Echo Technologist
Full-Time FTE 1.0, 40 hrs. I First Shift
BHCOR-Radiology Diagnostic I Corbin, KY
$25,000 Sign on Bonus Available for Qualified Individuals
Baptist Health Imaging services include Inpatients, emergency patients, as well as Outpatients. The Noninvasive Lab offers diagnostic services that do not require surgical procedures. This includes echocardiograms and other tests to monitor heart function and detect abnormalities.
Provides health care services by applying sonic energy to assist in diagnosis. Preforms sonography procedures, computer processing and related techniques, producing images for interpretation by a Radiologist, Cardiologist or a licensed independent practitioner. Exercises professional judgment in performance of service and maintains a demeanor complimentary to medical ethics. Recognizes various patient conditions in order to provide appropriate patient care to ensure successful completion of the exam or procedure.
Echo Vascular Technologist
The Diagnostic Imaging Department provides high-quality ultrasound and cardiovascular imaging services to support accurate diagnosis and treatment planning. The Echo Vascular Tech works collaboratively with radiologists, cardiologists, and clinical teams to deliver safe, efficient, and patient-centered imaging services while maintaining regulatory compliance and imaging excellence.
The Echo Vascular Tech provides diagnostic imaging services by applying sonic energy to assist in the evaluation of cardiac and vascular conditions. This role performs sonography procedures, computer processing, and related techniques to produce high-quality images for interpretation by a Radiologist, Cardiologist, or licensed independent practitioner.
Perform echocardiography and vascular ultrasound exams per departmental protocols
Produce high-quality diagnostic images for physician interpretation
Verify patient identity, orders, and clinical history prior to exams
Monitor patients throughout procedures to ensure safety and comfort
Assist physicians during exams and invasive procedures as needed
Document exams and patient care activities in the electronic health record
Ensure proper image archiving and participate in quality assurance activities
Maintain equipment, supplies, and a safe work environment
Technical Diploma from an accredited Sonography education program or equivalent required
Eligibility for professional registration required
Must obtain Echo Tech registration within one (1) year through ARRT, ARDMS, or CCI
Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCS) accepted
Must obtain BLS certification within 90 days of hire if not current
Less than one (1) year of experience required
1 years of special imaging or ultrasound experience preferred
Must complete Aegis Training as required
Benefits:
Tuition Assistance up to $6,000 annually
Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
Paid Time Off available upon hire
Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
PTO Sell Back Program
Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation)
Employee Support Fund for employees in need of emergency financial support
Work Experience
Education
Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 400 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics.
Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states.
Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence.
Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.
Learn more at BaptistHealth.com.
