Medical Instrument Technician (Echocardiography)

About the role

The Echocardiography Technician has advanced knowledge of thoracic anatomy and physiology related to cardiovascular function. They are responsible for adhering to all departmental, service, hospital, agency, and national regulations and policies. They identify and record anomalies indicative of disease, injury, or other medically significant condition from ultrasound imaging and simultaneous recordings of the Doppler.

Responsibilities

• Must possess the ability to organize and manage time effectively, exercise independent judgment, assume responsibility for their own work/actions, and sometimes work under stressful conditions, remain focused, maintain the ability to prioritize and transition between tasks quickly.
• Must possess ethical judgment, integrity, honesty, dependability, and accountability.
• Technician must be reliable and able to work independently.
• The technician is responsible for performing job functions in accordance with the mission, vision, and values of VA EKHCS.
• The technician working at this level must assume the functions and responsibilities of lower grade levels.
• Knowledge and performance of standardized echocardiography concepts.
• Knowledge and performance of diagnostic cardiac procedures.
• Ability to produce diagnostic quality images and Doppler frequency shift recordings using M-mode