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Join Our One Great Team at North Carolina Heart & Vascular – Goldsboro!

We’re looking for a skilled and dedicated Cardiac Sonographer to join our high-performing outpatient team. This role offers:

+ A consistent Monday–Friday schedule

+ Great work-life balance: No nights, no weekends, no call, and no holidays

+ A supportive team culture and strong focus on quality patient care

+ Opportunities to perform a wide range of studies including echocardiograms (with/without DEFINITY), bubble studies, treadmill stress tests, and stress echocardiograms

+ A strong culture of support, training, and professional development—including CME opportunities, vascular ultrasound training, and career growth paths.

**Responsibilities** :

1. Performs echocardiograms of consistent diagnostic quality. Generates ultrasound images of the heart and related structures using 2D, M-Mode, Doppler, and Strain.

2. Competence in the administration of ultrasound enhancing agents.

3. Demonstrates ability in delivering pre-procedure and post-procedure patient care including, but not limited to: patient assessment; pre- and post-procedure care; and, emergency cardiac care.

4. Completes structure reports for all exams within a timely manner.

5. Provides consultation with health care providers regarding echocardiograms.

6. Monitors and records patient information and maintains report storage and data systems. Compiles and enters data necessary for charge entry and prepares reports for video archiving using the digital storage system. Also responsible for retrieval of stored information and reports from the automated storage system.

Other Information

Education Requirements:

• No formal education required if the candidate holds a current BLS certification and either a Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) through the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography or Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCS) through Cardiovascular Credentialing International.

• If the candidate does not have RDCS or RCS, they must have an associate degree in Sonography, Radiology, or a related field OR have completed a twelve (12) month ultrasound program within 3 months of hire.

Licensure/Certification Requirements:

• Basic Life Support (BLS)

• Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) through the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography or Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCS) through Cardiovascular Credentialing International within one year of hire. Must maintain registry status and continuing education requirements annually.

Professional Experience Requirements:

• No experience required.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

• Ability to effectively operate sonographic equipment.

• Ability to evaluate echocardiogram in order to acquire appropriate diagnostic information.

• Ability to shift workload to meet patient needs.

• Ability to use independent judgment to acquire the optimum echocardiogram information in each examination performed.

• Ability to follow established departmental procedures.

• Ability to work efficiently and cope with emergency situations.

• Must demonstrate thorough knowledge of echocardiography interpretation, echocardiography skills, and considerable echocardiography abilities.

• Communication skills and sensitivity to patient needs.

• Ability to interpret information to identify each patient’s requirements for care relative to his/her age specific needs

Job Details

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: UNC REX Healthcare

Organization Unit: Rex NCHV - Goldsboro

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Goldsboro

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email [email protected] if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.