Completes clerical tasks associated with ultrasound tests.
• Completes and records all testing information accurately, completely, and in a timely manner.
• Ensures that critical results are reported promptly and accurately, following established policy.
• Maintains patient privacy and confidentiality.
• Communicates with physicians, patients, and other center personnel.
• Maintains a pleasant and informative manner in communicating with patients, physicians, and other center personnel.
• Makes recommendations to supervisor on related duties, policies and procedures.
• Enhances environment of teamwork.
• Shows motivation, enthusiasm, acceptance of responsibility and personal accountability with regard to daily duties.
• Engages in problem solving in difficult situations.
• Asks for assistance / guidance when appropriate and accepts suggestions in a positive manner.
• Demonstrates understanding of impact of individual performance on team.
• Seeks to mentor and develop others.
• Maintains work area in a clean and orderly manner.
• Cleans patient areas after each use and assists in maintaining a clean and orderly environment in the lab.
• Notifies supervisor of stocking needs and equipment needs or problems.
• Takes responsibility for lab opening and closing procedures when appropriate.
• Cleans and maintains all equipment according to Hospital Infection Control policies and procedures.
• Identifies own learning needs and responds to department needs.
• Identifies, acts on and maintains a record of meetings, etc. to upgrade personal / professional growth.
• Attends in-services, lab and departmental meetings.
• Strives to increase proficiency in testing and other lab procedures.
• Suggests new, changing, more efficient or economical techniques, procedures, and processes.

Qualifications

• Registry through CCI or ARDMS
• Training/Certification: Basic Life Support (BLS) from the American Heart Association
• ASE Member
• Attends Echo Conference
• Preceptor
• Provides Educational activity/Inservice, Presentations, Shared Governance, Assist w IAC, QI initiatives
• Complete CVT PACT