Fetal Cardiac Sonographer

• Work collaboratively with hospital staff.
• Perform Echocardiograms, including measurements, and other diagnostic tests accurately and efficiently.
• Maintain Records/Billing forms accurately.
• Promote education for others in department about echocardiography.

Functional Abilities

• Independently perform echos on complex patients with congenital heart disease in inpatient and outpatient setting in a timely fashion.
• Independently perform fetal echocardiograms on expecting mother’s fetus for early detection of congenital heart disease.
• Perform all required modalities for standard/research echos according to protocol.
• Provides education to expecting mothers on using handheld Doppler probe.
• Assist in the training of fellows and sonography trainees on fetal echocardiography.
• Utilize on-line and/or off line analysis system effectively.
• Perform analysis in a timely fashion.
• Strive for accuracy; check work consistently and keep up with heavy volume; strive to improve quality of echos.

Records/Billing

• All pertinent patient information is obtained for studies.
• All studies are created completely and accurately using the PACS system.
• All studies billed completely and in a timely fashion.

Research Activities/Special Projects

• Volunteer to be responsible for research project.
• Assist physicians/fellows with research, willingly.
• Collect all pertinent information.
• Assist director of echocardiography with telemedicine.
• Assist director of echocardiography with 3D echo and contrast studies.

Equipment/Supplies

• Advise supervisor of any problems with equipment.
• Advise supervisor when supplies are low.
• Echo machine and probes are kept clean between patients.
• Help maintain neat and orderly work station and echo lab.

Regional Outpatient Centers

• Be reliable and on-time.
• Perform echos, EKG’s and Holter monitors in a timely fashion.
• Be able to handle heavy volume effectively and efficiently.
• Work well with physicians, nurses and families.
• Keep clinics well stocked with supplies.

Other Responsibilities

• Participate in all aspects of on-call responsibilities and be reliable; work well with cardiologists.
• Instruct and guide junior level techs/fellows on approach to echoing patients with complex heart disease.
• Guide junior level techs/fellows on obtaining quality studies (utilization of transducers/controls).
• Instruct junior level techs/fellows on use of echo machine, digital acquisition and ISCV system.