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Department of Veterans Affairs

Medical Instrument Technician (Echocardiography)

Fort Meade, South Dakota

Sponsorship not specified$60k-$75kDetected 21 days ago

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About the role

  • The Medical Instrument Technician (Echocardiography) will identify and record anomalies indicative of disease, injury or other medically significant conditions from ultrasound imaging and simultaneous recordings of the doppler.
  • They incorporate the causes and results of a variety of symptoms and conditions into a plan of ultrasonic diagnostic examination.
  • Education may be substituted for experience only at the GS-4 and GS-5 levels.

Responsibilities

  • Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certifications are desirable. (d) Assignment.

Requirements

  • Licensure or Certification: Licensure or Certification is not required for this occupation
  • At least 1 year of experience comparable to the next lower grade level which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics related to the duties of the positions to be filled.
  • Ability to scan transthoracic echocardiograms in all views with color flow and some Doppler.
  • Ability to conduct cardiac testing to determine the severity and variety of cardiac problems, i.e., valvular dysfunction, myocardial wall kinesia, effusions, endocardial lesions, etc.
  • Knowledge of the set-up for transesophageal echocardiograms.
  • Ability to produce diagnostic quality images and Doppler frequency shift recordings using M-mode, two-dimensional, pulsed and continuous wave Doppler spectral display, and color flow Doppler imaging.
  • Knowledge of normal echocardiographic findings and deviations produced by a wide variety of cardiovascular diseases.

Compensation

  • $60k-$75k

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
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