Registered Cardiovascular Sonographer

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Job Type:

Regular

Scheduled Hours:

36

Why You’ll Love Working with St. Elizabeth Healthcare

At St. Elizabeth Healthcare, every role supports our mission to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to the communities we serve. For more than 160 years, St. Elizabeth Healthcare has been a trusted provider of quality care across Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. We’re guided by our mission to improve the health of the communities we serve and by our values of excellence, integrity, compassion, and teamwork. Our associates are the heart of everything we do.

 

Benefits That Support You

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Enjoy:

- Competitive pay and comprehensive health coverage within the first 30 days.

- Generous paid time off and flexible work schedules

- Retirement savings with employer match

- Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities

- Wellness, mental health, and recognition programs

- Career advancement through mentorship and internal mobility

Job Summary:

St. Elizabeth Healthcare is hiring a Registered Cardiovascular Sonographer for our Edgewood Diagnostic Imaging department located within our Edgewood hospital.

Shift/Hours: Full Time 36 Hours, First Shift, Option 24/36

Responsible for performing cardiovascular studies on patients that support diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Performs, records, and reports Non-Invasive Vascular and/or adult Echocardiography procedures using specialized equipment. Both echo and vascular sonography may be performed during the course of a normal work day. The position provides flexibility in staffing sites with modality needs.

Demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors and other employees regardless of cultural background.

Job Description:

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• Perform complete cardiac and vascular ultrasound studies in compliance with guidelines set by the IAC and approved by the Medical Directors and Technical Directors.  May drive mobile van to client site or to scheduled site as needed.
• Evaluate results of study making preliminary report of normal and abnormal findings.  Maintain for files and disperse to physicians and patient floors accurate records of studies completed.
• Evaluate patient history assessing past and current cardiac or vascular status for determination of factors leading to cardiac and/or vascular disease.
• Maintain Quality Assurance of studies performed as well as equipment function.
• Maintain continuing education in order to continually provide complete diagnostic studies.
• Participate in technical training of Cardiovascular Trainee education.
• Responsible for notifying interpreting Cardiologist of emergency situations based on Cardiac and/or Vascular Ultrasound findings.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education, Credentials, Licenses:  

• Graduate of an accredited (or accreditation eligible) cardiovascular ultrasound degree program and/or qualifying experience in accordance with IAC guidelines. (New graduates are given consideration to achieve the IAC minimum study requirements.)

Registration:  Registered in Cardiac or Vascular Imaging from ARDMS or CCI

*Must obtain 2nd registry within 24 months of employment.

*New graduates will have 1 year to obtain one of the two registries. 2nd registry must be obtained within 24 months of employment.

Specialized Knowledge: 

• Knowledgeable of Vascular and Cardiac Hemodynamics
• Proficient with use of cardiac and vascular testing equipment.

Kind and Length of Experience: 

Additional Minimum Requirements:  For CVMHU

Legal Valid Driver’s license

Commercial Driver’s license (CDL)

Pass a criminal background check

Pass MVR check

Maintain current auto insurance policy at or above state minimum requirements

FLSA Status:

Non-Exempt

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