Cardiac Ultrasound Technician

Houston, TX Full Time | Contractor
POSTED ON 3/22/2024

Position type: Contract

Shift: M-F 7:30AM-5:00PM, No Weekends, Holidays or On Call

CPR/BLS is Mandatory

RDCS or RCS is Mandatory

Job Duties/Responsibilities/Functions:

  • Performs all modalities of echocardiography Echocardiographic assessment of 2D, M-Mode, Color flow and continuous wave doppler, Stress echocardiography, Pharmacological stress echocardiography, Transesophageal echocardiograms. Must be able to analyze a 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 off TEE probes Participates in the disinfection of TEE probes according to vendor recommendations

Minimum Qualifications

  • Experience: Two years’ experience performing echocardiography testing.
  • 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 Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $40.00 - $55.00 per hour

Benefits:

  • 401(k)
  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Vision insurance

Schedule:

  • 8 hour shift
  • Day shift
  • Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

  • Do you have your CPR or BLS certification?
  • Do you have your RDCS or RCS certification?

Work Location: In person

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