Medical Instrument Technician - Echocardiography

Veterans Health Administration; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 92,000 - 119,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Child Care Subsidy

Federal retirement plan

Job summary

The Veterans Health Administration is seeking an Advanced Medical Instrument Technician (Echocardiography) for the VA Portland Health Care System. This role performs complex cardiac ultrasound exams in inpatient and outpatient settings, while mentoring staff, coordinating scheduling, and ensuring safety and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities include performing advanced echocardiography procedures (2D/3D, Doppler, strain), maintaining equipment and safety standards, and communicating results

Qualifications

• Mentor staff and provide expert training in SOPs, examination techniques and regulatory expectations.
• Independently perform advanced echocardiography procedures and ensure high-quality diagnostic images.
• Coordinate scheduling for inpatients and outpatients, triage urgent exam requests.

Responsibilities

• Perform transthoracic, transesophageal and various stress echocardiography exams.
• Obtain high quality diagnostic images using 2D/3D, Doppler, Strain and TDI.
• Explain procedures to patients and ensure safe positioning and patient comfort.
• Maintain equipment safety, environmental guidelines and infection control standards.

Skills

Mentoring

Ultrasound imaging

Patient safety

Triage & scheduling

Tools

Echo equipment

Job description

• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

The Advanced Medical Instrument Technician (Echocardiography) works for the Cardiology Support Services within the Division of Hospital and Specialty Medicine at the VA Portland Health Care System. The advanced MIT independently performs a full range of complex cardiac ultrasound procedures in both inpatient and outpatient settings.

Key Responsibilities

Functions/Scope of Practice: The incumbent is responsible for the technical quality of their own work, as well as the work performed by lower-level staff in the department. They will mentor, assist, and provide expert training in department functions, including but not limited to established work standards, examination techniques, urgent evaluation response, unusual findings, challenging or difficult situations, SOPs and all regulatory expectations.

The incumbent arranges scheduling for both inpatients and outpatients, and ensures all exams are accomplished within the established time frames. They will appropriately triage all critical exam requests, direct tasks to facilitate urgent completion and processing of exam and alert the appropriate personnel to available results and reports if necessary.

The incumbent possesses specialized knowledge, skills, and abilities to obtain diagnostic information in unusual, difficult, and challenging situations. They will utilize all safety equipment available when needed, including PPE and all safe patient handling and mobility aids , such as ceilings lifts and slide mats. The incumbent will ask for assistance or stop until assistance is available if the situation is unsafe.

The incumbent clearly explains the purpose and method of the procedure in a manner that the patient understands and positions the patient safely in accordance with patient limitations.

The incumbent performs specialized cardiac ultrasound examinations, including but not limited to transthoracic echocardiogram, transesophageal echocardiogram, exercise stress echocardiogram, pharmacological stress echocardiogram, ultrasound enhancing agent echocardiogram and agitated bubble study echocardiogram.

For every exam, the incumbent will: Prepare room and assemble all necessary supplies and equipment Acquire high quality, diagnostic images and all required measurements Expertly apply all imaging modalities, including but not limited to 2D, 3D, PWD, CWD, non-imaging Doppler, Strain, and TDI Maintain strict compliance with all environmental guidelines including equipment, reusable medical equipment, supply, and room maintenance and cleanliness.

For certain exams, the incumbent performs, and mentors/trains others to: Obtain, monitor, and document patient vital signs Perform procedural time-outs Discuss and document contraindications for echo enhancing agents or agitated saline bubble studies Obtain and maintain proper access for agitated saline and/or echo enhancing agent injection Administer agitated saline and ultrasound enhancing agents based on physician orders and all established guidelines, SOPs and protocols Properly report and document any adverse effects caused by agitated saline or echo enhancing agent injection Work Schedule: Monday,Tuesday,Thursday,Friday, 5:30am-4:00pm Compressed/Flexible: Available Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).

Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience. Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.

Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.

Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Telework: Not Authorized Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 00000 Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Requirements & Education

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.

For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $91724 – $119248/yr.

What security clearance is required?

This position requires a Other security clearance.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-09-30.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.