Senior Echo Sonographer
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Job Location:
Wilmington, DE - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
10 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Nemours is seeking a Senior Echocardiography Sonographer. The SeniorEchocardiography Sonographer serves as a Health Care Professional with primary responsibility of patient focused echocardiography services providing high quality patient care.
*** Opportunities are available in the Delaware Valley Philadelphia Metro area and Eastern Maryland.***
Qualifications:
- Associate Degree required; Bachelors Degree preferred
- Pediatric and/or Fetal Echocardiography Certification by the American Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) or Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI); certification(s) required and must be in active status
- Basic Life Support certification through American Heart Association required prior to start date
- Minimum of 7 years of pediatric and/or fetal echocardiography experience in an established congenital cardiothoracic surgery program (unless experience is only with fetal echocardiography)
- Extensive education training and experience in at least two of the following specialty areas: 3D echocardiography Fetal echocardiography Research echocardiography Quality Improvement/Quality Assurance Echocardiography education Stress echocardiography Adult congenital echocardiography
Essential Functions:
- Perform diagnostic transthoracic and/or fetal echocardiograms independently and/or with a physician (transesophageal epicardial) following facility protocols in accordance with the guidelines and standards set by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) and the American Society of Echocardiography in a variety of settings including outpatient satellite clinics inpatient units operating room cardiac catheterization laboratory etc.
- Obtain relevant clinical information and communicate with the attending physician(s) to identify imaging goals prior to and during echocardiographic examination
- Apply independent judgment and critical thinking to ensure that appropriate anatomical pathological and clinical data are adequately captured during the echocardiographic examination
- Accurately and efficiently generate preliminary echocardiogram reports including relevant measurements calculations clinical documentation post-processing and appropriate billing/procedure codes
- Demonstrate proficiency with echocardiography equipment and computer skills including echocardiography reporting software and Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS)
- Assume responsibility for the safety of the patient during the echocardiographic examination and provide age and developmentally appropriate care
- Night/weekend and holiday call coverage telemedicine or main campus (coverage area to be determined by Echocardiography Lab Manager)
- Coverage of satellite locations as determined by clinical needs and Echocardiography Lab Manager
Assist with the mentoring education and professional development of sonography staff cardiology fellows and sonography students
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Aseptic Technique
- Hospital Experience
- Anatomy Knowledge
- Basic Life Support
- Computer Skills
- Physiology Knowledge
- Sonography
- Pediatrics Experience
- Medical Imaging
- Catheterization
- Epic
- Patient Service Experience
About Company
Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children’s hospitals — Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware an ... View more
