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Medical Instrument Technician (Echocardiography)
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Summary
General Description of Assigned Duties: The Advanced Medical Instrument Technician (MIT) – Echocardiogram – serves as a specialized technician with focused cardiac knowledge above full performance level in the Hospital and Specialty Care Division of the VA Portland Health Care System. The GS-9 MIT performs all duties related to the support of echocardiography services in the facility. The GS-9 MIT is required to perform a full range of complex cardiac ultrasound procedures.
Qualifications Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.
United States Citizenship: Non‑citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
Education: No specific educational requirements for this occupation. Education may be substituted for experience only at the GS‑4 and GS‑5 levels; see the grade requirements part of this standard for information regarding educational substitutions.
Licensure or Certification: Not required for this occupation, but strongly desirable at GS‑6 or above as evidence of possession of the essential knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Preferred Experience: Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCS) credential with CCI or Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) credential with ARDMS preferred.
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certifications are also desirable for employees at this level.
Physical Requirements: Typical for the occupation and generally would not require a pre‑placement examination, except where a pre‑placement examination is required for operation of a government‑owned or leased motor vehicle or by other policy, regulation, or statute.
Reference: For more information on this qualification standard – please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/
Duties
The GS‑9 MIT is required to meet all the knowledge, skills, and abilities of the GS‑8 level technician and have approximately one year of experience at that level.
The GS‑9 MIT is responsible for all of the technical quality of work performed in the lab and for ensuring procedures are accomplished within established time frames and coordinated with other sections of the hospital.
The GS‑9 MIT must be able to instruct lower‑level technicians in established work standards by clearly defining specific tasks and job technique requirements and provide on‑the‑job training.
The GS‑9 MIT provides scheduling for both inpatients and outpatients and ensures that patients requiring emergent or critical procedures are triaged appropriately.
The GS‑9 MIT ensures procedures performed are appropriate and necessary based upon the information provided and does so independently while complying with established criteria and/or special education.
The GS‑9 MIT possesses specialized knowledge, skills, and abilities to provide expert guidance to lower‑level technicians regarding special requests, unusual findings, emergent evaluations, or imaging difficulties.
In both the inpatient and outpatient setting, the incumbent receives the patient, explains the purpose and methodology of the procedures in a manner that the patient will understand, independently positions the patient, and obtains diagnostic ultrasound images of the heart and all required measurements.
The incumbent performs specialized cardiac ultrasound examinations (transthoracic echo, stress echo, transesophageal echo, contrast echocardiograms, agitated saline bubble echocardiograms) and follows strict guidelines for image acquisition and analysis.
The incumbent makes routine and non‑routine dimensional and Doppler measurements from digitized images per established protocol and industry standards and provides guidance to lower‑level technicians regarding non‑routine measurements.
The incumbent is proficient with common computer programs and specialized cardiac ultrasound exam analyzing systems to prepare study for report generation and interpretation, accurately maintains procedure and patient records following strict confidentiality guidelines, and provides these records and reports to the supervisory level as requested.
Work Schedule: M/T/TH/F 05:30‑16:00. Telework: Not Available. Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 0000 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Authorized
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Qualifications Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.
United States Citizenship: Non‑citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
Education: No specific educational requirements for this occupation. Education may be substituted for experience only at the GS‑4 and GS‑5 levels; see the grade requirements part of this standard for information regarding educational substitutions.
Licensure or Certification: Not required for this occupation, but strongly desirable at GS‑6 or above as evidence of possession of the essential knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Preferred Experience: Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCS) credential with CCI or Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) credential with ARDMS preferred.
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certifications are also desirable for employees at this level.
Physical Requirements: Typical for the occupation and generally would not require a pre‑placement examination, except where a pre‑placement examination is required for operation of a government‑owned or leased motor vehicle or by other policy, regulation, or statute.
Reference: For more information on this qualification standard – please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/
Duties
The GS‑9 MIT is required to meet all the knowledge, skills, and abilities of the GS‑8 level technician and have approximately one year of experience at that level.
The GS‑9 MIT is responsible for all of the technical quality of work performed in the lab and for ensuring procedures are accomplished within established time frames and coordinated with other sections of the hospital.
The GS‑9 MIT must be able to instruct lower‑level technicians in established work standards by clearly defining specific tasks and job technique requirements and provide on‑the‑job training.
The GS‑9 MIT provides scheduling for both inpatients and outpatients and ensures that patients requiring emergent or critical procedures are triaged appropriately.
The GS‑9 MIT ensures procedures performed are appropriate and necessary based upon the information provided and does so independently while complying with established criteria and/or special education.
The GS‑9 MIT possesses specialized knowledge, skills, and abilities to provide expert guidance to lower‑level technicians regarding special requests, unusual findings, emergent evaluations, or imaging difficulties.
In both the inpatient and outpatient setting, the incumbent receives the patient, explains the purpose and methodology of the procedures in a manner that the patient will understand, independently positions the patient, and obtains diagnostic ultrasound images of the heart and all required measurements.
The incumbent performs specialized cardiac ultrasound examinations (transthoracic echo, stress echo, transesophageal echo, contrast echocardiograms, agitated saline bubble echocardiograms) and follows strict guidelines for image acquisition and analysis.
The incumbent makes routine and non‑routine dimensional and Doppler measurements from digitized images per established protocol and industry standards and provides guidance to lower‑level technicians regarding non‑routine measurements.
The incumbent is proficient with common computer programs and specialized cardiac ultrasound exam analyzing systems to prepare study for report generation and interpretation, accurately maintains procedure and patient records following strict confidentiality guidelines, and provides these records and reports to the supervisory level as requested.
Work Schedule: M/T/TH/F 05:30‑16:00. Telework: Not Available. Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 0000 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Authorized
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