Echocardiography Specialist

Key Responsibilities

• Perform cardiac ultrasound procedures at a technical level, utilizing equipment and guidelines set by the Diagnostic Imaging Department.
• Conduct exams as requested by physicians, documenting the presence, location, and severity of cardiac disease.
• Provide quantitative comparisons for evaluation of cardiac disease stability, improvement, and deterioration.

Responsibilities

• Obtain and record patient identification.
• Explain testing procedures to patients, ensuring cooperation and reducing anxiety.
• Prepare and position patients for testing.
• Attach electrodes to patients' chests, arms, and legs, connecting them to leads from the echo machine.
• Adjust equipment and controls according to physicians' orders or established protocol.
• Perform 2-dimensional, m-mode, color Doppler, and pulsed wave/continuous Doppler echocardiograms.
• Recognize and provide detailed exams of specific heart defects during the study.
• Monitor patients' comfort and safety during tests, alerting physicians to abnormalities.
• Observe video screens of data analysis systems during imaging of the cardiovascular system.
• Provide obtained measurements of 2-D, color Doppler, and pulsed wave/continuous Doppler.
• Chart reports after physician interpretation.
• Clean, check, and maintain cardiology equipment.

Qualifications

• Registered with the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) or CCI in Pediatric or Adult Echocardiography.
• Graduate of a program in Echocardiography approved by the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association or documented equivalent education, experience, and training.
• Previous experience performing pediatric echocardiography procedures is preferred.

Working Conditions

• Perform work that requires frequent standing, bending, reaching, squatting, and kneeling.
• Travel to satellite locations on company buses.
• Load and unload echo equipment on and off buses.