Echo Tech

at  Franciscan Health

WHAT WE NEED

Patient-focused ECHO techs

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

When a patient comes in for a diagnostic test, they are often nervous and unsure of what is going to happen. They are looking to be reassured and handled with care and respect. They are also trusting that the technician running the test is highly competent and accurate. Clearly this is the sort of position that requires someone who is equally good with people and machines.
Have you been told that you’re great with people? Can you follow orders and procedures accurately? Do you enjoy knowing that your work is helping others receive the best possible healthcare? If so, let’s talk.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Preferred Associate’s Degree
• Required High School Diploma/GED
• Graduate of an CAAHEP accredited echocardiography program with 800 clinical hours Preferred
• 1 year Experience working as an echo sonographer Preferred
• Diagnostic Medical Sonography (DMEDSON) - .
• Registry for Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographers (RDCS) - .
• Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI) - .
  7K Sign on Bonus Available!

• Clean the equipment, perform transducer cleaning, TEE cleaning, and electrical leakage testing in accordance with all infection control policies.
• Respond to emergency callbacks within the designated timeframe in accordance with departmental policy.
• Maintain equipment, troubleshoot equipment, and alert clinical engineering and management staff when equipment issues arise.
• Participate in the department Continuous Performance Improvement program and related activities including evaluation of their own work and the work of peers in a professional manner.
• Perform transthoracic echocardiograms (TTE) and transesophageal echocardiograms (TEE), stress echos (SE) in accordance with department policy and protocols, obtaining all required views as well as additional views to provide a highly diagnostic study.
• Prepare images and data in a preliminary report in designated reporting system i.e. cardiology PACS or EMR system prior to physician reading the study.
• Ensure patient safety by inspecting TEE probe for use, confirming leakage test completed and proper positioning of patients for all testing.
• Record all required measurements in 2-d and M-mode as well as advanced measurements per policy and protocol.
• Obtain all required views quickly and efficiently when conducting stress echocardiograms including post-exercise views routinely within sixty seconds of the end of the exercise.