Echo Tech

Overview

Job Summary and Responsibilities:
As an Echo Tech, you will perform diagnostic echocardiography procedures to assist in diagnosing and treating cardiovascular conditions.

Every day you will operate ultrasound equipment to capture high-quality cardiac images and data, ensuring patient comfort and performing a range of echo cardiographic studies. To be successful, you will possess a strong understanding of cardiac anatomy, proficient technical skills, and effective communication abilities to provide exceptional diagnostic services.

• Performs diagnostic cardiovascular procedures based upon the physician's written request under the direction of the Medical Director of the Department.
• Provides cardiovascular diagnostic services to the elderly, with sensitivity to their physical and emotional condition. Is sensitive to the emotional status of the patient's family or friends.
• Performs clerical and other duties as necessary, efficiently and effectively. Maintains records/reports of procedures performed in the department. Carries out assigned projects in a timely manner. Effectively utilizes computer information system.
• Maintains assigned area and equipment. Is competent in the operation of all equipment used in the Department. Promptly initiates corrective action when encountering equipment problems.
• Basic expectations of the employee based upon Corporate HIPAA Compliance:
  Patient Privacy:
  Demonstrates workplace practices that maintain patient privacy and confidentiality. Consistently follows regulatory, JCAHO, Dignity Health, and Hospital policy requirements relating to the disclosure of and/or access to Protected Health Information (PHI) and sensitive information. Reviews Network Usage Policy and signed acknowledgment form annually. Patient Information Security:
  Demonstrates workplace practices that maintain the security of protected health information including maintaining PHI in a secure work environment, reporting suspected breaches of PHI security to Management or Privacy Officer, and following all policies and regulatory requirements for the safeguarding of PHI.
• Ensures optimum operation of the department through good attendance history and flexibility with assigned shift. Is on time for scheduled shift.

• Have at least one (1) year experience in non-invasive cardiovascular diagnostic procedures.
• Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer, within 12 months.
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire

• Experience in Stress testing.
• Experience in Holter monitoring.
• Experience in records management for procedures and patient files.

Please be advised that this location requires quarterly American Heart Association (AHA) Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) competency certification post-hire. This ongoing competency is required through resources internal to the facility; outside RQI competency resources are not acceptable for Common Spirit Health compliance requirements.

Mercy Medical Center, a Dignity Health member, has been building a rich history of care in our community for more than 100 years. We have grown from a small one-story wooden structure into a major healthcare provider with a new 186-bed main campus, offering the latest in facility design and technology. Mercy also operates Outpatient Centers, a Cancer Center and several rural clinics.

Wherever you work throughout our system, you will find faces of experience with dedication to high quality, personalized care. Joining our 1,300 employees, 230 physicians and many volunteers, you can help carry out our commitment to providing our community with the excellence they have come to associate with Mercy Medical Center.

One Community. One Mission. One California

$41.30 - $55.59 /hour