Echo Technologist II

OverviewBaylor St. Luke''s Medical CenterBaylor St. Luke''s Medical Center is an 881-bed quaternary care academic medical center that is a joint venture between Baylor College of Medicine and CHI St. Luke''s Health. Located in the Texas Medical Center, the hospital is the home of the Texas Heart® Institute, a cardiovascular research and education institution founded in 1962 by Denton A. Cooley, MD. The hospital was the first facility in Texas and the Southwest designated a Magnet® hospital for Nursing Excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, receiving the award five consecutive times. Baylor St. Luke''s also has three community emergency centers offering adult and pediatric care for the Greater Houston monSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S. & from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community.Position Summary Operates ultrasound equipment and performs a variety of technical diagnostic procedures which encompass the specialty area of Echocardiography. Must be able to perform 2D/Doppler echocardiograms, Pharmacological and TMT stress echocardiograms and assist with Transesophageal echocardiograms. Responsibilities Position Responsibilities: Prepares equipment ensuring that equipment is operational, safe and functioning according to diagnostic standardsProblem solve equipment failure and imaging quality and contacts service representative regarding equipment problemsEnsures that daily equipment and room maintenance is performed during after each procedure, and that special precautions and measures are performed to ensure infection control standardsCompletes all quality checks and Ensures that equipment logs are maintainedCompletes all clinical supply inventories, ensuring that each diagnostic room is complete with the necessary supplies required to perform the procedureActively Participates with patient testing, performing routine, non-routine, urgent, and emergent patient requestsCommunicates with Patient Transportation, Nursing Units, Physician Offices, and other diagnostic areas to ensure that the patients receive their diagnostic procedures in a smooth, efficient and safe man Performs portable examinations at the bedside to ensure patient safety as well as provide immediate diagnostic testing when neededEnsures that patient orientation, patient preparation and patient teaching are provided prior, during and following the test completion Direct physician interaction by performing case by case review of the physician request for a procedure to be performed, as well as verifying the type of diagnostic test requested and that the indication for the procedure is consistentIndependently selects the correct algorithm to ensure that the comprehensive and appropriate diagnostic test is performedProvide specific diagnostic test information to the patient ensuring that the patient is aware to the diagnostic test involvementObtain patient history according to specific departmental procedural protocolPerform physical assessment and tests according to specific departmental protocol Position the patient for the examination according to specific departmental protocolSelect the specific equipment pre-sets and modify the settings to ensure that optimal image, Doppler and color Doppler information is obtainedEnsure that all recording equipment is operationalComplete the diagnostic examination according to specific departmental procedural protocols. Specific procedures each have defined protocols Obtain assistance with any diagnostic procedures which are not completed, or if there are any patient care issuesComplete processing diagnostic tapes, Worksheets, and completing supporting documentation of logs, demographic and diagnostic information required for departmental, hospital and patient record documentationComplete preliminary diagnostic reportsComplete patient visit by ensuring that patient has been discharged safely, that the diagnostic procedure is complete, that the documentation has been processed including the patient chargesAssist with departmental quality monitoringMay be required based on Facility assignment: Administer contrast agents, including saline contrastQualificationsMinimum Requirements: Education and Licensure: Associate''s Degree OR one year certificate from a health related program in a related medical field, which include seminar course training in cardiac ultrasound preferred Registered by American Diagnostic Registry for Medical Sonographers (ARDMS) as RDCS OR RVT or Registered by Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI) as RVS or RCSMinimum Experience: Two (2) years related experience

Created: 2021-11-29