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Corewell Health Echo Tech in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Corewell Health is offering a sign on bonus up to $5,000 for New Hires
About Meijer Heart Center
The heart and vascular systems demand extraordinary care. It begins with heart specialists who can expertly monitor your entire heart and vascular system and perform anything from a bypass to vascular surgery to a heart and lung transplant. Discover a true continuum of heart and vascular care. Through research, innovative treatments, and best practices our teams are advancing heart and vascular care for the patients we are privileged to treat. Our other sites are outpatient imaging departments.
Scope of work
Performs a variety of cardiac testing including, stress, transesophageal, transthoracic, dobutamine stress echocardiograms and others as indicated (ICE, 3D, strain, specialty and fetal echocardiograms); calculates acquired data and prepares study for medical staff interpretation.
Reviews patient chart and selects most appropriate procedural methodology.
Performs ultrasound tests appropriate for patient specific morphology and pathology. Performs calculations per protocol, uses critical thinking skills to assess validity of calculations.
Informs patients, significant others and members of the health care team about procedures, equipment being utilized and other related activities as appropriate.
Calculates acquired data, prepares materials for medical staff interpretation.
Actively demonstrates ongoing continuous education efforts in field of Cardiac Sonography and demonstrates professional commitment by membership in local and national Sonography Society.
Weekends only
7:00am-7:30pm
Every Saturday and Sunday
Part of our Holiday team rotation (working every 7th-8th Holiday)
No call
Qualifications
Required Associate's Degree from an accredited ultrasound program or equivalent
Prefer Bachelor's Degree
Skills, knowledge, abilities typically gained through schooling training and experience related to echo including in two-dimensional, doppler, color doppler, transesophageal echocardiology (TEE), transthoracic echocardiograms (TTE), stress echo and understanding of complex congenital heart disease and surgical repairs. Required
3 years of relevant experience in two-dimensional, doppler, color doppler, transesophageal echocardiology (TEE), transthoracic echocardiograms (TTE), stress echos and understanding of complex congenital heart disease and surgical repairs (Preferred)
Credentials for RCS or Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer, Registered (RDCS) - ARDMS American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography are Required within 180 Days
AHA or ARC Basic Life Support (BLS) Required within 90 days
Primary Location
SITE - Meijer Heart Center - 150 Michigan St - Grand Rapids
Department Name
Cardiovascular Imaging - Meijer Heart Center
Employment Type
Part time
Shift
Weekend (United States of America)
Weekly Scheduled Hours
24
Hours of Work
7: 00 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Days Worked
weekends
Weekend Frequency
Every weekend
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