Echo Sonographer at SSM Health, Madison, WI

Echo Sonographer at SSM Health in Madison, WI. Est. up to $100k. Apply with swipeandhired.

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WI-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:
Join a team where your work matters - every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM Health, you'll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact.

Enjoy a role with plenty of variety, performing inpatient echocardiograms primarily at the bedside, including TTEs, while also supporting structural heart cases in the cath lab.

Department: Cardiac Sonography

Schedule: 32 hours per week / Rotating Shift - Shifts will be between Monday-Friday. Stagger start times (earliest would be 7am). 8 hour shifts. Lab is open 7am-4:30pm. On-call 1 night during the weekend and weekend call is every 9th weekend (Sat AM to Mon AM)

Sign-On Bonus: Ask your recruiter about sign-on bonus eligibility
Relocation Assistance: Available for qualified applicants.

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Job Summary:
Performs diagnostic procedures to assess cardiac structures and hemodynamics in accordance with accepted protocols. Must be certified in Adult and Pediatric echosonography.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Performs appropriate diagnostic procedures, records patient test results and reports results.
• Monitors patient comfort and safety during tests, alerting physicians to abnormalities or changes in patient responses.
• Maintains adequate supplies and verifies all equipment is in proper working condition; reports deficiencies and failures.
• Positions patients and selects anatomic and technical parameters accurately.
• Ensures all activities comply with regulatory agency standards.
• Ensures prompt submission of high-quality of all images and documents sent to PACS (image quality, correct lead markers and patient data/history).
• Assists in maintaining a clean and orderly department to include procedure rooms, storage areas, dressing rooms, film storage area and any other areas in department.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Completion of an Echosonography program.

EXPERIENCE

• No experience required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more).
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication.
• Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent lifting/moving of patients.
• Frequent reaching, gripping and keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Occasional use of vision to identify and distinguish colors.
• Occasional bending, stooping, squatting, twisting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Rare kneeling and sitting.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

State of Work Location: Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin

• Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• And
• Registered Congenital Cardiac Sonographer (RCCS) - Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI)
• Or
• Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) with Pediatric Echocardiography (PE) Specialty - American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS)
• And
• Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCS) - Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI)
• Or
• Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) with Adult Echocardiography (AE) Specialty - American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS)

Work Shift:
Rotating Shift (United States of America)

Job Type:

Employee

Department:

3005000007 Cardiac Sonography

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
32

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