2D Echo Tech

Job Description:

• Prepares for examinations by checking equipment and inventorying and restocking supplies; reviewing patients schedules; reading physicians’ orders for specific examinations; setting-up recording equipment; entering patient information into system.
• Reduces patient anxieties by explaining procedures; answering questions; providing assistance to examination
  bed or treadmill.
• Prepares patients by positioning patient; spreading gels; attaching electrodes to chest and equipment; adjusting equipment controls; verifying wave signals.
• Obtains quality images by positioning and re-positioning transducer; monitoring display screen; listening to signals; adjusting equipment for beam strength and focus; detecting artifacts that mimic abnormalities; recording images.
• Records examination information by printing graphics and data; calculating measurements of heart wall,
  chamber size, and blood flow direction and velocity; comparing measurements to norms.
• Protects patients by adhering to safety policies and protocols.
• Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential; cautioning others
  regarding potential breaches.
• Performs the related duties as the need arises.

Qualifications:

• Must possess at least a Bachelor’s/College Degree of Medical Science or equivalent.
• With a minimum of 1 year work experience in same field.
• Must have experience in a Hospital industry.
• Must have knowledge in medical terminology.
• Systematic, highly organized and with keen eye for details.
• Can work well with minimum supervision.

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