Vascular Technologist- Student Extern

City/State

Norfolk, VA

Work Shift

Rotating

Overview:

Sentara Leigh Hospital is hiring a Student Vascular Tech Extern for the Peripheral Lab department. This is a Flexi Day shift position in Norfolk, VA.

Hours: Operating hours are from 730am to 530pm Monday to Friday. Shift times can vary and are expected around 4 hours per week minimum based on availability.

The Student is a training role designed for a student enrolled in an accredited cardiovascular technology / Sonography programs. Under supervision, the student will assist in and perform selected procedures as appropriate, gaining hands-on clinical experience. Must have completed enough clinical hours in an accredited cardiovascular technology program that the student may use employed hours towards graduation requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in preparation of patients for sonography procedures (explaining the procedure, positioning, ensuring patient comfort, obtaining patient history)
• Operate specialized ultrasound equipment under supervision to perform basic echocardiogram studies
• Assist or act as first assistant during diagnostic and therapeutic vascular related procedures, under physician or registered sonographer guidance
• Maintain accurate patient records, image data, and documentation as required by the lab and hospital policy
• Adhere to established protocols for patient safety, infection control, and equipment maintenance
• Participate in educational activities, seminars, and in-service training to enhance knowledge of cardiac anatomy, physiology, pathology, and echo imaging techniques
  
  
  

Education:

• Currently enrolled in an accredited cardiovascular technology or echocardiography sonography program
• Have completed sufficient clinical hours so that some work may count toward program graduation requirements
• High School diploma or equivalent required
  
  
  

Certification:

• BLS (Basic Life Support) certification required
  
  
  

Experience:

• Good communication skills: ability to interact empathetically with patients and work collaboratively with medical team preferred
• Attention to detail, ability to follow direction and protocols strictly
• Willingness to learn and adapt in a clinical environment
  
  
  

Keywords: Student, Externship, Echo, Cardiovascular Tech, Technologist, Echocardiographer, Echocardiography

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Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career

• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
• Emergency Backup Care
• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
• Life Insurance
• 401k/403B with Employer Match
• Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
• Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
• Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development
• Pet Insurance
• Legal Resources Plan
• Colleagues may have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met
  
  
  

Sentara Leigh Hospital, located in Norfolk, VA, is a 274-bed acute care facility that opened in 1903 and relocated to its present site in 1977. Our hospital completed a renovation in 2016, including two new patient towers, a beautiful atrium, and a multi-story parking garage. Sentara Leigh Hospital includes a dedicated Orthopedic Hospital providing patients access to a full continuum of orthopedic care, from the preoperative phase and surgery to rehabilitation and home care services. Along with being a recognized accredited Primary Stroke Center, and Magnet hospital for nursing excellence, we also specialize in orthopedic and spine care, heart, vascular, maternity care, and general surgery. We are also home to the region’s only 24-hour hyperbaric oxygen program that helps speed up the healing of carbon monoxide poisoning, wounds that won’t heal, infections in which tissues are starved for oxygen, airborne chemical exposures, and scuba diving accidents.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.

For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:

Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.