Cardiology Specialist

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Cardiology Specialist, you will perform various diagnostic procedures to support cardiac care, following established protocols and standards. In doing so, you will provide assistance to a diverse patient population, focusing on delivering precise, safe tests and ensuring consistency in your work.Every day, you will use your expertise to gather critical data and work collaboratively with team members, creating a supportive environment for patient evaluation. By maintaining high standards, you will help ensure accurate, timely information to guide healthcare decisions.To be successful in this role, you will draw on a strong foundation in cardiovascular techniques, effective communication, and the ability to adapt to changing clinical situations. Your commitment to delivering responsible care will align with broader organizational goals and priorities.

• This position will perform routine and complex echocardiography, ECG, cardiac exercise and interventional Cardiac Catheterization procedures in accordance with department standards on the orders of the referring physician. Along with high quality patient care incumbent will manage the service consistent with medical, ethical, and legal requirements.
• Documentation: Performs legible, timely, concise and accurate documentation according to policies and procedures.
• Records appropriate cardiac structure on digital images and cine-loops to determine overall function of the heart with less than 2% omission rate.
• Proficient and competent with computerized documentation system.
• Organizational Skills: Uses appropriate organization, priority setting and problem solving skills.
• Recognizes, accepts and cooperates with direction from facility leadership. Disposition of studies by patient status and age of order. Completes study within scheduled shift unless cleared by the supervisor, noting completion on patient's chart 95% to 98% of the time.

Job Requirements

Required

• Vocational School Grad, Two (2) years of college education with courses in physiology, anatomy and echocardiography and one (1) year experience or,
• One (1) year clinical internship and
• Experience in echocardiographic andDoppler technology or the ability to exhibitthe special skills listed. and
• Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer, within 12 - months or
• Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer, within 12 - months or
• Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer Adult Echo, within 12 - months or
• Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer Fetal Echo, within 12 - months or
• Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer Pediatric Echo, within 12 - months or
• Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Abdomen, within 12 - months or
• Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Breast, within 12 - months or
• Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Neurosonology, within 12 - months or
• Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer OB/GYN, within 12 - months or
• Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Pediatric Sono, within 12 - months or
• Registered Cardiac Sonographer CCI, within 12 - months and
• Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association

Preferred

• Two (2) years experience
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support.

Where You’ll Work

Dignity Health Woodland Memorial Hospital is Yolo County’s largest health care provider, serving the community since 1905. Woodland Memorial Hospital is a 108-bed acute care facility offering the most comprehensive range of health care services in Yolo County, including inpatient and outpatient surgical services, family birth center/labor and delivery, emergency services, home health services, palliative care, inpatient mental health services, sleep disorders center and cancer care services. With strong ties to our community, we believe in providing compassionate, high-quality health care to you and your family, close to home. Woodland Memorial Hospital is part of Dignity Health, one of the nation’s largest health care systems with a 22-state network. For more information, please visit our website here at www.dignityhealth.org/woodland.

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