Echo Tech II

Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital
Cardiology
Full-time

Job Summary : Echo Tech II

Responsible for patient care services utilizing ultrasound equipment to provide echocardiography exams in compliance with regulatory requirements for directed image acquisition;

also responsible for data generation for physician interpretation of exams, teaching and coaching ultrasound students, patient transport and schedule coordination.

Licensure and Certification :

  • ARDMS or CCI credential in one modality
  • Current BLS provider card

Education :

  • High School graduate or GED equivalent.
  • Experience with echocardiogram exams or completion of echocardiology training course (didactic / clinical training)

Experience :

  • Experienced in adult transthoracic echocardiograms to include contrast studies
  • Experienced in TEE and Stress Echo exams

Knowledge and Skill :

  • Patient care in a hospital setting.
  • Ability to follow the various protocols necessary for performing echocardiograms
  • Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing
  • Ability to work flexible schedules and take call as needed
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Basic computer skills

Physical Demands Patient Care :

  • Continuous standing / walking and occasional / intermittent sitting.
  • Continuous use of bilateral upper extremities in fine motor activities requiring fingering, grasping, and forward reaching between waist and shoulder level to handle / operate medical equipment / devices.
  • Frequent reaching above shoulder level and overhead.
  • Frequent forward bending, twisting, squatting and kneeling; occasional climbing.
  • Occasional repositioning and transferring patients weighing up to 200 pounds between bed, chair, and gurney.
  • Occasional lifting and carrying equipment weighing up to 25 pounds.
  • Occasional / intermittent pushing of gurneys, wheelchairs, bed and other medical equipment over tiled and carpeted surfaces.
  • Continuous use of near vision to read medical equipment such as monitoring devices and reading documents and computer screens;

hearing and verbal communication to interact with patients, co-workers, and other customers.

Key for Physical Demands

Continuous

66 to 100% of the time

Frequent

33 to 65% of the time

Occasional

0 to 32% of the time

30+ days ago
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