SAH Echocardiogram Technician

SAH Echocardiogram Technician – Brown University Health

SUMMARY:

Perform and initially interpret Cardiac Echo Studies including Two-Dimensional Echo, Doppler, and Contrast Studies.

Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another. In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done.

CORE SUCCESS FACTORS:

• Instill Trust and Value Differences
• Patient and Community Focus
• Collaborate

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide superior customer service to internal and external clients, customers, and patients.
• Prepare patients for Echo.
• Maintain safe and clean environment for patients and staff.
• Maintain monthly statistics.
• Communicate with cardiologists, primary care physicians and other Steward Medical Group departments to facilitate delivery of services.
• Provide referring physician with preliminary interpretation and deliver all study results to physician for formal interpretation.
• Support medical practice initiatives for performance improvement.
• Maintain daily activities log.
• Use and maintain all cardiac ultrasound equipment.
• Inform physicians of abnormal study results which may require immediate response (under direction of cardiologists).
• File and send Echocardiogram reports to proper patient records and referring physicians. When necessary, telephone results to physicians.
• Takes necessary steps to ensure patient safety and comfort.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Five (5) or more years working experience performing Echocardiograms preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including customer service skills.
• Ability to operate equipment and provide accurate preliminary interpretation of test results.
• Ability to maintain the safety, integrity and comfort of the patients at all times.
• Education:
  
  Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer is required.

Pay Range: $17.99 - $26.23 per hour

Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

Location:

Saint Annes Hospital – 795 Middle Street, Fall River, Massachusetts 02721.

Work Type:
Days with weekend rotation and call.

Work Shift:

Variable.

Driving

Required:

No.

Union: 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East.

Mid-Senior level.

Part-time.

Engineering and Information Technology.

Hospitals and Health Care.