Department: Echocardiography Lab
Shift: Days
FTE: 40 hours per week
Location: WA-Seattle
Description
With numerous awards and distinctions, including our recognition as Top Hospital of the Decade by The Leapfrog Group, Virginia Mason has transformed health care through our innovations in patient safety and our ability to provide patients in our community with easier access to our high-quality care. Consisting of a 336-bed hospital in Seattle, WA, and an extensive network of primary and specialty care clinics throughout the Puget Sound region, joining Virginia Mason is an exceptional opportunity to partner with nationally recognized physicians and peers, and an organization recognized as the benchmark for health care.
As a member of our team, you will contribute to the strength of our Team Medicine approach to collaborative medicine. You will also help to further our commitment to continuous improvement through our Virginia Mason Production System, and our philosophy of empowering you to facilitate real change in the delivery of care. Join us, and find out how many ways Virginia Mason offers you the chance to focus on what really matters - your patients.
The Cardiac Sonographer provides high-quality, diagnostic cardiac ultrasound evaluations which include anatomical, physiologic, and pathologic data to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease.
- Independently performs transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) studies in accordance with established protocols.
- Performs pharmacologic and treadmill stress echocardiograms.
- Performs TTE, stress echocardiogram (SE) and dobutamine stress echocardiogram (DSE) studies at Virginia Mason satellite clinics on a routine basis.
- On an on-going basis, provides technical guidance/training for ultrasound students.
- Assists Cardiologists with transesophageal echocardiograms.
- Participates in after hours (on-call) coverage.
- Participates in on-going quality assurance, lab accreditation by The Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories (ICAEL), and special projects as assigned.
Qualifications
- Graduation from a Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Programs (CAAHEP)-accredited ultrasound program, and credentialing through the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS), required.
- Training in cardiovascular sonography; and extensive knowledge of human anatomy, physiology, pathology and physics required.
- Skill in performing echocardiographic studies in a variety of settings, including at the patient's bedside, required.
- Ability to assist immobile and/or disabled patients
- Ability to use reasoning and deduction in making medical judgments and to use sound judgement in the face of emergencies
- Ability to be patient, flexible and maintain a high level of professional behavior required
- Excellent interpersonal skills required.
- 30 continuing medical education credits are required every 3 years to maintain ARDMS credential.
Virginia Mason offers much more than competitive compensation and benefits. With continuing education opportunities and the added potential of relocation assistance, you will find our commitment to your well-being is both rewarding and refreshing.
There is also the lifestyle benefit that comes with finding yourself in the heart of the Pacific Northwest. Surrounded by the vibrancy and sophistication of one of the most livable cities in the country, finding the perfect urban or outdoor pursuit will instinctively and pleasurably become second nature.
We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.