Echocardiographer | PRN

Overview

Performs echocardiograms on adult and pediatric inpatient/outpatients.

Qualifications

Age of Patients Served: All Age Groups Required

Education: GED or High School Diploma.

Preferred Education: Graduate of a Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer program.

Required Licensure/Certifications:

• BLS certification from the American Heart Association
• CCI or ARDMS, RDCS, required within one (1) year of hire or transfer date.

Amount of Experience: Less than one (1) year minimum. Preferred Experience: Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer.

Necessary Skills:

1. Knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and ultrasound physics.

2. Excellent interpersonal skills and customer/patient service, problem solving, time management and organizational skill, be a team player, excellent communication skills including telephone etiquette.

3. Ability to recognize life-threatening findings and notify physicians.

4. Ability to calculate test results.

5. Uses good body mechanics.

6. Maintain patient confidentiality. 7

. Serves as patient advocate.

8. Good organizational skills basic computer data entry. Required Licensure/Certifications: BLS certification from the American Heart Association CCI or ARDMS required within one (1) year of hire or transfer date. Amount of Experience: Less than one (1) year minimum. Preferred Experience: Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer.