Echocardiographer | PRN

Job description

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:
• Knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and ultrasound physics.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and customer/patient service, problem solving, time management and organizational skill, be a team player, excellent communication skills including telephone etiquette.
• Ability to recognize life-threatening findings and notify physicians.
• Ability to calculate test results.
• Uses good body mechanics.
• 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.
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:
• Knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and ultrasound physics.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and customer/patient service, problem solving, time management and organizational skill, be a team player, excellent communication skills including telephone etiquette.
• Ability to recognize life-threatening findings and notify physicians.
• Ability to calculate test results.
• Uses good body mechanics.
• 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.