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About Cedars-Sinai and Smidt Heart Institute

Cedars-Sinai is a world-class academic medical center known for innovation, excellence in patient care, and groundbreaking research. The Smidt Heart Institute is internationally recognized for its comprehensive cardiovascular programs and commitment to translational science.

Come join Dr. Cheng?s Team!

https://researchers.cedars-sinai.edu/Susan.Cheng

The Echo Sonographer I is an entry level position that assists physicians in performing basic Echocardiographic imaging and other procedures. Performs ultrasound imaging technologies for cardiac patients in an in-patient and out-patient setting. Assists with detecting issues related to blood flow and heart ailments and escalates appropriately to physicians as they develop diagnoses and design patient treatment plans. Receives mentorship until able to exercise competency in the use of all related ultrasound equipment and imaging protocols. Responsible for maintaining a safe patient environment and ensures that the room and equipment are prepared, functional and stocked for assigned procedures.

Principal Responsibilities:

Performs only basic echocardiographic imaging procedures utilizing approved protocols per standards of practice for safety, speed, organization, precision and accuracy based upon the department?s accrediting agency and/or department guidelines for exam protocols, adhering to department safety and productivity standards.

Performs preliminary interpretation of 2D/Doppler studies Pericardiocentesis, bubble, and contrast studies and creates preliminary reports to present to physician.

Provides standard patient and family education for procedure and preparation for test. Reviews patient?s medical history, previews ultrasound images and prepares preliminary reports.

Assists physicians with echo imaging during pericardiocentesis.

Works in collaboration with interdisciplinary team, such as Attending/residents and clinicians and colleagues related to echocardiography procedures.

Enters patient data into ultrasound equipment accurately.

Receives mentorship and training to obtain working knowledge of all echocardiography diagnostics and equipment as appropriate to services provided.

Provides first pass assessment and evaluation of patients. Promptly reports critical findings to reading or the on-call physician.

Reviews and reports daily operational status of equipment. Cleans equipment after use and restores order of equipment. Ensures sterile protocols and radiation safety.

Performs other duties as determined collaboratively that are within the scope of practice of an echo sonographer and the health care institution's policies.

Provides recommendations on guidelines for laboratory operation and continually evaluates quality of diagnostic

Qualifications

Education:

High School Diploma required 

Vocational/Technical Diploma, Graduate of an accredited ultrasound school Required

Work Experience:

1 year Experience as a cardiac sonographer Required

Licenses and Certifications:

Basic Life Support (BLS) BCLS certified Upon Hire Required

Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer RDCS issued by American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) - Within 1 Year of hire required

Registered Cardiac Sonographer RCS issued by Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI) - Within1 Year of hire required

 

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About Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Providing healthcare for more than 100 years, Cedars-Sinai has evolved into one of the most dynamic and highly renowned medical centers in the world. Along with caring for patients, Cedars-Sinai is a hub for biomedical research and a training center for future physicians and other healthcare professionals. This attracts exceptional talent to Cedars-Sinai, including world-renowned physician-scientists who seek a place where they can both conduct research and see patients--the ideal formula for discovery and its translation into cures. Our patients benefit from access to doctors at the top of their fields, and our researchers have an ideal community in which to study the impact of healthcare challenges, and reflect that knowledge in their research. The greater Los Angeles area in which Cedars-Sinai resides possesses unparalleled cultural and ethnic diversity which offers outstanding opportunities for translational and clinical research and a dynamic environment for medical education.Although community based, Cedars-Sinai is a major teaching hospital affiliated with the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Cedars-Sinai has highly competi...tive graduate medical education programs in more than 50 specialty and subspecialty areas, a graduate program in biomedical sciences and translational medicine, a clinical scholars program directed towards junior physicians with aspirations to become clinical scientists, and post graduate training opportunities.There are more than 250 full-time faculty members at Cedars-Sinai. The voluntary medical staff, comprised of more than 2,200 specialty board-certified or board-qualified physicians, represent all of the specialties and subspecialties and collaborate with full-time medical staff in the teaching responsibilities of the graduate medical education programs.

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