What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sonographer position at Intermountain Health?
Sonographer at Intermountain Health
As a Sonographer at Intermountain Health, you will provide patient-centered care by using advanced imaging techniques to conduct high-quality diagnostic exams for patients of all ages. You will be part of a collaborative clinical team, ensuring proper patient identification and documentation while adhering to safety and quality protocols.
Job Description:
Sonographers at Intermountain Health are committed to providing patient-centered care while demonstrating our values of Integrity, Trust, Excellence, Accountability, and Mutual Respect.
If you are interested in advancing your career while helping people live the healthiest lives possible, as an Ultrasound Technologist at Intermountain Health, you will play a vital role in supporting our clinical team, ensuring our patients receive the best care.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensures proper patient identification, verifies orders, and prepares patients for exams.
- Uses proper imaging techniques to ensure timely, safe, and high-quality diagnostic exams.
- Demonstrates the ability to perform any exam on all ages of patients (neonates, pediatrics, adolescents, adults, and geriatrics) using appropriate protocol and following ACR guidelines.
- Demonstrates proficiency on all clinical equipment within the department.
- Completes and annotates a medically acceptable exam, following ACR guidelines while producing the maximum diagnostic information in a minimal amount of time.
- Follows appropriate protocol for medical necessity, coding, and charging, obtaining consents if necessary, documenting any events that may occur, for quality, maintaining a current QC program for ACR and reporting any equipment failures or problems.
- Exhibits good safety practices in body substance protection, cleaning of equipment, using proper sterile techniques, and removing any expired materials.
- Thoroughly and accurately completes all required documentation, including time stamps and image storage.
Requirements:
- ARRT Registry or ARDMS Registry. The ARDMS must include successful completion of one registry pertinent to the department beyond physics (options include OB, abdominal, neuro, breast, and vascular), required.
- Basic life support (BLS) certification for healthcare providers, required.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Ultrasound experience, preferred.
Physical Requirements:
Carrying, Hearing/Listening, Lifting, Manual Dexterity, Pulling/Pushing, Seeing, Sitting, Speaking, Standing.
Location:
Platte Valley HospitalWork City:
BrightonWork State:
ColoradoScheduled Weekly Hours:
36The hourly range for this position is $37.46 - $57.80. We provide a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness.
We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from qualified candidates without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
Salary : $37 - $58