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AdventHealth Cardiac Sonographer in Shawnee, Kansas
Description
Cardiac Sonographer AdventHealth Shawnee Mission
Location Address:
9100 West 74th Street, Merriam, KS 66204
Top Reasons To Work At AdventHealth Shawnee Mission
- Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits Available Day One
- Received Magnet® recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center in January 2019
- Providing faith-based, whole person care to Kansas City since 1962
- Excellent health benefits, an onsite childcare center and fitness facility
- Tuition reimbursement to support continuing education
- Employee Referral Program
- Largest health care provider in Johnson County with three campuses
Work Hours/Shift:
4 – 9-hour shifts
Rotating weekend call
You Will Be Responsible For:
- Maintains records of educational requirements for ICAEL and cardiac registry.
- Cleans and restocks echo procedure room to prepare for each patient, disinfects echo transducers, machine, and bed after each use.
- Transports patients to and from department to reduce lags in department schedule and patient wait times.
- Demonstrates competency to perform duties in a timely and efficient manner in order to meet team productivity goals.
- Demonstrates competency to perform various types of Cardiac Sonograms (Transthoracic Adult, Transesophageal, Stress Echocardiogram, Contrast Echocardiogram, and knowledge of the appropriate procedures associated and follows department procedure for exams.
- Demonstrates competency to assist physician during TEE’s, transesophageal probe (multiplane and pre and post procedure set-up), post procedure care of TEE probe (cleaning and storing) and follows department procedures for exams.
- Demonstrates understanding and competency of ultrasound physics, arrhythmia recognition, cardiac anomalies, calculations, 2D views, 3D views, M-mode views, Doppler, transducer selection.
- Demonstrates competency and explains with high level of understanding: 2-D views, M-mode views, pulsed wave Doppler, continuous wave Doppler, and color Doppler.
- Demonstrates competency and explains proper operation of: Echo machine digital capture and storage.
What You Will Need:
- High School graduate
- No Previous Experience is Required
- BLS obtained through the American Heart Association
- Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) OR Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCS) (New graduates have one year from date of graduation to acquire)
Job Summary:
The Cardiac Sonographer performs non-invasive diagnostic echocardiographic procedures at a technical level that requires independent judgment with ingenuity and initiative to support the physician in the diagnosis of heart disease.
We are an equal opportunity employer and do not tolerate discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age or disability/handicap with respect to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, wages, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment.