What are the responsibilities and job description for the Echo Cardiac- Technologist position at IU Health?
Overview
If you are searching for a chance to use your expert knowledge to improve the lives of patients and their families, IU Health, a comprehensive health system with 16 hospitals and more than 34,000 team members, has the career you are looking for!
This position will be a full-time day shift role, working Monday through Friday.
The Echo Cardiac Technologist performs, administers & monitors Cardio-Diagnostic tests with primary emphasis on cardiac sonography and doppler studies. Administers all Cardio-Diagnostic tests. Provides physician with preliminary findings of recorded data through monitoring and performing the necessary calculations, in a timely fashion while demonstrating the appropriate knowledge and skills necessary to work with patients from pediatric through geriatric. Follows physician's instructions, prepares and operates equipment and positions patients correctly in order to record the requested diagnostic images.
As the most comprehensive medical system in Indiana, IU Health offers many different career opportunities as you grow professionally. IU Health also offers a large benefits package, PTO, 401k with a match and several other programs to meet your needs. This is just a few reasons why applying for your career with IU Health is a good choice.
- Basic Life Support certification required. May also require Advanced Life Support certification, if applicable.
- Applicant must be eligible to sit for their registry at the time of hire and must successfully pass it within one year from start date through one of the following: American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS): Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer, RDCS; or Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI): Registered Cardiac Sonographer, RCS, Advanced Cardiac Sonographer, ACS, or Registered Congenital Cardiac Sonographer, RCCS.
- May be required to meet registry/certification requirements for another modality, if applicable.
- May require license from Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH), if applicable.
- Pass written exam for Basic EKG interpretation with score >85% initially and repeat yearly.
- Requires ability to maneuver equipment and improvise positions when the condition of the patient does not permit routine positioning.
- Minimum of one year of experience in Echocardiography, preferred.
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