What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Cardiac Sonographer position at BJC HealthCare?
Join our dynamic Cardiac Sonography Team where everyone has a role in providing extraordinary care! Apply now for this Sr. Cardiac Sonographer opening!
- Sign-On Bonus $7,500 (for eligible applicants)
- 10 Hour Days, 4 Days Per Week
- 6:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Weekend Rotation (Call Coverage Only)
- Call Rotation (Every 5th Full Week)
- Holiday Rotation (Call Coverage Only)
Overview
Opened in 2007, Progress West Hospital is BJC HealthCare’s newest hospital in St. Charles County, featuring modern private rooms. It offers 24-hour emergency services and has partnered with St. Louis Children’s Hospital to provide world-class pediatric emergency care.
Progress West Hospital also provides surgical services, endoscopy services, a cardiac catheterization lab, medical/surgical inpatient services, diagnostic imaging, lab services, and the Advanced Wound Center, a specialty wound treatment facility with state-of-the-art equipment. Progress West Hospital recently completed an expansion of its Childbirth Center to include enhanced services for at-risk mothers and babies, with a newborn ICU that provides care for babies born as early as 32 weeks.
Progress West Hospital is a Certified Level II Stroke Center. The hospital’s medical office building houses offices for specialists in primary care, cardiology, obstetrics, pediatrics, and orthopedics.
The services provided in this area include: Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-Lead Electrocardiogram, 24 Hour Holter Monitor, Long Term Event Recorder, Echocardiogram, Echocardiogram with or without Doppler, Transesophageal Echo (TEE), Stress Testing, Routine Stress Test, Stress Echocardiogram, Dobutamine Stress Echocardiogram, Exercise Nuclear Stress Test, Nuclear Stress Test. This department, along with all departments within the hospital, supports the guiding principles of the hospital in providing care that is customized and reflects the patient's needs, values, and choices.
Preferred Qualifications
Role Purpose
Performs a variety of cardiac testing, including treadmill stress testing, holter monitoring, transthoracic echocardiography, transesophageal echo, stress echo and cardiac doppler. Functions as lead and resource for other sonographers/staff in the Cardiac Diagnostic Lab. Assists manager with the coordination of activities within the lab, assists with training of new employees and credentialing requirements of other staff.
Responsibilities
Minimum Requirements
Education
Experience
Supervisor Experience
Licenses & Certifications
Preferred Requirements
Education
Experience
Supervisor Experience
Licenses & Certifications
Benefits and Legal Statement
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At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
- Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
- Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
- 401(k) plan with BJC match
- Tuition Assistance available on first day
- BJC Institute for Learning and Development
- Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
- Adoption assistance
To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary.
*Not all benefits apply to all jobs
The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer