Echocardiographer

Overview

Fairview Health Services is hiring a Echocardiographer to join our team at our M Health Fairview Southdale hospital in Edina, MN. We're offering a $5,000 sign-on bonus!

The Echocardiographer performs non-invasive cardiac diagnostic imaging using ultrasound technology to aid the physician in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac diseases.

At the University of Minnesota Medical Center, we continually aim to improve our patients' lives by delivering outstanding outcomes using groundbreaking technology and treatments while balancing patients' needs. We balance the latest in technology and treatments with patient-centered care. As the core teaching hospital of the University of Minnesota Medical School, our hospital is among the most respected in the nation, providing outstanding health care results.

Schedule: This position will be working 1.0 FTE (80 hours every two weeks). TThe shift length will be 8 hours on the day/evening/night shift. Primarily will work 7:30am-5pm or 8:30am-5pm with call rotation. This position will also work rotating weekends.

Benefits: This position is eligible for benefits. This includes medical, dental, vision, HSA, PTO, 403B, tuition reimbursement, and so much more! Please follow the link here to learn more information: Fairview Benefits

About Fairview

Fairview Health Services is an industry-leading, award-winning nonprofit that offers an entire network of healthcare services. Fairview is one part of M Health Fairview, a partnership between the University of Minnesota, M Physicians and Fairview Health Services. Together, we combine the University's deep history of clinical innovation and training with Fairview's extensive roots in community medicine. Our care portfolio includes community hospitals, academic hospitals, primary and specialty care clinics, senior facilities, facilitated living centers, rehabilitation centers, home health care services, counseling, pharmacies, and benefit management services.

Apply today to join our 34,000+ employees and 5,000+ system providers working to build lasting relationships with the people we serve: our patients, our communities, and each other.

Responsibilities/Job Description

As an Echocardiographer, you will be responsible for:

• Performing various echocardiograms according to departmental policies and procedures.

• Transthoracic echocardiograms.

• Exercise and pharmacological echocardiograms.

• Utilizes contrast agents for echocardiograms as needed.

• Assists physicians with transesophageal echocardiograms.

• Prepares echocardiogram for interpretation including accurate preliminary report.

• Participating in quality assurance activities per ICAEL and laboratory standards.

• Attends required Q.A. meetings.

• Participates in quality improvement programs.

• Correlation studies.

• Required continuing medical education (CME).

• Participates in research studies as needed.

• Completing various clerical and departmental tasks for efficient departmental operations.

• Completes patient registration.

• Replenish laboratory supplies as needed.

• Clean echo cart and room after each use.

• Copies and prepare DVD/CD/tapes for outside interpretation/use.

• Meeting all role-related and age-specific competencies.

• Demonstrating ability to provide care or service adjusting approaches to reflect developmental level and cultural differences of population served.

• Partners with patient care giver in care/decision making.

• Communicates in a respective manner.

• Ensures a safe, secure environment.

• Individualizes plan of care to meet patient needs.

• Modifies clinical interventions based on population served.

• Provides patient education based on as assessment of learning needs of patient/car

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• License/Certification/Registration

• BLS Certification

• Additional Requirements (to be obtained within 1 year of hire)

• Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) from the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography; OR

• Registered Cardiac Sonography (RCS) from Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Education

• Associate's degree in Echocardiography

• Experience

• 1 to 3 years of Echocardiography experience