Echocardiography Sonographer - Upmc Travel Staffing (Central Region)

This position has a sign-on bonus for eligible employees!

• $10,000 sign-on bonus with a two-year work commitment

Are you looking for a regional travel Echo Tech position with steady hours and competitive pay all while having the comfort, security, and reputation of working at a top ranked health system? Join the 90,000 employees at UPMC across Pennsylvania, New York, and Western Maryland because we're all here for the same reason - to make Life Changing Medicine happen.

UPMC Travel Staffing is seeking Echocardiography Sonographers, with one year experience, interested in joining our team. As a UPMC Travel Staffing employee, you will experience travel and flexibility, rotating to a new hospital or outpatient location every 6 weeks. You will be supported by operational leaders across the organization and have development and career opportunities by working in new locations, with different state of the art equipment across diverse patient populations and geographical locations. UPMC Travel Staffing employees will build bridges and a broad professional network while working hand in hand with nationally recognized physicians and advanced practice providers. UPMC employees also have access to a competitive benefits package that includes tools for sustaining a healthy work-life balance like paid time off, paid parental leave, wellness programs, mental health resources, Employee Assistance Programs, and more. Furthermore, UPMC employees can take advantage of a generous Tuition Assistance program for both education degrees and certifications.

Responsibilities:

• Performs Cardiac Ultrasound procedures according to guidelines established by the Medical Director. Procedures must be performed in the established time frame and according to established protocol. Procedures include Transthoracic Echocardiography, Transesophageal Echocardiography, Stress Echocardiography, and Echo with contrast.

• Utilizes appropriate ultrasound instrumentation for procedures and demonstrates knowledge of equipment operations, applications and scanning techniques resulting in optimized image data/documentation.

• Obtains appropriate echocardiographic images according to department policy and industry standards, including M-Mode, 2D, Doppler, Color Flow Doppler, Transesophageal echo, echo enhancement, bubble and contrast studies, and Stress echocardiography.

• Assists physicians with invasive procedures as necessary and adheres strictly to the universal protocol standards.

• Demonstrates a strong ability to interact with both patients and co-workers, while displaying a high level of caring, listening, dignity and respect.

• Able to work as team member within the department and all other departments to expedite patient care efficiently.

• Demonstrates the ability to communicate instructions to patients in a clear and concise manner and explain procedures to help allay the patient's fears and solicit their cooperation.

• Ensures all completed exams are properly coded and identified for electronic processing and storage according to department standards. Assures charges are adequately entered for the exams performed.

• Identifies all patients properly according to policy.

• Reviews patient history and assesses physician orders, applying specific departmental protocols for optimal results in the acquisition of data.

• Documents patient history in electronic record as required.

• Within a reasonable timeframe, demonstrates the ability to function independently, and is able to cover off shifts, on-call responsibilities, and perform services at satellite facilities, where applicable, while continually communicating with lead and management team.

• Maintains flexibility to work within different clinical areas to support the needs of the departments and/or business units to ensure that staffing is adequate to support services across the enterprise.

• Maintains assigned workflow patterns at site based on patient volumes and continually communicates with team leaders, supervisors and/or managers.

• *Performs in accordance with system-wide competencies/behaviors.

• *Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Completion of formal training in an accredited ultrasound program or professional equivalent required.

• One year experience required.

• Demonstrated competence in echocardiography sonography.

• Must work 40 hours per week, 80 hours in a bi-weekly pay period, including but not limited to weekend shifts, evening/overnight call and 3 UPMC holidays (Memorial Day or July 4th; Labor Day or Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day or New Years Day).

• Must work 4, 10-hour shifts or 5, 8-hour shifts.

• Ability to travel to all UPMC facilities in the Central Pennsylvania region including (but not limited to): UPMC Carlisle, Community Osteopathic, Hanover, Harrisburg, Lititz, Memorial, and West Shore.

• Must rotate assignments on 6-week basis with potential to redeploy to another facility mid-assignment.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

• Certification in Adult, Pediatric, or Fetal echocardiography required.

• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

• Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS)

• Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal

• Act 33 with renewal

• Act 34 with renewal

• Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal

• OAPSA with renewal

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran