Weekend Registered Echo Technologist, Part Time, Bethlehem Campus

St. Luke’s University Health Network; Bethlehem (Northampton County); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke's University Health Network is seeking a Cardiac Ultrasound Technologist to perform transthoracic, transesophageal, and stress echocardiography with advanced techniques.

The role requires patient-centered exams, collaboration with physicians, and contribution to QA/PI activities across the network. The ideal candidate will have cardiovascular technology credentials, at least 1 year of cardiac ultrasound experience, and proficiency with echo reporting systems, while maintaining tissue

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited Cardiovascular Technology program or equivalent.
• Minimum 1 year experience in Cardiac Ultrasound preferred.
• Registry by Cardiovascular Credentialing International/National Board of Cardiovascular Testing/American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers.

Responsibilities

• Identify patient using two identifiers.
• Provide total patient exam experience according to echocardiography policy.
• Assist the performing physician during exams.
• Assist in gathering QA/PI for ICAEL Accreditation.
• Maintain professional development through in-services/continuing medical education.
• Maintain cleanliness of workspace, equipment, and restocking supplies.
• Cross-train for EKGs, Holter monitors, event monitors and stress testing.
• Process echo images and documentation into the echo reporting system.
• Demonstrates competency with department information systems.
• Knowledge of insurance codes, cardiology procedures, and required paperwork.

Skills

Cardiac ultrasound

Patient care

Quality assurance

Professional development

Education

Cardiovascular Technology program

Tools

Echo imaging equipment

Job description

St. Luke's is proud of the skills, experience and compassion of its employees. The employees of St. Luke's are our most valuable asset! Individually and together, our employees are dedicated to satisfying the mission of our organization which is an unwavering commitment to excellence as we care for the sick and injured; educate physicians, nurses and other health care providers; and improve access to care in the communities we serve, regardless of a patient's ability to pay for health care.

The Cardiac Ultrasound Technologist will provide patient-centered high quality exams such as Transthoracic Adult and Pediatric, Transesophageal and Stress Echo utilizing modalities of M-mode, two-dimensional and doppler. Complementary modalities such as contrast and advanced quantitative techniques (three D, strain and strain rate, speckle tracking) will be utilized

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Identify patient per hospital policy utilizing two (2) identifiers.
• Provides the total patient exam experience according to the Policy and Procedures of echocardiography for the network.
• Assists the performing physician during appropriate exams.
• Assists in gathering and recording Quality Assurance/Performance Improvement as requested for ICAEL Accreditation.
• Maintains responsibility for own professional development through active participation in in-services and/or continuing medical education programs.
• Responsible for cleanliness of workspace, equipment, and restocking supplies in work area.
• Cross training for assisting with EKG’s, placement of holter monitors and event monitors and assisting with stress testing.
• Exhibits knowledge and ability to process echo images and documentation into the echo structured reporting system.
• Demonstrates competency with department information service required applications.
• Possesses knowledge of insurance codes, cardiology procedures, and required paperwork for all procedures and department requirements.

PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS:

Sitting up to 7 hours per day in 1 hour increments. Walking up to 2 hours per day in 15 minute increments. Occasional standing, up to 1 hour. Continuous use of fingers/hands to manipulate probe, equipment switches and data entry on keyboard. Frequent use of upper extremities to reposition patients, transport patients, and lifting supplies up to 10 lbs. Frequently pushes echo equipment for portable studies, approximately 440+ lbs. Occasionally stoops, bends and reaches above shoulder level. Hearing as it relates to normal conversation and doppler echocardiography. Seeing as it relates to general vision, near vision, far vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and visual monotony.

EDUCATION:

• High school graduate.
• Graduate of an accredited/approved Cardiovascular Technology program or equivalent.

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum 1 year experience in Cardiac Ultrasound preferred.
• Registry by Cardiovascular Credentialing International/National Board of Cardiovascular Testing, American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers.

St. Luke's University Health Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Founded in 1872, St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 23,000 employees providing services at 16 campuses and 350+ outpatient sites. With annual net revenue in excess of $4 billion, the Network’s service area includes 11 counties in two states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. St. Luke’s hospitals operate the largest network of trauma centers in Pennsylvania, with the Bethlehem Campus being home to St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital. SLUHN is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare’s five-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction. It is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World’s Best Hospital. The Network’s flagship University Hospital has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from Premier 13 times total and eleven years in a row, including in 2023 when it was identified as THE #4 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY. In 2021, St. Luke’s was identified as one of the 15 Top Health Systems nationally. St. Luke’s is the ONLY health care institution in the Lehigh Valley to be named a Top Workplace regionally repeating the exclusive honor for the third year in a row. Also, for the third straight year, St. Luke’s has been a Top Workplaces in the Philadelphia Region by the Philadelphia Inquirer, ranking 9th in the large employer category for 2025 and the only health care system in PA to receive this award. In 2025, St. Luke’s was recognized as a national Top Workplaces by USA Today, three years in a row, including the 3rd best health care system in the nation in 2023 and 2024. Lastly, in 2025, St. Luke’s was named a Top Workplace in New Jersey for the third year in a row.