DescriptionInova Loudoun Hospital is looking for a dedicated Cardiovascular Sonographer 1 to join the team. This role will be full-time day shift days vary includes rotating weekends. Sign-on bonus and relocation assistance eligible.
Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.
Featured Benefits:
- Committed to Team Member Health:offering medical dental and vision coverage and a robust team member wellness program.
- Retirement:Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions starting on your first day.
- Tuition and Student Loan Assistance:offering up to $5250 per year in education assistance and up to $10000 for student loans.
- Mental Health Support:offering all Inova team members their spouses/partners and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions per person per year at no cost.
- Work/Life Balance:offering paid time off paid parental leave and more.
Cardiovascular Sonographer 1 Job Responsibilities:
- The Cardiovascular Sonographer 1 administers sound patient care practices according to hospital and department policies/procedures to ensure patient safety.
- Demonstrates safety for patients staff and self as outlined in department protocols and regulatory guidelines.
- Completes ancillary tasks to ensure efficient and consistent departmental operations and maintains equipment exam rooms and work areas in a neat and safe condition to ensure the safety of the patients and employees.
- Provides clinical services according to diagnostic echo vascular principles theory and practice standards to ensure optimal department functions.
- Assists the physician in performing a variety of examinations using standard department protocols isolation precautions and/or sterile technique as evidenced by Radiologists satisfaction.
- Recognizes clinical and/or emergent problems that may interfere with exams and takes appropriate action to resolve them and produce the most desirable outcome as evidence by exam results and patient satisfaction.
- May perform additional duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Education:Graduate of an accredited school/program of diagnostic medical setting sonography or five years specialized training in a hospital/healthcare.
- Certification:
- Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association upon start
- License:One of the below within 12 months of hire
- American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) Registered with Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) Certification
- Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI) Registered with Certification for Vascular or Registry eligible and must obtain within one year RCS Certification for Echo
- ARDMS with RVT
- CCI with the RVS
- Experience:Recent experience in a hospital/healthcare environment as a sonographer or sonographer student.