Echo Technologist
Columbia, MO
Care Career
4x10 hrs, Days, Flexible
Referral Bonus

Job Breakdown – Adult Echocardiography Technologist
Facility: MU Health Care
Shift: Day – 4x10 hours (6:30 AM–5:00 PM)
 

1. Shift & Contract Details

• Day shift, 4 days per week, 10-hour shifts.
• Shift timing: 6:30 AM–5:00 PM.
• Contract duration: 13 weeks.
• Orientation: 10 hours.
• Weekend coverage: 1 weekend shift per month.
• Rotating shifts, holidays, and inclement-weather work may be required.

2. Mandatory Requirements

• Experience: 3 years required.
• Travel experience: Required.
• Certifications: ARDMS RDCS AE and CCI required.
• Additional credential: RDCS-RVT listed.
• Skills and procedures:
  • 2D and limited echocardiograms.
  • Adult acute care and outpatient experience.
  • Bubble studies, color Doppler, M-mode and diastology.
  • Portable studies and imaging with contrast agents.
  • Dobutamine and exercise stress echocardiograms.
  • ICU and Emergency Department procedures.
  • Experience with cardiac diagnoses and structural heart procedures.
• Equipment: Siemens, GE and Philips systems.
• Charting: Cerner preferred.
• Must be able to take call, work assigned weekends, and work at least 50% of contract holidays.
• COVID-19 and flu vaccines required; medical/religious exemptions accepted.

3. Preferred Requirements

• Trauma Level I experience.
• Cerner charting experience.
• Experience with LV strain/LV volume, Simpson's Rule, PISA and treadmill stress echo.
• Experience with pharmacologic stress echo.
• Community hospital experience is not specified as required.

4. Attendance Policy – Important

• RTO: Maximum 10 days.
• No time off during the first week because of orientation.
• Email, phone number, SSN and DOB required for submission.
• License: Missouri or Compact license must be in hand.
• Travelers living within 50 miles are not eligible.
• Travelers living 51–74 miles away receive the local rate.
• Must work at least 50% of holidays during the contract.
• Modules: Approximately 4–6 hours, non-billable; completed during orientation and annually.

5. Floating & Scheduling

• Must be available for floating as required.
• Call is required as part of the essential job functions; specific call schedule is not provided.
• Weekend coverage: 1 shift per month.
• Must be available to work assigned weekends and rotating shifts.
• Facility performs:
  • Complete and limited echocardiograms.
  • Dobutamine stress echocardiograms.
  • Exercise stress echocardiograms.
  • Structural heart procedures, including TAVR, TMVR, TTVR, TriClip and TEER.