Echo Tech Lead Lake Nona

Job Description

Performs accurate and thorough echocardiograms as ordered by physicians. Conducts specialized testing using computer-assisted devices, including TEE, Stress Echo, Pharmacological Stress Echo, EKGs, Treadmills, and Holter monitors. Maintains and reviews equipment, ensuring proper function and calibration of machines. Participates in CQI, in-services, ongoing education, and attends at least 80% of staff meetings to maintain high skill levels. Recognizes and promptly acts upon unusual results or patient responses by informing the primary healthcare team to ensure patient safety and foster optimal outcomes. Adjusts approach based on patient and family understanding of test procedures and deals with various personality types, ages, and levels of consciousness. Troubleshoots and corrects recording instrument malfunctions or unusual patient problems that interfere with recordings. Independently prioritizes clinical and administrative work and identifies process improvements. Provides leadership, support, and coordination to technical and support staff. Assists in the interviewing, selection, orientation, training, and mentoring of staff and students. Assists in directing, organizing, and prioritizing all shift activities to ensure patient care and staff needs are met. Processes patient and department records, ensuring documentation of performed tests in accordance with hospital standards. Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Organizational
• Verbal Interpersonal
• Customer Relations
• Grammar/Spelling
• Read/Comprehend written instructions
• Follow verbal instructions
• Keyboarding (manual)
• Computer (visual)

Education

• Associate's [Required]
• Bachelor's [Preferred]
• Field Of Study N/A

Work Experience

• 2+ years experience in cardiac ultrasound (echocardiography) [Required]

Additional Information

• N/A

Licenses And Certifications

• Basic Life Support -CPR Cert (BLS) [Required]
• Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) [Required]
• OR Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCS) [Required]
• OR Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer Adult Echocardiography (RDCS-AE) [Required]
• OR Registered Vascular Technologist (RVT) [Required]
• OR Registered Vascular Specialist (RVS) [Required]
• Registered Congenital Cardiac Sonographer (RCCS) [Preferred]

Physical Requirements

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Pay Range

$28.68 - $53.35

Background Screening Requirement

Certain positions are subject to Florida Level 2 background screening, including fingerprinting, as required by state law. Applicants may review general information about Florida’s background screening requirements at the Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse: https://info.flclearinghouse.com/. This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances.