Highlights
Excellent interpersonal skills necessary to establish and maintain productive working relationships with physicians, patients and their families, and other people both inside and outside assigned clinical area. With more than 100 locations in hospital-based clinics, outpatient health and specialty care centers, we provide the most advanced medicine and thoughtful, patient-centric care to the greater metro-Detroit community.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Detroit, Michigan |
| Industry | Healthcare Services |
| Company Size | 2,500 to 4,999 employees |
| Year Founded | 2006 |
| Website | http://www.wsupgdocs.org/ |
Description
About Us:
Serving one million patients and their families annually. Advancing medical knowledge, technologies and practices. Developing and educating the next generation of exceptional health care professionals.
With more than 100 locations in hospital-based clinics, outpatient health and specialty care centers, we provide the most advanced medicine and thoughtful, patient-centric care to the greater metro-Detroit community.
Job Summary:
Under physician supervision performs non-invasive diagnostic imaging of the cardiac anatomy and function.Job Description:
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Prepares patients and diagnostic equipment for imaging procedures.
- Performs Echocardiographs per appropriate ECHO orders.
- Assists physicians interpret the data from images and determines which images should be utilized.
- Disperses completed ECHO reports to physicians.
- Documents procedures in EMR.
- Maintains ECHO activity log.
- Quality of ECHO studies.
- Other related assigned duties.
Education, Licensure/Certification, and Training:
- Completion of diagnostic medical sonography from an (ARDMS) accredited program.
- Certified as an ECHO technician required.
- BLS or ACLS Certification required.
- Preferred 1-2 years of experience in ECHO technician role.
Skills and Abilities Required:
- Attention to detail is a must, including identification of the patient, identification of the images and record keeping.
- Ability to work independently with little direction.
- Ability to stand for long period of times.
- Ability to follow written protocols.
- Excellent interpersonal skills necessary to establish and maintain productive working relationships with physicians, patients and their families, and other people both inside and outside assigned clinical area.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Familiarity with exercise and pharmacologic stress testing , strain imaging and 3D imaging preferable
Safety Requirements:
- Compliance with Department Health and Safety policies and procedures
Working Conditions/Schedules:
- 40 hour work week, hours and days to be determined by the business needs of the department. Additional hours may be required
Wayne Health is an EEO/AA/Veteran/Disability Employer
About Company
Wayne State University Physician Group
Wayne State University Physician Group (WSUPG) is one of the largest nonprofit multispecialty physician practice groups in southeast Michigan with more than 2,000 physicians providing primary and specialty care at nearly 1 million patient visits annually.Knowledge-powered medicine
Wayne State University Physician Group is affiliated with the Wayne State University School of Medicine. Many WSUPG physicians serve as faculty at the school and teach medicine to medical students and hospital residents.Research
The doctors of WSUPG provide world-class medical care while conducting groundbreaking research and continuing education at Wayne State University, one of the nation's top medical universities. Group members are recognized leaders in their chosen specialties.Training
Many WSUPG doctors are faculty members of the Wayne State University School of Medicine, bringing the newest technology and latest in medical advancements to the bedside. In addition to its substantial clinical practice, WSUPG is training Michigan's physicians of tomorrow by providing instructors for more than 1,200 medical students and 900 residents each year.WSUPG doctors contribute to the development of new medical knowledge in a variety of areas including:
- Preventive and health maintenance
- Diagnostic techniques, therapeutic strategies and rehabilitation
- Efficient, cost effective health service delivery
Patient Care
Each day, the physicians and staff of the Wayne State University Physician Group diagnose and treat some of the most complex medical cases in the state. Patients take comfort in selecting WSUPG specialists because they know they receive care from the finest doctors with the most advanced medical training, backed by ongoing quality research.The intrinsic link between life-saving research, training the next generation of physicians and providing the best care possible allows WSUPG to advance medicine in the metropolitan Detroit community and beyond.