Cardiac Sonographer

Cardiac Sonographer AdventHealth Shawnee Mission

Location Address: 

9100 West 74^th Street, Merriam, KS 66204

Top Reasons To Work At AdventHealth Shawnee Mission

• Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits Available Day One
• Received Magnet® recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center in January 2019
• Providing faith-based, whole person care to Kansas City since 1962
• Excellent health benefits, an onsite childcare center and fitness facility  
• Tuition reimbursement to support continuing education
• Employee Referral Program
• Largest health care provider in Johnson County with three campuses

Work Hours/Shift:

4 – 9-hour shifts

Rotating weekend call

You Will Be Responsible For:

• Maintains records of educational requirements for ICAEL and cardiac registry.
• Cleans and restocks echo procedure room to prepare for each patient, disinfects echo transducers, machine, and bed after each use.
• Transports patients to and from department to reduce lags in department schedule and patient wait times.
• Demonstrates competency to perform duties in a timely and efficient manner in order to meet team productivity goals.
• Demonstrates competency to perform various types of Cardiac Sonograms (Transthoracic Adult, Transesophageal, Stress Echocardiogram, Contrast Echocardiogram, and knowledge of the appropriate procedures associated and follows department procedure for exams.
• Demonstrates competency to assist physician during TEE’s, transesophageal probe (multiplane and pre and post procedure set-up), post procedure care of TEE probe (cleaning and storing) and follows department procedures for exams.
• Demonstrates understanding and competency of ultrasound physics, arrhythmia recognition, cardiac anomalies, calculations, 2D views, 3D views, M-mode views, Doppler, transducer selection.
• Demonstrates competency and explains with high level of understanding: 2-D views, M-mode views, pulsed wave Doppler, continuous wave Doppler, and color Doppler.
• Demonstrates competency and explains proper operation of: Echo machine digital capture and storage.

What You Will Need:

• High School graduate
• No Previous Experience is Required
• BLS obtained through the American Heart Association
• Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) OR Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCS) (New graduates have one year from date of graduation to acquire)

Job Summary:

The Cardiac Sonographer performs non-invasive diagnostic echocardiographic procedures at a technical level that requires independent judgment with ingenuity and initiative to support the physician in the diagnosis of heart disease.