Echocardiographer

Description

Summary:

Purpose: Responsible for the operation and maintaining of diagnostic medical equipment in playing a key role in evaluating various medical conditions along with being able to provide basic patient care proper documentation/reporting and performing various general office tasks. Diagnostic testing includes but is not limited to both the Acute-Hospital and Ambulatory-Outpatient Testing Settings.

Acute Hospital Setting (Northern Dutchess Hospital) includes routine stress testing Nuclear Stress testing Stress Echocardiography Echocardiograms Transesophageal Echocardiograms Electroencephalograms Electrocardiograms cleaning of TEE probes.

Ambulatory-Outpatient Testing Setting (Rhinebeck & Kingston Offices) includes Echocardiograms and Stress Echocardiography.

Responsibilities:

Essential Responsibilities

1. Review patients medical history and physicians instructions. Ensure that there is an order for the test to be done.

2. Properly explain procedure to the patient and answer any questions patient may have.

3. Prepare diagnostic rooms and equipment (i.e. Echo/EEG/EKG machine treadmills computers manual blood pressure equipment etc.) for clinical use.

4. Operate all diagnostic equipment properly and safely in accordance with policies and procedures.

5. Ensure the patient is as comfortable as possible.

6. Promptly recognize and assist to treat complications during any diagnostic procedures performed in the department. Activate emergency protocol as needed.

7. Complete all job tasks thoroughly and completely following all established guidelines and standards.

8. Assist with training new hires.

9. Perform office tasks. (i.e. schedule appointments update scheduled print necessary paperwork etc.)

10. Specialized training in the following areas is required when working in the Acute Hospital setting: Stress testing Electroencephalogram Electrocardiograms Specialized Echocardiogram procedures blood pressure monitoring for Stress testing. Office tasks include but is not limited to: Making patients appointments updating schedules printing necessary paperwork faxing reports.

11. Maintain and Model Organizations Values.

12. Demonstrates regular reliable and predictable attendance.

13. Performs other duties as required.

Working Conditions:

Manual: Some manual skills/motor coord & finger dexterity

Occupational: Some occupational risk

Physical Effort: Medium to Heavy effort. May exert up to 35 lbs. force

Physical Environment: Some exposure to dirt odors noise human waste etc.

Company: Northern Dutchess Hospital

Org Unit: 954

Department: Kingston Cardiology

Exempt: No