Cardiac Sonographer Tech - Full Time, Days

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health in Louisville, KY is seeking an Ultrasound Technologist to perform diagnostic echocardiograms with skilled technique, capturing accurate images for interpretation by physicians. The role emphasizes cognitive sonographic skills and professional patient care.

Responsibilities include data collection for accreditation, equipment maintenance, and contributing to quality improvement initiatives within a full-time clinical setting.

Qualifications

• Graduate from a CAAHEP accredited ultrasound program.
• Registered RDCS and/or CCI.
• Registered in Adult Echocardiography.

Responsibilities

• Perform diagnostic echocardiogram exams with ultrasound equipment.
• Identify and record anatomical, pathological and diagnostic images.
• Report critical findings to the reading physician when indicated.

Skills

RDCS

Registered Cardiac Sonographer (CCI)

Adult Echocardiography

Education

CAAHEP accredited ultrasound program

Job description

Summary Job Description: Job Summary

Responsible for performing diagnostic echocardiogram exams using a variety of ultrasound equipment. Exams are performed in a professional manner demonstrating technical accuracy and cognitive sonographic skills to identify and record appropriate anatomical, pathological, and diagnostic images. Reports critical findings to reading physician for interpretation when indicated. Assists with the collection and analysis of data for accreditation and quality improvement purposes. Maintains ultrasound equipment and work areas. Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements

• Graduate from CAAHEP accredited ultrasound program
• Registered Adult Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS), and/or Registered Cardiac Sonographer (CCI)
• Registered in Adult Echocardiography BLS upon hire or within 3 most post-hire

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet or Pathway to Excellence designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

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