Echocardiograph Tech Cert

at  RWJBarnabas Health

Req #: 46869
Category: EKG/EEG Technician
Status: Per Diem
Shift: Day
Facility: RWJ Hamilton
Department: Non-Invasive Cardiac Lab

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

• High School Graduate
• Graduate of approved school for cardiopulmonary technology field
• Currently proposing minimum of an Associate Degree in Science

Preferred:

• Up to 24 months of clinical ECHO testing experience desired, in house training will be considered

SCHEDULING REQUIREMENTS:

• Shift working, Days
• Per Diem

• Prepares and instructs patients on procedure
• Perform echo cardiograms, stress echos, and TEEs
• Prepares test results for physician reading and interpretation
• Assists fellow sonographers with workload when appropriate
• Verifies physician order prior to administering test procedure
• Effectively interacts with physicians, nurses and other ancillary staff
• Intimate knowledge of cardiac anatomy and physiology and extensive EKG experience
• Ensure compliance of all Joint Commission Standards/ ASE/ and the guidelines of the ICAEL