Embark on a rewarding career with Carondelet St. Marys Hospital hospital. If you are a compassionate healthcare professional eager to contribute to patient care, this is your opportunity where your skills make a difference every day. Join us in delivering exceptional healthcare with a personal touch.

At Carondelet St. Marys Hospital, we understand that our greatest asset is our dedicated team of professionals. That’s why we offer more than a job – we provide a comprehensive benefit package that prioritizes your health, professional development, and work-life balance. The available plans and programs include:

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Generous paid time off
• Career development and continuing education opportunities
• Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
• Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, auto & home insurance

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and is determined by employment status

-Sets up and adjusts all cardiac imaging equipment and manually maneuvers transducers to perform exams.

-Implements safety standards and performs appropriate quality control procedures.

-Performs routine and complex studies and assists physician in a variety of imaging procedures.

-Recognizes significant structures, artifacts, and pathology and equipment limitations.

-Analyzes patient’s clinical history fully (from patient, physician, and/or medical record) in order to identify the purpose of the exam, frame the clinical question(s) that the exam is intended to answer, and expands the exam as necessary to answer the clinical question & explore possible differential diagnosis/pathology if abnormality is recognized.

-Adapts the exam to optimize imaging when body habitus and/or immobility present technical limitations. 

-Performs stress echocardiography: Uses equipment to optimally display high-resolution images.

-Cleans and disinfects echo machines, Trans-thoracic probes and machine, trans-esophageal probes thoroughly between patients per infection control policy. 

-Follows any recommended manufacturer’s guidelines and departmental guidelines. 

-Tests the TEE probes after each use for integrity and leakage.

-Determines which views to image during contrast injection and the timing of injection for optimal visualization according to policy and standing order clinical criteria. 

-Promotes patient well-being and patient rights. 

-Provides information about the procedure and responds to patient’s concerns and questions. 

-Practices according to published and recognized standards of American Society of Echocardiography or ARDMS or CCI.

Performs diagnostic procedures to assess cardiac structures and hemodynamics in accordance with accepted protocols as directed by physicians.

• Minimum Requirements
  • Experience: Six (6) months of experience in Echocardiography OR graduated from an accredited Diagnostic Medical Sonography School or Echocardiography program containing Sonography/echocardiography experience in a clinical setting.
  • Education: Graduate of an accredited Diagnostic Medical Sonography School or Echocardiography.
  • Certifications :Registry Eligible and Basic Life Support (BLS) - American Heart Association.
• Preferred Requirements
  • Experience: Two (2) years of experience in Echocardiography.
  • Education: Sufficient education to gain RDCS certification.
  • Certifications:   ARDMS- RDCS (American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers) or CCI (Cardiovascular Credentialing International) – RCS (Registered Cardiac Sonographer).

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