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Cardiac & Vascular Sonographer (FGP) - Palm Beach County, Florida

NYU Langone Health

#BLS #Patient Privacy #RDCS #RCS #RVT #Vascular Sonographer #Echocardiogram #RVS #ACR Standards

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The Sonographer is responsible for performing all required cardiac ultrasound studies, including various echocardiograms, and all vascular ultrasound studies, such as duplex studies and plethysmography. Duties also involve adhering to NYU policies, ensuring patient comfort, creating preliminary reports, and alerting medical staff to urgent abnormalities.

Requirements summary

Candidates must possess an Associate's Degree in a related field and completion of an accredited cardiac and vascular ultrasound program, or equivalent experience. Required credentials include one cardiac credential (RDCS or RCS) and one vascular credential (RVT or RVS), along with Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

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Position Summary

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Cardiac & Vascular Sonographer (FGP) based in Palm Beach County, Florida.

Responsible for performing all cardiac ultrasound studies including echocardiograms, treadmill stress echocardiograms, pharmacological stress echocardiograms, echocardiograms with ultrasound enhancing agents and agitated saline studies. Responsible for performing all vascular ultrasound studies including carotid duplex, upper and lower extremity venous and arterial duplex studies, abdominal aortic studies, renal artery duplex studies, iliocaval duplex studies, mesenteric duplex studies, plethysmography and ankle-brachial index studies.

Job Responsibilities

Demonstrates knowledge of NYU policies and protocols and incorporates them into the performance of duties.
Performs all cardiac ultrasound studies including echocardiograms, treadmill stress echocardiograms, pharmacological stress echocardiograms, echocardiograms with ultrasound enhancing agents and agitated saline studies.
Performs all vascular ultrasound studies including carotid duplex, upper and lower extremity venous and arterial duplex studies, abdominal aortic studies, renal artery duplex studies, iliocaval duplex studies, mesenteric duplex studies, plethysmography and ankle-brachial index studies.
All studies must adhere to NYU protocols as well as IAC and ACR standards.
Provides for patient comfort and interacts with patient by identifying self to patient and verifies identity of the patient by checking the patient’s ID bracelet or verbal acknowledgement by patient. Technologist explains the procedure and equipment to the patient clearly and provides patient privacy at all times.
Creates a preliminary report based upon completion of the scan. Documents the scans according to departmental procedures. Enters, maintains and records all pertinent patient data. Must use good judgment when determining if the procedure was sufficient for proper diagnoses.
Usage of highly technical equipment to perform ultrasound studies.
Alerts medical staff of abnormalities that require immediate attention.
Compares present echovascular studies to previous studies to monitor changes in status.
Assists with maintaining accreditation compliance and documentation (IAC or ACR) and submitting appropriate studies to management for accreditation application.

Cardiac & Vascular Sonographer (FGP) - Palm Beach County, Florida

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