Sonographers and Echosonographers - Orlando Health

Orlando Health, Inc.; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Orlando Health, Inc. is seeking Sonographers and Echosonographers across its system to perform diagnostic cardiology imaging under supervision.

With over 10 hospitals across Florida and multiple institutes, Orlando Health offers day-one benefits and various schedules to fit your needs, plus support like student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, family care, and more.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of sonography.
• Maintains current ARDMS/CCI certifications as required.
• BLS/HealthCare Provider certification must be current.
• All levels of experience are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates competency in routine cardiology ultrasound diagnostics and equipment operation.
• Works with cardiologists to perform noninvasive and invasive studies as needed.
• Ensures high-quality images, proper documentation, and patient safety.
• Adheres to all applicable state and federal regulations and Orlando Health policies.
• Maintains professional judgment and compassionate patient care.

Job description

Position Summary

Orlando Health is hiring Sonographers and Echosonographers across the system! Sonographers provide quality patient care when performing diagnostic cardiology sonographic imaging and related procedures to demonstrate anatomy for interpretation and/or intervention under the supervision of the department supervisor, manager, or director.

With over 10 hospitals to choose from between the west and east coast of Florida and a variety of schedules to fit your needs, we also have a multiple institutes and practices for any interest or speciality you may be interested in. With benefits that begin day 1, we look forward to the opportunity to support you at any stage of life, including:

• Student loan repayment
• Tuition reimbursement
• Family care support, including backup elder care, backup child care, and pet care
• And more! Learn about the benefits we offer here

Orlando Health is a private, not-for-profit healthcare organization that has been passionate about delivering expert care to diverse communities for over a century. With physicians in more than 100 specialties, award-winning hospitals, stand-alone emergency departments, urgent care locations and more, the healthcare system attracts patients from across the state, region and nation. Learn more about Orlando Health.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

• Demonstrates competency in routine noninvasive and/or invasive cardiology ultrasound diagnostics, and equipment operation and maintenance.
• Requires in-depth conceptual and practical knowledge in own job discipline and basic knowledge of related job disciplines.
• Solves complex problems.
• Exercise judgement based on the analysis of multiple sources of information.
• Recognizes normal and abnormal anatomy and physiology in conjunction with obtaining and documenting pertinent clinical and diagnostic information.
• Works closely with the cardiologist to perform noninvasive and/or invasive cardiology diagnostic sonographic exams, and functions independently in the absence of the supervisor and/or manager.
• Exercises professional judgment in performance of services and maintains a demeanor complimentary to quality care.
• Delivers appropriate care while recognizing patient conditions and ensuring successful completion of procedures.
• Complies with all state and federal regulations applicable to each modality.
• Adheres to Orlando Health mission statements and commitment to excellence standards.
• Assesses the patient’s physical condition and age specific needs.
• Provides instructions that achieve patient cooperation and desired results.
• Performs proper patient identification, acquires patient’s clinical history, and assures that the information is accurately documented.
• Position patient, equipment, associated devices and manipulates technical factors to achieve high quality images for interpretation.
• Assesses diagnostic images for technical quality, proper annotation, and patient identification, ensuring that all relative anatomy is demonstrated.

Qualifications

Education/Training

Graduate of an accredited school of sonography. Depending on assigned department, meets education/training as required under established current American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS) and/or Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI) guidelines.

Licensure/Certification

• Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer(RDMS) registered through the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS) or Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI)
• Maintains current BLS/HealthCare Provider certificate.
• Maintains ARDMS physics registry and one ARDMS registry

Experience

All levels of experience encouraged to apply.