Echo Tech
Position Highlights 
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Specialty: Echo/Cardiac Sonography | Radiology Technologist
City: Decatur
State: Illinois
Metro Area: Decatur IL
Job ID: P-320091
Shift: Days - 40 Weekly Hrs.
Length: 13 Weeks
Est. Gross Weekly Pay*: $2840
Start Date: ASAP
Facility Setting: Hospital
Assignment Location
American Traveler Allied has an opening for a contract Echo Tech in Illinois. This assignment puts you in the Decatur IL area. Enjoy the increased pay and new experiences that come with traveling to locations like Decatur, along with our full benefits package and top-rated customer service.
Facility Details
This is an over 250 bed Hospital facility with Level 2 NICU, Level II Trauma Center and stroke center .
Location Info: Illinois is top midwestern destination for allied healthcare practitioners, host to many advanced practice centers. Career enhancing employment options abound here.
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: 2024-10-22
