Echocardiographer

Calibre Talent Group; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare staffing agency is seeking an Echocardiography Technician to create heart images and assess heart function. Responsibilities include performing echocardiography, interviewing patients, and reporting findings to cardiologists. This role requires strong patient interaction skills and adaptability in techniques based on individual medical histories. Join a dynamic team working towards heart health in Rochester, NY.

Responsibilities

• Create images of the heart for assessing function and diagnosing ailments.
• Work closely with cardiologists and report findings.
• Interview patients and adapt techniques based on medical history.
• Provide patient care and instructions during procedures.

Job description

Echocardiography technicians are also sometimes referred to as diagnostic cardiac sonographers, cardiac sonographers, or just simply echocardiographers. As an echocardiography technician, your main occupational tasks involve creating images of the heart, cardiac chambers, valves, and vessels for the purpose of assessing heart function and diagnosing heart ailments. You will work closely with cardiologists, often performing the technical aspects of the examinations, evaluating the findings, and reporting them to the cardiologists.

You will also be responsible for interviewing the patients and reviewing their medical records so that you may adapt your sonographic techniques as necessity dictates. You provide patient care, such as preparing the patients for the sonographic imaging and providing them with instructions during the echocardiograph so that the images turn out properly. You perform echocardiography on patients while they are lying down or while they are on a treadmill to assess their heart while under physically stressful situations.