Echo Technician - $25-36 per hour

Job Description

Baptist Health System - San Antonio TX is seeking a Echo Technician for a job in Harlingen, Texas.
Job Description & Requirements

Specialty:

Echo Technician
Discipline:

Allied Health Professional
Duration:

Ongoing
40 hours per week
Shift:

8 hours
Employment Type:

Staff
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Up to $8,000 Sign On Bonus available based on experience
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Job Summary
\n Performs and monitors echocardiogram (cardiac ultrasound) procedures. Calculates, measures, and documents appropriate values on the tests performed for review and interpretation by physicians. Communicates with physicians, managers, and co-workers as appropriate about changes in patient's clinical conditions while undergoing echocardiogram.
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Job Responsibilities
\n Performs Echocardiograms using a departmental protocol for obtaining images. Assists with TEE’s and stress testing, providing images that support the physician’s ability to diagnose patients appropriately. Identifies problems & implements appropriate interventions, including reporting critical values. Sets priorities for completion of studies based on acuity, patient preference and/or the coordination of care with nursing and other ancillary services. Provides EKG and Holter Services when Echo workload permits. Obtains EKGs that reflect appropriate lead placement, minimal artifact, and correct patient information. Set’s up and scans Holter Monitors, providing tracings that support the physician’s ability to diagnose patients appropriately.
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Education
\n Required: Graduate of accredited CAAHEP or diagnostic medical sonography school, or at least 6 months of clinical experience.
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Experience
\n Required: 6 months in clinical setting.
\n Preferred: 2 years.
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Certifications
\n Required: Registry eligible
\n BLS
\n Preferred: RDMS, RDCS, or RCS.
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\n Tenet complies with federal, state, and/or local laws regarding mandatory vaccination of its workforce. If you are offered this position and must be vaccinated under any applicable law, you will be required to show proof of full vaccination or obtain an approval of a religious or medical exemption prior to your start date. If you receive an exemption from the vaccination requirement, you will be required to submit to regular testing in accordance with the law.
Baptist Health System - San Antonio Job ID #2403007316-1. Posted job title: Echocardiogram Technician EKG Full Time Evenings
Benefits

Health Care FSA
Dependent Care FSA
Life insurance