Advocate Health Care

Sonographer Cardiac I - Clinic

Advocate Health Care$73K — $110K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Certification as a Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS-AE or RCS) required within set timeframes
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification with the AHA needed within 6 months unless otherwise specified
  • Completion of an accredited Sonography program
  • No prior experience necessary
  • Intermediate computer skills and excellent interpersonal skills essential

Responsibilities

  • Perform cardiac ultrasound procedures including M-mode, 2-D, Doppler and Color Flow Doppler
  • Identify and define cardiac abnormalities during examinations
  • Prepare patients for procedures and obtain relevant clinical history
  • Assist with transesophageal studies while calculating measurements
  • Communicate findings to appropriate clinical staff
  • Maintain records and perform daily equipment maintenance in the lab
  • Demonstrate age-specific care knowledge as per departmental standards

Benefits

  • $6,000 sign-on bonus for new hires
  • First-day benefits eligibility
  • Consistent daytime hours with no weekends or call requirements
  • Opportunity to work across multiple clinic locations
  • Focus on work-life balance with regular hours
Full Job Description

Department:

05520 AMG ASLMC: ACS - Imaging Services

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Monday-Friday 7:00-5:30. No call, no weekends. Must be proficient in setting peripheral IVs within 3 months of hire.

Pay Range:

$35.50 - $53.25

Join our team as a Clinic Cardiac Sonographer in a collaborative outpatient setting across the Milwaukee area. This role offers a great work-life balance with consistent daytime hours and no call requirements. $6K Sign on bonus! Benefits first day!

Schedule:

  • Monday – Friday
  • Between 7:00 AM – 5:30 PM
  • No call, weekends, or holidays

Site Coverage:
This position will flex across multiple clinic locations, including:

  • Good Hope – 3003 W Good Hope Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53209
  • Germantown South – W180N11070 N River Ln, Germantown, WI 53022
  • Milwaukee West – 1055 N Mayfair Rd, Wauwatosa, WI 53226
  • New Berlin – 14555 W National Ave, New Berlin, WI 53151
  • Greenfield – 4131 W Loomis Rd, Greenfield, WI 53221

Major Responsibilities:

  • Performs cardiac ultrasound procedures such as M-mode, 2-D, Doppler and Color Flow Doppler utilizing a variety of equipment and techniques and makes the necessary measurements required for the interpretation to obtain accurate, high quality results (for example, muscle wall thickness, diameter of chambers, volume of chambers, valve areas, blood flow velocity and direction). May assist physicians in the Catheterization and Electrophysiology Labs by performing echocardiograph studies to aid them in proceeding with complex procedures to decrease risk factors.
  • Identifies and defines cardiac abnormalities and extends the scope of the examination appropriately.
  • Prepares patients for procedures and obtains clinical history from the patient including cardiac related physical findings and pertinent laboratory data in order to adapt the imaging techniques to obtain comprehensive and diagnostic echocardiograms to alleviate the probability of erroneous clinical interpretation of the echocardiogram.
  • Assists in performing transesophageal studies with cardiologist, calculating appropriate measurements and sterilizes probe.
  • Communicates clinical findings to the appropriate staff.
  • Records statistics and performs daily maintenance of the Echocardiography Lab and its equipment, reporting all malfunctions as appropriate.
  • Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served. Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures. Age-specific information is developed further in the departmental job standards.


Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification Required:

  • Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS-AE) registration with Adult Echo issued by the ARDMS needs to be obtained within 1 year, or
  • Cardiac Sonographer (RCS) registration issued by the Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI), and
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providerscertification issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) needs to be obtained within 6 months unless department leader has determined it is not required.


Education Required:

  • Advanced training beyond High School that includes the completion of an accredited or approved program in Sonography.


Experience Required:

  • No experience required.


Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:

  • Knowledge and ability to apply complex sonographic principles, instrumentation and techniques.
  • Knowledge of cardiac anatomy and physiology.
  • Excellent interpersonal and patient service skills.
  • Intermediate computer skills.


Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

  • Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job.
  • Able to sit 50% and stand and walk 20% of the workday.
  • Must be able to:
  • Lift up to 50 lbs. from floor to waist.
  • Lift up to 20 lbs. over the head.
  • Carry up to 40 lbs. a reasonable distance.
  • Must be able to:
  • Push/pull with 30 lbs. of force.
  • Perform a sliding transfer of 150 lbs. with a second person present.
  • Able to frequently push or pull over 100 lbs.
  • Able to use hands and feet to operate equipment.
  • Functional speech, vision and hearing.
  • Will be required to wear protective clothing (i.e., lead aprons, isolation gowns, protective eyewear, etc.) as needed.
  • May be exposed to mechanical, electrical and chemical hazards.


This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.

About Advocate Health Care

Advocate Health Care is a not-for-profit, faith-based health system providing comprehensive health care services to the people of Illinois. The organization is the largest fully integrated health care delivery system in Illinois, with more than 500 sites of care and 12 hospitals, including two of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals, the state’s largest integrated children’s network, five Level I trauma centers (the state’s highest designation in trauma care), three Level II trauma centers, one of the area’s largest home health and hospice companies and one of the region’s largest medical groups. Advocate Health Care trains more primary care physicians and residents at its four teaching hospitals than any other health system in the state. As a not-for-profit, mission-based health system affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ, Advocate contributed $1.6 billion in charitable care and services to communities across Chicagoland and Central Illinois in 2019.
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