MedStar Health
Overview
Cardiac Sonographer / Echo Tech role at MedStar Health at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Now offering a $10,000 sign-on bonus for a limited time. As a Cardiac Sonographer, you will perform diagnostic ultrasound examinations, including 2D echo, Doppler, stress, dobutamine, and other echocardiographic tests. Prepare preliminary test measurements and facilitate understanding of sonographic examinations. Primary Duties
Obtains pertinent clinical information from patients, medical charts, and/or physician. Communicates purpose and procedures related to the ultrasound test to the patient and comforts/reassures patient about the examination. Performs 2D echo, Doppler, stress, and other echocardiographic examinations to provide anatomic and physiologic data for physician's review. Uses a portable echocardiograph machine to perform studies, as requested. Notifies physician immediately if patient is in distress or severe abnormal reading is obtained. Reviews studies with the interpreting physician. Aids/training in the Echocardiograph Laboratory to cardiology fellows as relates to ultrasound examinations. Maintains appropriate training documentation/ material. Inspects/maintains equipment and supplies used for cleanliness, proper functioning, and par levels, notifies appropriate personnel regarding problems or malfunctions. Assists in scheduling patient for examination(s) to be performed, set-up of special procedure rooms, i.e., transesophageal echocardiograph (TEE) examination. Performs various related functions, such as logging and filing of echo studies, tabulating statistics, paging staff, and assisting physician with obtaining patients' reports, etc. Participates in the development of effective QA/QI activities to improve quality of care. Attending echo conferences, continuing education courses, and/or in-services. Qualifications
High School Diploma or GED Required; Completion of a Registered Echocardiography program with coursework in anatomy and physiology, or successful completion of an ultrasound program in lieu of the Registered Echocardiography program may be accepted in some cases. Associates degree, Preferred Prior clinical experience and the performance of at least 100 echocardiogram/doppler examinations with Arrhythmia analysis experience, Required 2 years post-graduation echo cardiology experience, Preferred Salary: Hiring range of $36,062 - $60,782. Seniority level
Entry level Employment type
Full-time Job function
Health Care Provider Industries
Hospitals and Health Care
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Cardiac Sonographer / Echo Tech role at MedStar Health at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Now offering a $10,000 sign-on bonus for a limited time. As a Cardiac Sonographer, you will perform diagnostic ultrasound examinations, including 2D echo, Doppler, stress, dobutamine, and other echocardiographic tests. Prepare preliminary test measurements and facilitate understanding of sonographic examinations. Primary Duties
Obtains pertinent clinical information from patients, medical charts, and/or physician. Communicates purpose and procedures related to the ultrasound test to the patient and comforts/reassures patient about the examination. Performs 2D echo, Doppler, stress, and other echocardiographic examinations to provide anatomic and physiologic data for physician's review. Uses a portable echocardiograph machine to perform studies, as requested. Notifies physician immediately if patient is in distress or severe abnormal reading is obtained. Reviews studies with the interpreting physician. Aids/training in the Echocardiograph Laboratory to cardiology fellows as relates to ultrasound examinations. Maintains appropriate training documentation/ material. Inspects/maintains equipment and supplies used for cleanliness, proper functioning, and par levels, notifies appropriate personnel regarding problems or malfunctions. Assists in scheduling patient for examination(s) to be performed, set-up of special procedure rooms, i.e., transesophageal echocardiograph (TEE) examination. Performs various related functions, such as logging and filing of echo studies, tabulating statistics, paging staff, and assisting physician with obtaining patients' reports, etc. Participates in the development of effective QA/QI activities to improve quality of care. Attending echo conferences, continuing education courses, and/or in-services. Qualifications
High School Diploma or GED Required; Completion of a Registered Echocardiography program with coursework in anatomy and physiology, or successful completion of an ultrasound program in lieu of the Registered Echocardiography program may be accepted in some cases. Associates degree, Preferred Prior clinical experience and the performance of at least 100 echocardiogram/doppler examinations with Arrhythmia analysis experience, Required 2 years post-graduation echo cardiology experience, Preferred Salary: Hiring range of $36,062 - $60,782. Seniority level
Entry level Employment type
Full-time Job function
Health Care Provider Industries
Hospitals and Health Care
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