Echo Cardio Tech (Per Diem)

Job Description

About Our Company

We’re a physician-led, patient-centric network committed to simplifying health care and bringing a more connected kind of care.

Our primary, multispecialty, and urgent care providers serve millions of patients in traditional practices, patients' homes and virtually through VillageMD and our operating companies Village Medical, Village Medical at Home, Summit Health, CityMD, and Starling Physicians.

When you join our team, you become part of a compassionate community of people who work hard every day to make health care better for all. We are innovating value-based care and leveraging integrated applications, population insights and staffing expertise to ensure all patients have access to high-quality, connected care services that provide better outcomes at a reduced total cost of care.

Please Note : We will only contact candidates regarding your applications from one of the following domains : @summithealth.com, @citymd.net, @villagemd.com, @villagemedical.com, @westmedgroup.com, @starlingphysicians.com, or @bmctotalcare.com.

Job Description

Essential Job functions :

• Performs high quality, technically diagnostic cardiovascular exams in an out-patient setting. Exams include but are not limited to transthoracic echocardiograms and stress echocardiograms, including pharmacological stress echocardiogram testing.
• Experience with electronic EMR and insures proper patient identification, patient privacy, and willing to research and confirm appropriate testing with potential risk factors. Ability to perform a complete transthoracic echocardiogram including assessing systolic and diastolic function, and valvular anatomy.
• Assumes accountability for managing patient care and safety. Knowledge of cardiovascular disease and treatment. Knowledge of cardiac noninvasive procedures
• Administers contrast during echocardiograms or stress echocardiograms as needed for better visualization of wall segments. Administers agitated sterile saline for evaluating cardiac shunts.
• Adherence to department protocols and accreditation standards required.
• Utilizing ultrasound equipment to maximize quality for diagnostic echocardiograms. Experience with multiple ultrasound systems preferred.
• Promotes and maintains a safe, clean and orderly environment.
• Strong customer service skills. Communicate with patients in professional and respectful manner. Appropriately educates and explains procedures to patients.
• Portray respectful behavior with staff and coworkers as well as other departments. Including responding effectively in an emergency situation.
• Maintains equipment and inventories, restocks supplies, reviews patient schedules, sets up recording equipment and enters patient information into appropriate systems.
• Follows department standards for reporting equipment malfunctions or problems. Ensures equipment is in acceptable conditions by conducting routine quality control.
• Efficient with time management to complete studies to complete work within acceptable time frame. Ability to prioritize and coordinate multiple tasks. Ability to work independently and autonomously, self-motivated.
• Prioritizes and organizes work assignments and adjusts priorities based on changing situations. Is flexible to changing priorities.
• Prepare preliminary reports for the reading cardiologists. Notifies the cardiologist of urgent pathologies noted on the echocardiograms exams.
• Occasional travel to field clinics in rural Oregon to perform echocardiograms.
• Maintains job knowledge up to date by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks and participating in professional organizations.

Education, Certification, Computer And Training Requirements

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About Our Commitment

Total Rewards at VillageMD

Our team members are essential to our mission to reshape healthcare through the power of connection. VillageMD highly values the critical role that health and wellness play in the lives of our team members and their families. Participation in VillageMD’s benefit platform includes Medical, Dental, Life, Disability, Vision, FSA coverages and a 401k savings plan.

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