Cardiac Ultrasound Tech

Dean’s Professional Services is now hiring a qualified, patient-care-focused Cardiac Ultrasound Tech to work in a State Hospital in Houston, TX.

We are on a mission to create care that’s more convenient and professional. With solutions that are value-based and patient-centered. To accomplish this, we are looking for individuals who share our sense of excellence and are ready to embrace new opportunities!

The Cardiac Ultrasound Tech is responsible for performing all modalities of echocardiography Echocardiographic assessment of 2D, M-Mode, Color flow and continuous wave doppler, Stress echocardiography, Pharmacological stress echocardiography, Transesophageal echocardiograms.

Job Responsibilities:

• Must be able to analyze the patient’s clinical history, identify the purpose of the examination, and expand the examination as necessary to answer the clinical questions.
• Performs quantitative analysis of Echocardiographic studies Analysis includes systolic function (ejection fraction and wall motion analysis), diastolic function, pulmonary pressure, hemodynamic assessment, assessment of valvular abnormalities, changes in gradients, and critical values. Perform strain of measurements.
• Equipment maintenance Prepares equipment for procedures to be performed. Cleans and disinfects equipment following patient use. Maintains equipment cleaning logs.
• Quality assurance Participates in the collection and documentation of quality assurance information. Reports critical values immediately once identified.
• Perform high-level disinfection of TEE probes Participate in the disinfection of TEE probes according to vendor recommendations.
• Analytical Thinking - Gather relevant information systematically; break down problems into simple components; make sound decisions.
• Self-Adaptability - Work in situations involving uncertainty, shifting priorities, and rapid change; deal constructively with mistakes and setbacks; demonstrate flexibility.
• Professionalism - Employee demonstrates a commitment to collaborative professional relationships with physicians and all members of the health care team.
• Technical/Functional Expertise - Demonstrate technical proficiency required to do the job; possess up-to-date knowledge in the profession; provide technical expertise to others.
• Service Orientation
• Provide service to our stakeholders, including patients, caregivers, colleagues, and each other, in a safe, courteous, accountable, efficient, and innovative manner to include:
  • Promoting inclusiveness and collegiality always demonstrates respect and professionalism to our stakeholders.
  • Modeling safe, ethical behavior that mitigates risk to the institution through sound business practices, and adherence to MD Anderson’s Standards of Conduct, institutional policies, and procedures.
  • Responding to requests promptly while proactively communicating expectations for procedures, service arrival, or project deliverables to stakeholders
  • Using the steps to HEAL (Hear, Empathize, Address, and Learn) the relationship when service recovery is needed.

Job Requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent. Required
• Technical School – Preferred 
• Two years’ experience performing echocardiography testing – Required. 

Certification: All the following:

• Certified in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
• Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) through American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS) -OR- Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCS) through Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI)."

Job Details:

• Schedule: M-F 7:30 am – 5:00 pm 
• Starting at $39/hr. (Based on experience) 
• No Weekends, Holidays, or On Call 
• Full benefits – healthcare, dental, vision, 401k program.
• Temp-to-Hire opportunity.

Dean’s Professional Services is a national, award-winning staffing solutions firm. Since 1993, DPS has placed over 45,000 professionals across the nation. We work with our clients to provide placement opportunities that match your skill, experience, and personality. For more information, please visit www.deansprofessionalservices.com.