Are you a PVL Technologist who is interested in working at a world renowned medical center with an up-beat environment?  Are you looking for a meaningful career with endless opportunities?  Do you enjoy working hands on with patients, their families, and a supportive team to provide excellent patient care? If so, you might be a great fit for a role at UPMC!  We invite you to explore our opportunities today.

 

UPMC is currently hiring a casual PVL Technologist for our UPMC McKeesport location.  This position will work daylight hours and will need to be available to provide on-call support.

Perform noninvasive Peripheral Vascular studies including (but not restricted to) arterial and venous duplex imaging with color flow Doppler, noninvasive arterial testing (pulse volume recordings/segmental limb pressures), visceral abdominal duplex imaging with color flow Doppler, extracranial duplex imaging with color flow Doppler, and other noninvasive vascular tests assigned. This goal must be achieved within 6 months to 1 year of starting date. Patient testing is performed on adolescent, geriatric and adult patients.

Responsibilities:

• Display knowledge of Doppler and Ultrasound physics when performing vascular exams.
• Provide general information to patients and their significant others while performing vascular testing.
• Enter data in computer and maintains data integrity.  Participates in the training of new technologists and students.  Participates in continuing education within the department.
• Provide support to staff to assure competency in all phases of vascular diagnostic services.
• Obtain detailed, accurate history on vascular patients.
• Display ability to troubleshoot problems with equipment and computer terminals and make minor repairs.
• Assist other staff members and hospital personnel in completion of needed tasks. Make patient care and/or interdepartmental service the number one priority.
• Maintain safety of vascular patients while in the department.
• Obtain and calculate tracing, spectral analyses and analog waveforms for vascular tests.
• Perform all studies offered in the Peripheral Vascular lab within twelve months of starting date.