Sonographer, Echocardiography and/or Vascular

Our Sonographer colleagues support our mission in a variety of ways. Their compassion and commitment to collaborative excellence positively impacts our patients and the communities we serve.  This is what truly sets Mount Carmel apart.  In return, Mount Carmel provides excellent learning and growth opportunities, excellent benefits and opportunities to succeed.

Responsibilities   

• Creates a caring and healing environment that keeps the patient and family at the center of care.
• Ensures an environment of patient safety, promotes evidence-based practice and quality initiatives and exhibits professionalism.
• Reviews physician orders to ensure correct procedure and correctly identifies patients.
• Patient Care:  Performs all studies according to policy and procedures and standards established by Accrediting body.  Abnormal pathology reported appropriately.  Explains procedures to patients, answers patient's questions.  Ensures comfort of patient.  Assists with patient transport as needed.
• Documentation:  Obtains pertinent health history.  Enters accurate and complete data in diagnostic testing equipment and documentation system.  Ensures accuracy of reports prior to dispatch.
• Collaboration/Communication:  Communicates pertinent patient data to appropriate team members.  Collaborates with other departments to provide optimum patient care.
• Equipment Resource Management:  Knowledgeable of all equipment pertinent to specific area of testing.  Able to perform basic trouble-shooting.  Participates in evaluation of new equipment.
• Initiative:  Responsible for personal professional development.  Maintains registry status or actively pursues registry.  Responsible for completion of annual competencies.  Participates in accreditation/re-accreditation process.
• Computer Skills:  Utilizes computers appropriate to areas of testing effectively, including timekeeping system, clinical information systems and the intranet.
• Performance Improvement:  Assists in development of department monitors and data collection.  Participates in PI work groups.

Requirements/Qualifications

Sonographer

• Graduate of an approved Ultrasound program
• Registered as a Sonographer by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS), or Registry eligible, with specialties in abdomen, obstetrics and gynecology, and other appropriate areas

Echocardiography and/or Vascular

• Registered by the ARDMS (American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonographers) as a RVT (Registered Vascular Technologist) or RDCS (Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer or Registered by CCI (Cardiovascular Credentialing International) as a RCS (Registered Cardiac Sonographer) or RVS (Registered Vascular Specialist)
• BLS certification required
• Associates or Bachelors degree in Diagnostic Medical Sonography preferred
• Minimum one (1) year experience in cardiovascular imaging preferred