
Cardiac Sonographer Lead
- Littleton, CO
- $41.43-62.15 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
Performs diagnostic procedures to assess cardiac structures and hemodynamics in accordance with applicable scope and standards of practice. Leads cardiac sonography team members by providing advanced knowledge of job.Responsibilities:
- Provides coaching and evaluation of staff. Promotes teamwork and cooperation. Assists with coordinating services, prioritizing workflow, and promoting problem-solving.
- Provides guidance on handling complex or novel issues. Oversees equipment quality control testing, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
- Performs echocardiography procedures on patients; selects and utilizes various transducers according to anatomy. Differentiates normal and abnormal structures.
- Ensures that sufficient information has been acquired to provide diagnosis. Analyzes results and identifies issues with the quality of imaging results. Enters, transmits and reports scan results.
- Within scope of job, requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgement and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment and take appropriate action.
- Registered Sonographer
Registered Cardiovascular Sonographer * Graduate of an accredited Ultrasound Technologist or Diagnostic Medical Sonographer program.Required Licensure/ Certification: Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) by the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS), or Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCS) by Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI). * Minimum Experience: 2 years of cardiac sonography experience.
- BLS through the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross CPR for the Professional Rescuer with card in-hand before start date. BLS or CPR card must be good through sixty days of hire.
- Medical, dental and vision coverage including coverage for eligible dependents
- 403(b) with employer matching contributions
- Time away from work: paid time off (PTO), paid family and medical leave (inclusive of Colorado FAMLI), leaves of absence; start your employment at UCHealth with PTO in your bank
- Employer-paid basic life and accidental death and dismemberment coverage with buy-up coverage options
- Employer paid short term disability and long-term disability with buy-up coverage options
- Wellness benefits
- Full suite of voluntary benefits such as flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent care, health savings accounts (available with HD/HSA medical plan only), identity theft protection, pet insurance, and employee discount programs
- Education benefits for employees, including the opportunity to be eligible for 100% of tuition, books and fees paid for by UCHealth for specific educational degrees. Other programs may qualify for up to $5,250 pre-paid by UCHealth or in the form of tuition reimbursement each calendar year
- UCHealth is a qualifying employer for the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program! UCHealth provides employees with free assistance navigating the PSLF program to submit their federal student loans for forgiveness through Savi.