Georgetown, SC, 29440, USA
1 day ago
Echocardiographer and Vascular Technologist
Employee Type: PRN Work Shift: Day - 8 hour shift (United States of America) **Join Team Tidelands and help people live better lives through better health!** **Position Summary:** Performs diagnostic cardiovascular ultrasound with documentation of anatomic measurements for abnormal or suspicious anatomy. Performs various cardiac and vascular testing, including stress echo, TEE, carotid, venous, and arterial vascular ultrasound studies. Provides excellent patient care while demonstrating exemplary core customer service skills. Completes accurate documentation of patient medical records. Assigned home facility but covers and floats to Tidelands Health sites as necessary. Serves on-call rotation and responds within 30 minutes to facility to meet patient service needs. Completes other duties as assigned. **Essential Function:** + Ensure accuracy of all patient information as well as physician orders. + Use proper procedure protocol, scanning technique, annotations of images and anatomy, transducer selection and measurement of anatomy. + Be effective and efficient in ordering procedures, and scheduling + Locate medical records in the EMR, enter and complete imaging orders in Witt, locate historical reports in Witt, print medical records from the EMR and Witt, and enter medical record information into Witt. + Accurately locate patient folders, add and/or correct image annotations, print images and reports, and verify procedures. + Assure that all patients are shielded (provided the shield does not obscure the anatomy to be imaged), and all assisting visitors, family members, and staff are shielded. + Utilize API electronic functions to assist with departmental timekeeping accuracy + Ability and willingness to take “call” and respond within 30 minutes of call to facility. **QUALIFICATIONS** **Education** : • High School diploma required. • Associate’s degree in vascular sonography or cardiovascular technology, preferred. **Experience** **:** • Minimum of two years on the job training with demonstrated competency, required. • Prior Echo sonography and Vascular sonography experience, preferred. **Licenses/Certifications** : • Echo sonography credential (RDCS or RCS) and Vascular sonography credential (RVT or RVS), required. • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification under American Heart Association Healthcare provider course required within 30 calendar days of hire date. BLS recertification is required every two (2) years. **Special Skills** **:** • Knowledge of scanning techniques required. • Knowledge of normal and abnormal anatomy required. • Computer proficiency required. • Medical terminology, required. **Physical Requirements** **: Light-Medium Physical Agility Test (PAT) Rating** While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently (activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) required to stand, sit, and walk; frequently to use hands, fingers; and frequently to talk or hear. The employee must exert 15 to 20 pounds of force occasionally (activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time), and/or 5 to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 5 pounds of force constantly to move objects. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Tidelands Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). Tidelands Health does not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, age, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, gender, genetic information, familial status, or any other legally protected status.
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