Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS)

Description

Decypher is seeking Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) by the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) or a Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCS) by Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI) candidates to support the DoD contract at Naval Medical Center San Diego, CA. The successful candidate will possess the required education, skills, and experience called for in the contract as described below. US Citizenship and active NACI clearance required.

About Decypher

Decypher is a leading integrator of professional, technology, and management solutions and services. We provide our services globally to Federal, Commercial, Local and State clients. Our employees are our most valuable assets and play an integral role in the success of Decypher and our clients. Working at Decypher is not a job, but a career where your talent and energy is respected, and you can personally make a difference. Decypher invites you to join our professional team. Decypher is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/D/V).

Responsibilities

· Correlate the patient's clinical history with the requested examination to be performed and obtain the results from previous pertinent diagnostic tests to correlate with the ultrasound study.

· Recognize normal anatomic variants. Also, recognize anatomic changes created by medical and surgical procedures.

· Document arrival, departure, and completed tests as required by MTF policy. Send appropriate image series to the radiologist for reading according to MTF protocol.

· Perform system warmups, calibrations, and quality control tasks according to manufacturer and MTF policy. Recognize artifacts and equipment errors and notify designated Government personnel of outlying values.

· Explain process to patient and instructs and assists patient in assuming physical position for examination.

· Assist in the compiling and archiving of records for procedures performed.

· Observe and report to the Cardiologist any symptoms which have direct bearing on the patient's condition as a result of adverse reaction to contrast media and inform the radiologist of any condition requiring his/her attention. Recognize the need for and initiate emergency measures for critical situations such as respiratory or cardiac arrest.

· Identify abnormalities during testing and determine need for additional scans of affected area.

· Perform a full range of diagnostic ultrasonic examinations as appropriate to the discipline specified in the TO.

· Perform 2-dimensional, 3-dimensional, M-mode, pulse-wave, continuous-wave Doppler and color-flow Doppler, and strain imaging during transthoracic echocardiography studies.

· Perform exercise stress treadmill and pharmacologic stress echocardiograms to include optimal utilization of sonography contrast agents.

· Assist physicians in the performance of transesophageal echocardiograms.

· Assist in the educational mission of the cardiology division, through the teaching of cardiovascular fellows and cardiovascular technician students in the performance of echocardiographic studies.

· Maintain accurate patient procedural records.

· Assist in the compiling and archiving records for procedures performed in the Echocardiography Laboratory of the Cardiology Department.

Minimum Qualifications

· Degree: Certificate.

· Education: Graduate from an academic program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP).

· Certification: Certified by the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) in the specialty identified in the TO.

· Experience: One year of experience as a sonographer in the specialty area identified in the TO.

Preferred Qualifications:

· Certification as either a Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) by ARDMS or a Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCS) by Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI).

· A minimum of one (1) year of full-time clinical experience as a Cardiac Sonographer, performing both outpatients and inpatients echocardiographic studies.