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Specialty: Echo/Cardiac Sonography
City: Columbia
State: South Carolina
Metro Area: Columbia SC
Job ID: P-32041
Shift: Days - 40 Weekly Hrs.
Length: 13 Weeks
Est. Gross Weekly Pay*: $2254
Start Date: ASAP
Facility Setting: Hospital
Assignment Location
American Traveler Allied has an opening for a contract Echo in South Carolina. This assignment puts you in the Columbia SC area. Enjoy the increased pay and new experiences that come with traveling to locations like Columbia, along with our full benefits package and top-rated customer service.
Facility Details
This is a teaching hospital that is affiliated with the Univ. of South Carolina School of Med. and has several residency programs. The specialty services include the only partially matched bone marrow transplantation program in the state, also OB with Peds, PICU and NICU, ORTHO, PSYCH, ONCL, and M/S. There are 4 CC units. It is a Level 1 Trauma center. Pediatric specialty ECMO, extra corporeal membrane oxygenation for heart surgery.
Location Info: Explore the many regions of South Carolina, from the seashore to the mid-state Lake Murray region, to thoroughbred country and beyond.
Echo Tech Job Responsibilities
Echo technicians are responsible for preparing patients and diagnostic equipment for imaging procedures. They also explain procedures to patients. After positioning the patient, an echo tech applies gel that aids in sound transmission to the patient's skin before using the diagnostic equipment to create images of the patient's heart.
Echo techs typically first complete a degree in medical sonography. They can later pursue further specialization or certification in echocardiography, and certain specialized fields of echocardiography. There is not a specific education program required to work as an echo technician, but employers may prefer to hire those who have a completed a 2-year degree in diagnostic medical sonography from a program accredited by the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS).
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- fast start $$ - above average pay in this specialty
Date Posted: 2023-06-06
