Echocardiographic Technician

Job Title: Echocardiographic Technician

Job Specific Information:

• They will be working solo but will have a cardiovascular nurse onsite as someone they would partner with for IV support, and stress testing.


• They will need strong skills in echo (ultrasound of the heart adult, we are adult only).


• Experience with both inpatient and outpatient.


• Strong critical thinking skills.


• Have recent experience performing stress testing like echo stress on a treadmill and stress dobutamine echo.


• They will need to be fluent with various protocols like 3D, strain, right heart, and oncology.

Location/locations: Pennock Hospital Hasting, MI Primarily. First week will train at 2900 Bradford Grand Rapids, MI
Shift Time: 8am-4:30pm
Hours: 40
Shift length: 8 hours
Weekend rotation: None
On Call: None
Required certifications: Certified / Credentialed Echo program (RDCS or RCS) and BLS
Scrub Color: Olive Green

Job Summary
Performs a variety of cardiac testing including, stress, transesophageal, transthoracic, dobutamine stress echocardiograms and others as indicated (ICE, 3D, strain, specialty and fetal echocardiograms); calculates acquired data and prepares study for medical staff interpretation.

Essential Function

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  Reviews patient chart and selects most appropriate procedural methodology.

  
  


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  Performs ultrasound tests appropriate for patient specific morphology and pathology. Performs calculations per protocol, uses critical thinking skills to assess validity of calculations.

  
  


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  Documents exam performance in electronic medical record, on hospital financial system.

  
  


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  Attends departmental staff, educational, and informational meetings. Participates as required in various workgroups, quality assurance (QA) meetings, and team building sessions.

  
  


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  Informs patients, significant others and members of the health care team about procedures, equipment being utilized and other related activities as appropriate.

  
  


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  Calculates acquired data, prepares materials for medical staff interpretation.

  
  


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  Actively demonstrates ongoing continuous education efforts in field of Cardiac Sonography and demonstrates professional commitment by membership in local and national Sonography Society.

  
  

Qualifications

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  Required Associate's Degree from an accredited ultrasound program or equivalent

  
  


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  Preferred Bachelor's Degree

  
  


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  skills, knowledge, abilities typically Producted through schooling training and experience related to echo including in two-dimensional, doppler, color doppler, transesophageal echocardiology (TEE), transthoracic echocardiograms (TTE), stress echo and understanding of complex congenital heart disease and surgical repairs. Required

  
  


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  3 years of relevant experience in two-dimensional, doppler, color doppler, transesophageal echocardiology (TEE), transthoracic echocardiograms (TTE), stress echos and understanding of complex congenital heart disease and surgical repairs. Preferred

  
  


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  CRT-Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer, Registered (RDCS) - ARDMS American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography Upon Hire required Or

  
  


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  CRT-Cardiac Sonographer, Registered (RCS) - UNKNOWN Unknown Upon Hire required Or

  
  


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  CRT-Pediatric Echocardiography (PE) - ARDMS American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography HDVCH Upon Hire required

  
  


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  CRT-Basic Life Support (BLS) - AHA American Heart Association 90 Days required Or

  
  


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  CRT-Basic Life Support (BLS) - ARC client 90 Days required

  
  

Physical Demands

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  Pallet to Waist (6" from floor) > 5 lbs: Seldom up to 10 lbs

  
  


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  Waist to Waist > 5 lbs: Occasionally up to 20 lbs

  
  


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  Waist to Chest (below shoulder) > 5 lbs: Seldom up to 10 lbs

  
  


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  Waist to Overhead > 5 lbs: Seldom up to 10 lbs

  
  


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  Bilateral Carry > 5 lbs: Seldom up to 20 lbs

  
  


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  Unilateral Carry > 5 lbs: Occasionally up to 10 lbs

  
  


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  Pushing Force > 5 lbs: Frequently up to 25 lbs

  
  


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  Pulling Force > 5 lbs: Seldom up to 20 lbs

  
  


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  Sitting: Occasionally

  
  


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  Standing: Occasionally

  
  


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  Walking: Occasionally

  
  


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  Forward Bend - Standing: Occasionally

  
  


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  Forward Bend - Sitting: Occasionally

  
  


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  Trunk Rotation - Standing: Seldom

  
  


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  Trunk Rotation - Sitting: Seldom

  
  


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  Squat: Seldom

  
  


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  Stair Climbing: Seldom

  
  


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  Driving: Seldom

  
  


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  Reach - Above Shoulder: Seldom

  
  


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  Reach - at Shoulder or Below: Occasionally

  
  


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  Handling: Frequently

  
  


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  Forceful Grip > 5 lbs: Frequently

  
  


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  Forceful Pinch > 2 lbs: Frequently

  
  


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  Finger/Hand Dexterity: Frequently

  
  


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  Visual Acuity 1
  

  
  

  Notices:

  
  
  
  
  • Client is committed to granting reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable laws.
  
  
  • Once confirmed, all time is submitted through VNDLY by your traveler. Please educate and train them on this. It is also our platform for invoicing and payments so if this step is not complete it will impact your agency's payment from Client.
  
  
  • If a Service Provider or Contingent Worker fails to take action required for accurate invoicing within 45 days following the end of a pay cycle in which services were provided, then Client shall not be obligated to make payment to Service Provider for those services.
  
  
  
  

  Examples of action: If staff provided services ending the week Sep 3, 2023 and Service Provider does not submit accurate timesheets no later Oct 18, 2023, Client shall not be obligated to pay for the service provided during that timeframe.

  
  
  
  
  • Supplier must take system action to implement agreed upon rate changes prior to the week the change becomes effective.
  
  
  • It is highly recommended that timesheet reconciliation and issue inquiry/correction is performed by the supplier prior to the 45 days.
  
  
  • No other forms of invoicing are accepted outside of our timesheet approval process.