Echo Technologist
Pocatello, Idaho
Portneuf Medical Center

Echo Tech Cardiac Sonographer Pediatrics

Overview

• Specialty: Radiology / Cardiology
• Location: Pocatello, Idaho
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Schedule: Day shift, 4x10 hours (7:30 to 17:30), Tuesday through Friday, plus call
• Hours: 10 per day, 40 per week
• Scope: Echo tech works with adults and pediatrics

Required Qualifications

• Echo Technologist with 1 year of experience, including experience within the last year
• Pediatric echocardiography experience
• RCS certification
• RDMS-Peds certification
• BLS certification issued by American Heart Association, American Red Cross, RQI, or American Safety and Health Institute

Certifications and Clearances (As Applicable)

• ACLS (AHA, RQI, ARC, or American Safety and Health Institute)
• PALS (AHA, ARC, RQI, or American Safety and Health Institute)
• NRP, CHEMO, TNCC, MAB, NIH Stroke, CPI
• NURSYS verification (RN, LPN/LVN, AP)
• State license primary-source verification
• Medication/pharmacology competency exam (80% or Angoff score)

Health Requirements

• Physical exam within 12 months of start
• Negative 2-step PPD, QuantiFERON-Gold, or T-SPOT within 1 year of start; positive results require proof, a chest X-ray within 5 years dated after the positive result, and a TB questionnaire within 90 days of start
• Adult Tdap within 10 years of start
• Immunity documentation for rubeola, mumps, rubella, hepatitis B, and varicella (titer, vaccine series, or declination as applicable; vaccine records stating "per history" are not accepted)
• Negative 10-panel drug screen within 90 days of start
• Flu vaccination or approved medical/religious exemption required during flu season (10/01 to 03/31); declinations not accepted
• Fit test within 1 year of start, renewed annually (onsite fit test at this location)