Echo Tech II BWH Cardiovascular

Echo Tech II BWH Cardiovascular-(3304214)

Description

The Cardiac Imaging Core Lab (CICL) is located within the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a Harvard-affiliated hospital that is situated directly adjacent to Harvard Medical School. The CICL provides cardiac imaging core laboratory services for large-scale national and international clinical trials. The CICL is an academic-oriented research organization that works with academic, government, and industry partners and collaborators nationally and internationally. Working under the supervision of Harvard Faculty Directors, the Echo Tech II will be an integral member of the CICL and will assist with high-level, complex research including but not limited to echocardiographic analysis and data quality assurance. A motivated individual in this position may contribute to scientific publications and presentations at scientific meetings and will help investigate novel methods and technologies in the CICL’s area of research.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serves as an integral part of the imaging research team and provides general expertise and technical leadership.
• Performs echocardiographic analysis of heart size and function in a high quality, scientific, and reproducible manner. These analyses may include 2D, M-Mode, Color Doppler, 3D, and deformational measures.
• Implements and documents technical QC / QA procedures including the over-reading of measurements and the reproducibility of analysis.
• Performs routine reproducibility testing.
• Assists with the creation, testing, and validation of study specific databases and analysis software.
• Participates in lab wide and / or project specific meetings.
• Provides other echocardiographic technical research support as per the CICL Directors as it relates to the overall research scope of the CICL.
• Maintain appropriate document control standards per SOPs.

Qualifications

SKILLS / ABILITIES / COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

None