Echo Technologist

Overview

In 2020, united in a fierce commitment to deliver the highest quality care and exceptional patient experience, Virginia Mason and CHI Franciscan Health came together as natural partners to build a new health system centered around the patient: Virginia Mason Franciscan Health. Our combined system builds upon the scale and expertise of our nearly 300 sites of care, including 11 hospitals and nearly 5,000 physicians and providers. Together, we are empowered to make an even greater impact on the health and well-being of our communities.    

CHI Franciscan and Virginia Mason are now united to build the future of patient-centered care across the Pacific Northwest. That means a seamlessly connected system offering quality care close to home. From basic health needs to the most complex, highly specialized care, our patients can count on us to meet their needs with convenient access to the region’s most prestigious experts and innovative treatments and technologies.  

Responsibilities

Franciscan Medical Group, as part of Virginia Mason Franciscan Health,  is currently seeking a PER DIEM Echo Technologist for our Franciscan Cardiovascular Clinic in Tacoma, WA. We are seeking a motivated individual to join our patient centered team. Come join our exciting and fast paced clinic with various testing modalities and an opportunity to truly work at the top of the echo tech scope of practice. No weekends or organizationally recognized holidays required!

Job Summary:

This job is responsible for performing sonographic examinations at a technical level not requiring constant supervision.  An incumbent performs a variety of technical procedures that relate to cardiac ultrasounds that require independent judgment with ingenuity and initiative for sonographic diagnosis.

Essential Duties:

• Responsible for those technical procedures requiring a sound understanding of anatomical positioning, physiology, and cross sectional anatomy so that individual selection and modification of technical factors will produce optimal results.
• Maintains expert knowledge in sonography examinations at a technical level.  Maintains general knowledge with the sonography equipment.
• Responsible for proper scheduling, reporting, and filing of all sonography examinations.
• Prepares patients for sonography procedures.
• Processes and labels all exams.
• Attends class seminars on new developments in technical improvements in sonography. Presents in-services to other departmental employees on procedures, as directed.

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Qualifications

Education/ Work Experience:

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Graduation from an accredited diagnostic ultrasound program.  
• One year of post-graduate experience in cardiac ultrasound and/or demonstrated high degree of proficiency, knowledge, and acuity in the field of diagnostics or ultrasound is preferred.

Licensure/Certifications:

• Current registration by ARDMS, or current certification by Cardiovascular Credentialing International as a Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCS).
• Current healthcare provider BLS Certification.