Cardiovascular Ultrasound Tech IV - OP

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Performs comprehensive ultrasound exams. Follows established protocols to verify, plan, set up, perform, and report appropriate examinations. Verifies identity and informs and observes patient during procedure to ensure patient education, cooperation, and safety. Assists in continuing quality assurance and performance improvement.
• Completes clerical tasks associated with ultrasound tests, records all testing information accurately, completely, and in a timely manner, ensures critical results are reported promptly and accurately, and maintains patient privacy and confidentiality.
• Communicates with physicians, patients, and other center personnel, maintains a pleasant and informative manner, and makes recommendations to supervisor on related duties, policies and procedures.
• Enhances environment of teamwork: shows motivation, enthusiasm, acceptance of responsibility and personal accountability with regard to daily duties, engages in problem solving in difficult situations, asks for assistance/guidance when appropriate, accepts suggestions positively, demonstrates understanding of impact of individual performance on team, and mentors and develops others.
• Maintains work area in a clean and orderly manner, cleans patient areas after each use, assists in maintaining a clean and orderly environment in the lab, notifies supervisor of stocking or equipment needs, takes responsibility for lab opening and closing procedures when appropriate, and cleans and maintains all equipment according to Hospital Infection Control policies and procedures.
• Identifies own learning needs and responds to department needs, records meetings to upgrade personal/professional growth, attends in‑services, lab and departmental meetings, strives to increase proficiency in testing and other lab procedures, and suggests new, more efficient or economical techniques, procedures, and processes.

Includes skills of Sonographer Level 1+ Strain & Pedoff, Basic 3D, Stress Echo.

Consistently takes initiative to develop professionally; positive attitude; increased engagement; shift from internal focus to external team/department/org.; demonstrates HRO culture by identifying patient safety issues.

Assist with IAC ASE Member, Attends Echo Conference, Preceptor, Complete CVT PACT.

• Position Qualifications
  
  Required:
  
  Registry through CCI or ARDMS.
• Training/Certification:
  Basic Life Support (BLS) from the American Heart Association.
• Skills/
  
  Activities:
  
  Excellent interpersonal skills; effective verbal and written skills; basic proficiency with computer system.
• Echo Sonographer II; registered sonographer.

• High School Graduate or equivalent.
• Graduate of an accredited CVT school with focus on echocardiography (CAAHEP accredited preferred).

At Atlantic Health System, our promise to our communities is:
Anyone who enters one of our facilities will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 20,000 team members. Headquarters in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non‑profit health care systems in the nation.

Our facilities and sites of care include:

• Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ
• Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ
• Newton Medical Center, Newton, NJ
• Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ
• Hackettstown Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ
• Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
• Centra State Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ
• Atlantic Home Care and Hospice
• Atlantic Mobile Health
• Atlantic Rehabilitation

We also have more than 900 community‑based healthcare providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group. Atlantic Accountable Care Organization is one of the largest ACOs in the nation, and we are a member of All Spire Health Partners.

We have received awards and recognition for the services we have provided to our patients, team members and communities. Below are just a few of our accolades:

• 100 Best Companies to Work For ® and FORTUNE® magazine for 15 years
• Best Places to Work in Healthcare – Modern Healthcare
• 150 Top Places to…