About Us
The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals across the state, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 730-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 242,000 Michigan lives, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network, and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 93,000 network providers throughout Michigan.
Sonographer Cardiac
- Confers with patients and/or family members in order to gather pertinent patient information including history of heart problems, current medication and so forth, and documents same in patient charts.
- Explains diagnostic procedures and answers questions from patients and/or family members in order to allay fears and anxieties and elicit cooperation.
- Instructs and assists patients in assuming necessary position for required exposure to ultrasonic waves.
- Measures and records different dimensions of heart structures utilizing calipers according to established procedures.
- Reviews images and prepares information for physician interpretation.
- Maintains equipment in clean and proper working order, and replenishes machine supplies as necessary. Notifies supervisor of serious malfunctions.
- Performs other duties as requested.
Required:
- Minimum of high school diploma or equivalent.
- Completion of an accredited Echocardiography or Allied Health program that provides clinical and didactic training in the field of Echocardiography.
- Registered or Registry Eligible Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) with American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) or Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCS) with Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI). Registry eligible must become registered within six months of hire.
- BLS certification as Healthcare Provider or equivalent through the Military Training Network (MTN).
Preferred:
- Six months of Echocardiography (including Stress Echoes, TEE, and TTE procedures) work experience.
Equal Opportunity Employer
McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.
