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With your passion for solving clinical mysteries and our comprehensive imaging capabilities and sophisticated technology, you can experience an exciting and rewarding imaging career at UCLA West Valley Medical Center. You'll be able to elevate your skills, expand your knowledge, and grow your career within an inclusive, supportive, and empowering workplace. Come see for yourself!

In this role, you will perform echocardiology ultrasound studies at a highly technical level using independent judgment and knowing the anatomy necessary for procedures. You will be responsible for performing complete adult echoes; limited echo studies as follow up for effusions; transesophageal echoes, and stress echoes; producing excellent imaging balancing quality and quantity while providing customer focused patient care. You will also be responsible for performing vascular studies at a highly technical level using independent judgment and venous Doppler studies, upper and lower; arterial Doppler studies, upper and lower; segmental pressure studies; carotid ultrasound studies; and renal Doppler studies, producing excellent imaging balancing quality and quantity while providing customer focused patient care. This position participates in on-call, holiday, and weekend schedules as prepared by the manager. Additionally, participation in rotating shifts is required, as needed.

Salary Range: $51.22-$67.63 Hourly

Qualifications

Required:

+ Successful completion of a cardiac echocardiography technology program.

+ Ability to be Registered (ARDMS ) in adult cardiac echocardiography, (AE) RDCS within 6 months of hire

+ Ability to deliver basic cardiac life support (BCLS).

+ At least 3 years of adult echo tech experience

+ Knowledge and ability to apply knowledge of cardiac anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology.

+ Ability to apply theory to practice in the application of ultrasound technique to the clinical evaluation of the target anatomy.

+ Ability to push the 500+ lb. echo machine for distances up to 100 feet within the office.

+ Skill and manual dexterity to manipulate transducer and buttons, and knobs on the echo machine to obtain optimal studies.

+ Knowledge, skill, and ability to use P.C. and word processing software to generate written preliminary reports.

+ Knowledge, skill, and ability to make preliminary evaluations of echo studies to generate written preliminary reports.

+ Ability to prepare and maintain log of procedures, track charge documents, compare activity records, and determine that all studies are billed and collected for.

+ Ability to work independently and complete tasks in a timely manner with minimal to no direction.

+ Strong interpersonal skills to effectively interact with patients, physicians, nurses, staff, and others in a professional and courteous manner.

+ Ability to read, interpret, apply, and/or follow physician orders, policies, procedures, or written and verbal instructions.

Preferred:

+ Acute care experience

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