Echocardiography Technician

Conway Medical Center is seeking a highly skilled Echocardiography Technician to join our team. As an Echocardiography Technician, you will play a critical role in performing diagnostic procedures utilizing various types of cardiac ultrasound techniques under the medical direction of a licensed physician.

• Prepare for examinations by checking equipment and inventorying and restocking supplies.
• Read physician orders for specific examinations, set-up recording equipment, and enter patient information into systems.
• Explain procedures and answer questions regarding procedures.
• Position patients, spread gels, attach electrodes to chest and equipment, adjust equipment controls, and verify wave signals.
• Position and reposition the transducer, and monitor display screen while listening to signals, detect artifacts that mimic abnormalities, and recordings to obtain quality images.
• Record examination information by printing graphics and data, calculating measurements of heart wall, chamber size, and blood flow direction and velocity, and compare measurements to norms.

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Previous Echocardiography experience preferred.
• Two years medical ultrasound experience preferred.
• Registered Cardiac Sonographer through one of three ways required.
• Certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) required.

• Occasional exposure to difficult patients.
• Potential exposure to blood borne and airborne pathogens.
• Stress level high due to multiple demands frequently occurring simultaneously.
• Physical surroundings generally pleasant and comfortable.
• Prolonged standing and walking.