Echo Technician- Part- Time Role - ECHOTECH 25-26947

Job Title: Echo Technician- Part- Time Role

Job Location: New York, NY

Duration: 13 weeks of contract (extendable)

Shift: Shift: 16 x 8 -Hour (Tuesdays and Thursday, 9am to 5pm)

Pay: $56/hourly

Skills:

• 2 years echo tech experience
• Standing, walking, sitting, carrying, pushing, pulling, climbing, balancing, bending, stooping, squatting, crouching, twisting, reaching, handling, kneeling, and wrist and digital dexterity.
• Patient lifting, ambulating, and transfer of patients in wheelchairs, on gurneys and beds, and for use of mechanical lifts.
• Speaking, hearing, and visual acuity to perform tests on patients and receive and interpret instructions.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for acquiring and interpreting m-mode, 2-D, pulse and continuous Doppler and color Doppler echocardiograms, contrast echocardiograms and stress echocardiograms, as well as completing echo worksheets and performing all necessary calculations in a timely manner. Staff member will be responsible for the care of adult and geriatric patients. Each staff member will rely on his/her past experiences, as well as their professional training with the geriatric and adult patient, to meet these standards
• Continuing education required to keep a Current Registry status
• Video/digital presentations (both in the hospital and outside)
• Seminars and conferences addressing cutting edge technology as well as reinforcement of the basic Duties and Responsibilities
• Has a high degree of professional ethics and conduct.
• Familiar with the technical operations of all ultrasound equipment.
• Performs all related diagnostic duties and patient care functions requiring comparable skills and experiences.  
• Performs assessments on adult and geriatric patients, taking into consideration the physiological and anatomical needs of each patient.
• Meets standards of care for all adult and geriatric patients.
• Informs patient what is to be done and explains the steps to the patient.
• Assists Cardiologists during procedures.
• Charts all exams on patient's medical record.
• Cleans and maintains equipment.
• Keeps assigned room clean and well stocked with supplies.
• Assists students and fellows with on-the-job training. May assist with evaluation of students.
• Mandatory continuing education to enhance growth.

Certification:

• Registry