Medical Instrument Technician (Echocardiography)
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Job Location:
Huntington, WV - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 63492 - 82536
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Summary
The Medical Instrument Technician (MIT) in echocardiography is responsible for the operation of highly complex equipment as well as technical and patient care duties. The technician must apply knowledge of clinical cardiology and proficiency to operate adapt and maintain equipment. The technician identifies and records abnormalities indicative of disease injury or other medically significant conditions from ultrasound imaging and simultaneous recordings of the Doppler.
Conditions of employment
- You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
- All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- Subject to background/security investigation.
- Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- Complete all application requirements detailed in the Required Documents section of this announcement.
- your performance and conduct;
- the needs and interests of the agency;
- whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
- whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
Qualifications
Basic Requirements:
- United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- Education: There are no specific educational requirements for this occupation. Education may be substituted for experience only at the GS-4 and GS-5 levels.
- Licensure or Certification: Licensure or certification as either Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographers through the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography or a Registered Cardiac Sonographer through the Cardiovascular Credentialing International is not required for this occupation; However it is strongly desirable at the GS 6 or above as evidence of possession of the essential knowledge skills and abilities. (For all specialties identified in this standard Basic and Advanced Cardiac Life Support certifications are desirable. Training which does not result in official certification does not meet this definition.)
- Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019.
- English Language Proficiency: Medical Instrument Technicians must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with chapter 2 section D paragraph 5a this part.
- GS-7 Experience includes:
- Ability to scan transthoracic echocardiograms in all views with colorflow and some Doppler.
- Ability to conduct cardiac testing to determine the severity and variety of cardiac problems i.e. valvular dysfunction myocardial wall kinesia effusions endocardial lesions etc.
- Knowledge of the set-up for transesophageal echocardiograms.
- Ability to set up and adjust the ultrasound equipment to meet the conditions of the examination and the patient and to operate the equipment for more complex but standardized procedures
- Ability to produce diagnostic quality images and Doppler frequency shift recordings using M-mode two-dimensional pulsed and continuous wave Doppler spectral display and colorflow Doppler imaging.
- Knowledge of normal echocardiographic findings and deviations produced by a wide variety of cardiovascular diseases.
- Ability to perform complex procedures such as cardiac studies of the four chambers of the heart and valves using sector scanning techniques to detect stenotic and incompetent valves chamber enlargement and pericardial effusion and cardiovascular studies deriving pressure gradients across obstructed valves etc.
- Ability to perform complementary ultrasonic examinations (including noninvasive) transthoracic Bubble studies and contrast echocardiography (invasive) stress echocardiography and transesophageal echocardiography.
- Ability to adapt transducer positioning instrument controls and examination techniques to the individual patient being studied and the problem being evaluated including recognizing pertinent abnormalities and documenting abnormal findings.
(d) Assignment: This represents the full performance level. Echocardiography technicians at this level identify and record anomalies indicative of disease injury or other medically significant condition from ultrasound imaging and simultaneous recordings of the Doppler. They incorporate the causes and results of a variety of symptoms and conditions into a plan of ultrasonic diagnostic examination. They change and develop sounding techniques to accommodate such variables as limited patient mobility variation in physical condition or dimension of the patient presence of prosthesis or foreign objects and ultrasonic response of different body parts. They produce diagnostic quality images and Doppler frequency recordings using M-Mode two-dimensional and Doppler ultrasound.
Preferred Experience: Certification as either Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographers through the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography or a Registered Cardiac Sonographer through the Cardiovascular Credentialing International Is highly desirable
*Registered Echo Tech with 3 to 5 years of experience is also highly desirable.
Reference: For more information on this qualification standard please visit full performance level of this vacancy is GS-8.
Physical Requirements: This position requires visual acuity keen hearing clear distinctive speech and manual dexterity. This position requires potentially long periods of continued walking standing stooping sitting bending pulling and pushing. Transferring patients and objects may be required. Mechanical inpatient lifts are provided. The incumbent may be exposed to infected patients and contaminated materials and may be required to don protective clothing in isolation situations or operative/invasive procedures. The incumbent may occasionally be exposed to patients who are combative secondary to delirium dementia or psychiatric disorders. The incumbent must be a mature flexible sensible individual capable of working effectively in stressful situations and able to shift priorities based on patient needs. Must complete annual Employee Health requirements as a condition of employment.
Education
Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges universities schools or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information visit:
Additional information
Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.
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This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.
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Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Controlling Experience
- E & I
- Distributed Control Systems
- Calibration
- NEC
- Tube Bending
- Spectrophotometer
- Sterile Processing
- Schematics
- Maintenance
- Programmable Logic Controllers
- Troubleshooting
