Echo Technician II - FT Days

Core Competencies

• Demonstrates competency in interpersonal relationships to the following age groups: Neonates, children, teen-age, and young, middle and geriatric adults.
• Provides health care services in own job category to the following age groups: Neonates, children, teenage and young, middle, and geriatric adults.
• Provides patient and family with information/ instructions regarding procedure, evaluating barriers to understanding.
• Ensures patient safety and confidentiality while performing exam.
• Prepares patient for exam.
• Performs all echo procedures including transthoracic, transesophageal, stress echo, 3-D echo, contract echo, bubble study echo. Maintains proficiency in Advances structural heart procedure and imaging acquisition.
• Adheres to infection control guidelines: uses good handwashing technique, adheres to isolation policy, cleaning equipment between patients.
• Prepares studies for interpretation by physician, including accurate calculation of cardiac structures.
• Completes all paper work accurately.
• Completes daily log of studies accurately.
• Initiates Code Blue and emergency measures when indicated according to BCLS and hospital policy.
• Assigns workload and breaks to other techs for the day.
• Cleans/disinfects/sterilizes TEE probes according to Medical Center policy.
• Maintains medication security to authorized personnel only.
• Assumes on-call status and call back as assigned, responding within 30 minutes of receiving call.
• Transports patients and/or echo equipment as necessary.
• Evaluates and initiates equipment service/repair and purchase of new equipment.
• Evaluates and initiates inventory and ordering of supplies.
• Maintains safe working and patient environment.
• Utilizes appropriate and effective communication and problem solving skills in all interpersonal interactions.
• Assists in training and orientation of new employees and students.
• Participates in department meetings, inservice education, and policy/procedure review.
• Participates in department and hospital performance improvement activities as assigned.
• Exercises sound judgment in relating the physician's order to actual conditions of the patient and consults with the Medical Director and/or attending physician in questionable situations.
• Demonstrates knowledge of clinical norms for the following age groups: infants, children, teenage, young, middle and geriatric adults.

Experience

License / Certification Requirements

Compensation Range

 $43.95 - $72.82 / Hour