Banking Services, Behavioral Health, Blood Pressure, Cancer, Cardiology, Cerebral Vascular Accident, Cleaning Equipment, Clinical Outcomes, Communication Skills, Data Formats, Echocardiography, Emergency Medicine, Equipment Safety, Flexible Spending Accounts, Healthcare, Hospital, Identify Issues, MEDITECH, Medical Billing, Medical Records, Medical Treatment, Neuroscience, News Reporting, Nursing, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oncology, Operating Systems, Orthopedics, Patents, Patient Assessment, Patient Care, Pediatrics, Policy Development, Prescription Drugs, Preventative Maintenance, Procedure Development, Pulmonary Disease, Quality of Care, Radiology, Record Keeping, Regulations, Respiratory Therapy, Robotics, SAX (Simple API XML), Safety Equipment, Safety Process, Social Media, Stem Cells, Stock Purchase Plans, Team Building, Telemedicine, The Joint Commission (TJC)
Echo Technician Student PRN in San Antonio, Texas, United States
check_circle Item Saved!
error Item has been removed!
Join our Talent Network
Skip to main content
info
Interviewing now for Cath Lab Tech and RN openings across our health system.
Bring your experience to our team. Click to apply today!
Show More Show Less
Methodist Healthcare Careers
- Join Talent Network
- Current Employees
- Go to sahealth.com
- bookmark_borderSaved Jobs
menu
Menu close
Close
- home Home
- About Us chevron_right arrow_drop_down
Back to main menu
About Us
Back to main menu
Our Job Families
Back to main menu
Programs
Back to main menu
Locations
- Methodist Healthcare
- Methodist Children''s Hospital
- Methodist Hospital
- Methodist Hospital Atascosa
- Methodist Hospital Hill Country
- Methodist Hospital Landmark
- Methodist Hospital Metropolitan
- Methodist Hospital Northeast
- Methodist Hospital Specialty and Transplant
- Methodist Hospital Stone Oak
- Methodist Hospital Texsan
- Methodist Hospital Westover Hills
- South Texas Radiology Imaging Centers
search Search All Jobs
search Search Remote Jobs
- Join Talent Network
- Current Employees
- Go to sahealth.com
- bookmark_borderSaved Jobs
Methodist Healthcare Careers
search close
Close
search Search All Jobs search Search Remote Jobs
Search by title, specialty, keyword, MOS or job number search
Search by city and state, state, or zip code room
Radius 5 miles 10 miles 25 miles 50 miles
Apply
chevron_left Back to Search Results
Echo Technician Student PRN
Methodist Hospital
San Antonio, TX, United States
work PRN/Per Diem assignment_ind PRN star_rate New
Category: Clinical Techs • Job ID: 4709707
Apply Now
share Share
Email
X
Facebook
LinkedIn
bookmark_border Save Job bookmark Unsave Job
Do you want to join an organization that invests in you as an Echo Technician Student PRN? At Methodist Hospital, you come first. HCA Healthcare has committed up to $300 million in programs to support our incredible team members over the course of three years.
Job Summary and Qualifications
Working under the supervision and guidance of an Echo/Cardiac Ultrasound Tech, the extern will assess, treat and care for patients with pulmonary disease processes or respiratory care orders. Primarily responsible for noninvasive respiratory care modalities, maintaining patient records and operations of respiratory care equipment.
Minimum Education, Experience, Training, Required Knowledge, Skill, Abilities and Other Job-Related Characteristics:
- Education:
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Enrolled in an Echocardiography/Vascular Technology program
- Experience:
- 1 year in direct patient care preferred.
- Employee completes initial and ongoing training and competencies as defined by service line, facility and department/unit which are specific to the needs of the patient population served (if applicable).
Minimum License, Certificates, or Registrations Required:
Essential Job Functions:
- Acquires a signed physician order with indicator for all exams. Demonstrates good judgment in responding to STAT calls and appropriately prioritizes STAT orders. Ensures patient consent is signed for the ordered procedure. Effectively communicates and explains the procedure to the patient without discussing clinical findings of the exam. Validates the patient and/or family understanding of the procedure.
- Ensures proper equipment operation during patient exams. Demonstrates proficiency in basic troubleshooting, equipment cleaning, storage and preventative maintenance.
- Demonstrates technical proficiency for echocardiograms: A. Adult and pediatric (if applicable) echocardiograms: Performs 2-D, M-mode, color Doppler, pulsed wave Doppler, and continuous wave Doppler. This includes all measurements as needed for a complete study to include parasternal long axis, parasternal short axis, apical 4-chamber, apical long axis, and apical 2-chamber, and subcostal 4-chamber view, subcostal short axis, subcostal RV outflow, abdominal aorta, suprasternal long axis of the aortic arch, and RV outflow to evaluate the MPA and branch PAs. Applies critical thinking skills to assess the patient condition to provide any additional views that will assist the cardiologist in the care/treatment of the patient. B. Stress echo (exercise and chemical): Performs 2-D imaging at the highest level for the evaluation of wall motion abnormalities. Stress images will include P-LAX, P-SAX, apical 4-chamber, and apical 2- chamber. C. Demonstrates technical proficiency for TEEs. Set up of equipment and all supplies. Assists cardiologist with probe insertion as directed. After probe placement, tape all data as requested. Upon completion of procedure, candidate will immediately clean and disinfect probe according to departmental policy.
- Assists with head up tilt table testing. Responsible for patient preparation to include validating the patient is NPO, patient transport, placement of electrodes, placement of blood pressure cuff and presence of a patent saline lock. If continuous monitoring is required, secures
- Maintains all patient reports in accordance with Hospital policy. This includes but is not limited to the following: pulling all previous reports/images; presenting images to the correct reading physician; notifying reading physicians of requests; entering proper patient charges into Meditech; performing database and operating system backup; error log review; Hemodynamic Monitoring system data field modification; and proper storage of archived exam/study data.
- Performs high level disinfection using established policies and procedures as required.
Additional Job Functions:
- Supports the mission and vision of the Methodist Healthcare System. Understands and is committed to helping the Methodist Healthcare System and its associated facilities achieve its goals.
- Must learn and comply with System and facility safety policies and rules; must use appropriate safety equipment and procedures at all times; must immediately report all unsafe conditions to supervisors; must be familiar with all safety features of equipment, tools or materials encompassed by job duties; and must check with supervisors (prior to job performance) if there is a question as to the safe procedure to be used for any job function.
- Adheres to the MHS Code of Conduct and demonstrates ethical behavior as expected by our patients, colleagues and the community. Understands the personal obligation to report any activity that appears to violate applicable laws, rules regulations or the Code of Conduct itself.
- Completes other duties as assigned.
Benefits
Methodist Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
- Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
- Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
- Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
- Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
- Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
- Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts
Learn more about Employee Benefits
Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
Methodist Hospital opened in 1963 as the first hospital in the now internationally acclaimed South Texas Medical Center. With over 900 beds, Methodist Hospital offers a broad range of specialties including cardiology, oncology, bone marrow transplants, emergency medicine, neurosciences, maternity care, gynecology and orthopedics. We are proud to be the largest provider of the lifesaving ECMO Program in San Antonio, are home to the largest robotics program in the world, and our Adult Blood Cancer and Stem Cell Transplant unit has become the first program to receive FACT Accreditation in North America.
As the flagship hospital, and most comprehensive medical care facility of Methodist Healthcare, we appreciate the support and recognition we receive from the community. We've recently been named the No.1 Best Regional Hospital by the U.S. News and World Report for 2019-20. We pride ourselves on providing the highest quality of care possible for our patients, which is proven by our consecutive Grade A Leapfrog Hospital Safety scores. In addition, Methodist Hospital not only received a Primary Stroke Center designation from The Joint Commission, but has also received a Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification from DNV GL Healthcare, designating the facility as offering the most advanced stroke treatment available in a given geographic area. For more information, please visit our website at www.sahealth.com and select Methodist Hospital under Locations.
"Good people beget good people."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
We are a family 270,000 dedicated professionals! Our Talent Acquisition team is reviewing applications for our Echo Technician Student PRN opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your resume today to join our community of caring!
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Apply Now
Register Now
SIMILAR JOBS
Get job notifications based
on your interests
Join our Talent Network
expand_less
Top
Methodist Healthcare
15727 Anthem Pkwy, Suite 600
San Antonio, TX 78249
- All Jobs
- Join Our Talent Network
- Accessibility for Applicants with Disabilities
- Job Scam Alert
Follow Us
facebook instagram linkedin youtube Twitter X Logo
Copyright 1999-2020 C-HCA, Inc.; All rights reserved.
- Terms & Conditions
- California Notice at Collection
- Privacy Policy
- Social Media Policy
- Acceptable Use Policy
- HCA Nondiscrimination Notice
- Accessibility
- Responsible Disclosure
- Cookie Preferences