Echo Sonographer - Maternal Cardiac Care (Pediatric Training Available)

Participates in supervising student sonographers, training, and orienting new sonographers, directing daily workflow, Participates in quality and safety initiatives, acting as a department super user, participates in committees related to modality, department, or facility, participates in educational in-services, and complex care programs. Welcoming nearly 14,000 babies each year, the hospital’s 350 beds include 142 neonatal intensive care beds, making it one of the largest neonatal intensive care units under one roof in the country.

Position Summary:

 

Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies

 

 

 

 

Position Summary:

 

• Location:
  • Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies
  • 83 W Miller St, Orlando, FL 32806
• Shift:
  • Day Shift 
  • Monday - Friday
  • 8:00 A.M - 4:30 P.M.
  • NO call, NO weekends, and NO holidays!

 

Located on the downtown Orlando campus, Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies opened in 2006, providing programs and services focused on the unique needs of women and newborns. Specialized care covers all facets of women's health, from comprehensive gynecological services and minimally invasive surgeries to obstetrics and high-risk pregnancies and births. The hospital is “Magnet” recognized for nursing excellence and high-quality patient care and is certified in perinatal care by The Joint Commission. Welcoming nearly 14,000 babies each year, the hospital’s 350 beds include 142 neonatal intensive care beds, making it one of the largest neonatal intensive care units under one roof in the country. 

 

Orlando Health is committed to providing you with benefits that go beyond the expected, with career-growing FREE education programs and well-being services to support you and your family through every stage of life. We begin your benefits on day one and offer flexibility wherever possible, so that you can be present for your passions. “Orlando Health Is Your Best Place to Work” is not just something we say, it’s our promise to you.

 

Responsibilities:

What you will do

• Demonstrates competency in routine noninvasive and/or invasive cardiology and/or vascular ultrasound diagnostics, and equipment operation and maintenance.
• Uses sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgement and identify innovative solutions.
• Works independently with guidance in only the most complex situations.
• Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes, or services.
• Recognizes normal and abnormal anatomy and physiology in conjunction with obtaining and documenting pertinent clinical and diagnostic information.
• Works closely with the provider to perform noninvasive and/or invasive cardiology and/or vascular diagnostic sonographic exams, and functions independently in the absence of the supervisor and/or manager.
• Delivers appropriate care while recognizing patient conditions and ensuring successful completion of procedures.
• Assesses the patient’s physical condition and age specific needs.
• Provides instructions that achieve patient cooperation and desired results.
• Performs proper patient identification, acquires patient’s clinical history, and assures that the information is accurately documented.
• Position patient, equipment, associated devices and manipulates technical factors to achieve high quality images for interpretation.
• Assesses diagnostic images for technical quality, proper annotation, and patient identification, ensuring that all relative anatomy is demonstrated.
• Comprehends and complies with Quality Control standards and participates in all Quality Control tasks.
• Administers medical aid as required for any emergency situation.
• Applies appropriate standard precautions and personal protective equipment to prevent cross-contamination of contagious diseases.
• Maintains accurate and precise documentation. Accurately record verbal and telephone orders from physicians in the patient record.
• Participates in supervising student sonographers, training, and orienting new sonographers, directing daily workflow,
• Participates in quality and safety initiatives, acting as a department super user, participates in committees related to modality, department, or facility, participates in educational in-services, and complex care programs.
• Assist in transporting of patients.
• Follows established standards of practice for image processing and interpretation.
• Assists in clerical duties, such as, but not limited to, printing reports, scanning documents, and scheduling of patients.
• May be required to work at any Orlando Health facility.
• Assists with other departmental duties and responsibilities as needed.
• May be required to assist with contrast administration if pertinent to department.
• May be required to assist with intravenous (IV) insertion and removal for the administration of diagnostic contrast medication if pertinent to department.

Qualifications:

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years in Pregnant Adult Echocardiography.
• Current BLS/HealthCare Provider certification
• Meets education/training as required under established current American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS) and/or Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI) guidelines.
• Must maintain one of the following:
  
  • Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) through the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS) or
  • Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCS), Advanced Cardiac Sonographer (AS), Registered Congenital Cardiac Sonographer (RCCS) through Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI).

• Must demonstrate competency in routinely performing at least TEN of the following Echocardiography and/or Vascular ultrasound exams pertinent to department:
  • 3-D, Strain,
  • Exercise Stress Echocardiography
  • Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography
  • TAVR
  • Mitral Clip
  • Complex Valve
  • Watchman
  • Post Processing
  • Contrast Studies
  • Agitated Saline Studies
  • Transesophageal (TEE), Surgical TEE
  • Complex Cardiac Shunts
  • Pericardiocentesis
  • Single Ventricle
  • TOF
  • AVC
  • TGA
  • ECMO Cannula Position
  • Complex Heterotaxy
  • ASD Septostomy
  • PDA Closure Cath
  • Venous Insufficiency
  • Visceral
  • Segmental Physiology Upper Extremity
  • Access Grafts
  • Hemodialysis Access
  • Venous Ablation Procedures
  • Ultrasound Guidance
  • Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
  • Temporal Artery
  • Transcranial Imaging
  • Transcranial PFO Evaluation
  • Transcranial Emboli Detection
  • Transcranial Vasomotor Reactivity
  • Thoracic Bow Hunter’s Syndrome