Location Detail: St Vincents Medical Center (10427)
Shift Detail: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, from 8am-4:30pm, day shift
Work Location Type: In Person
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Job Summary:
Performs diagnostic procedures on patients using ultrasound waves to examine tissue and body structure, providing quality images to radiologists and physicians for interpretation.
Responsibilities:
• Sets up and adjusts all equipment and manually maneuvers transducers to perform exams.
• Implements safety standards and performs appropriate quality control procedures.
• Performs routine and complex studies and assists physician in a variety ofimaging procedures.
• Recognizes significant structures, artifacts, pathology and equipmentlimitations.
• Performance of sterile processing of equipment.
• Follows protocols and or physician specific orders. Reviews prior images/reports/patient history as needed.
• Participate in various teaching and mentoring of ultrasound students.
• Able to perform on all age groups from infant to adult/geriatric.
• Organizes processed images, measurements, calculations and other data in a logical sequence for presentation to the physician for interpretation. •Consults with the physician as applicable regarding the quality of images and data obtained.
Qualifications
- Registered Radiology Technician specializing in Sonography credentialed from the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.
- Medical Sonographer credentialed from the American Registry for DiagnosticMedical Sonography (ARDMS) obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.
- Graduate of an accredited Diagnostic Medical Sonography program andMinimum of one year competency in diagnostic medical sonography preferred
- New graduates will be considered
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