Job Description
Job Description
Job Description
Job Title: Echo Technician - Contract
Location: NYC, NY 10025
Duration: 8 Weeks
Hours Per Week: 37.50
Hours Per Day: 7.50
Days Per Week: 5.00
Duties:
- The Echocardiographer is responsible for acquiring and interpreting m-mode, 2-D, pulse and continuous Doppler and color Doppler echocardiograms, contrast echocardiograms and stress echocardiograms, as well as completing echo worksheets and performing all necessary calculations in a timely manner.
- Staff member will be responsible for the care of adult and geriatric patients.
- Each staff member will rely on his/her past experiences, as well as their professional training with the geriatric and adult patient, to meet these standards.
Staff training will be reinforced by the following methods: Continuing education required to keep a Current Registry status video/digital presentations (both in the hospital and outside) seminars and conferences addressing cutting edge technology as well as reinforcement of the basic
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Has a high degree of professional ethics and conduct. Is familiar with the technical operations of all ultrasound equipment.
- Performs all related diagnostic duties and patient care functions requiring comparable skills and experiences.
- Performs assessments on adult and geriatric patients, taking into consideration the physiological and anatomical needs of each patient.
- Meets standards of care for all adult and geriatric patients. Informs patient what is to be done and explains the steps to the patient.
- Assists Cardiologists during procedures. Charts all exams on patient's medical record. Cleans and maintains equipment.
- Keeps assigned room clean and well stocked with supplies. Assists students and fellows with on-the-job training. May assist with evaluation of students.
- Mandatory continuing education to enhance growth.
Skill:
- Current Registry status. At least 2 years as an Echocardiographer preferred
- Ability to grasp firmly with both hands and lift up to twenty (20) pounds routinely throughout the shift.
- Standing, walking, sitting, carrying, pushing, pulling, climbing, balancing, bending, stooping, squatting, crouching, twisting, reaching, handling, kneeling, and wrist and digital dexterity.
- Patient lifting, ambulating, and transfer of patients in wheelchairs, on gurneys and beds, and for use of mechanical lifts.
- Speaking, hearing, and visual acuity to perform tests on patients and receive and interpret instructions.
- Verbal and written English communication skills for safe and effective patient care and to meet documentation standards.
Education: Bachelors of Science preferred; HS diploma or Equivalent required
Languages: English(Speak, Read, Write)
Schedule Notes: Five days a week 8 hours 8am-4pm - some weekends included
Job Tags
Contract work, Shift work, Weekend work,