Echo Tech - Cath Lab- PRN

Job Overview

Graduate from an accredited Ultrasound/Echocardiography Program; or appropriate training and clinical experience to provide equivalent technical skills. 

The MercyOne Cardiology Department offers invasive and noninvasive procedures; noninvasive diagnostic studies are performed in the Cardiology Department, and in other patient areas, while therapeutic interventions are performed in the Cardiac Catheterization Lab. Clinical services are provided for a broad range of medical diagnosis including medical, surgical, oncology, cardiac, behavioral and long term care with acute and chronic conditions. Invasive/interventional procedures are limited to adult patients with primary or secondary cardiac disease.

Cardiology procedures include cardiac catheterization studies, PTCA, atherectomy, coronary stents, pacemaker insertion and intra-aortic balloon pump insertion. Available diagnostic procedures include transthoracic echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiography, ECG, various stress testing modalities, and holter monitors.

Under general supervision, the Echocardiographic Technologist offers noninvasive cardiac procedures for inpatients and outpatients, to neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, young adult, adult and geriatric age groups. Clinical performance will include both dependent and independent functions based on the philosophy, objectives, standards of care and policies and procedures of MercyOne Medical Center

Current BLS verification.

Registry required from one of the accredited organizations below:

o          RCS (Registered Cardiac Sonographer) through the Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI)

o          RDCS (Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonography) by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographics.