Job description
Job Summary:
Operates cardiac ultrasound equipment and performs high quality cardiac ultrasound imaging (echocardiography) to be used for the diagnostic evaluation of chamber measurements, blood flow characteristics, and cardiac function of the heart.
Education - Required:
Education - Preferred:
Experience - Required:
Experience - Preferred:
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities - Required:
Certifications - Required:
Operates cardiac ultrasound equipment and performs high quality cardiac ultrasound imaging (echocardiography) to be used for the diagnostic evaluation of chamber measurements, blood flow characteristics, and cardiac function of the heart.
Education - Required:
- High School Diploma/GED with Cardiac Ultrasound on-the-job training and with registry and >5 years experience or
- Technical School Diploma successful graduation from Cardiac Ultrasound program and registry within a year of hire
Education - Preferred:
- Associate's Degree Cardiac Ultrasound program and registry or
- Bachelor's Degree Cardiac Ultrasound program and registry
Experience - Required:
- less than 1 year experience performing adult cardiac ultrasound
Experience - Preferred:
- less than 1 year experience performing adult and pediatric cardiac ultrasound, Stress Echocardiography and TEE in a hospital setting. or
- less than 1 year
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities - Required:
- Knowledge of cardiac ultrasound physics and cardiac anatomy & physiology.
- Skill to use various ultrasound machine makes and models and perform settings and knobology for optimal images.
- Skill to prioritize patient care and use critical thinking.
- Ability to demonstrate eye-hand coordination, mechanical, and analytical aptitude.
- Ability to (physically) position patients for optimal images and transport ultrasound equipment (portable testing).
- Ability to support a patient in an emergency situation.
Certifications - Required:
- RDCS - Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer upon hire is ideal within 1 Year or
- RCS - Registered Cardiac Sonographer upon hire is ideal within 1 Year and
- Health Services\BCLS - Basic Life Support upon hire is ideal within 30 Days
Location: Lehigh Valley Health Network · MHC Heart Station
Schedule: Per Diem Status, Multiple Shifts, Per diem; variable shifts and hours
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