Sonographer $8,000 Sign On Bonus
Grand Junction, CO, 81501, USA
- Healthcare
- Full-time
- sonographer
- ultrasound technician
- diagnostic imaging
The Sonographer performs ultrasound examinations to assist physicians in diagnosing patient conditions, ensuring high-quality imaging and adherence to medical protocols. This full-time role requires certification and experience in various ultrasound specialties, with responsibilities spanning patient preparation, equipment use, and documentation. The position offers a sign-on bonus and emphasizes career growth within a healthcare-focused environment.
Job Description:
The Ultrasound Tech provides excellent customer service by performing ultrasound examinations under the direction of a physician for identification of abnormalities leading to patient diagnosis.Posting Specifics
Shift Details: Full-time (40 Hours), variable with call
Unit/Location: St. Mary’s Regional Hospital
Additional Details: Please review Minimum Qualifications listed below before applying.
Are you interested in advancing your career while helping people live the healthiest lives possible? As aSonographer at Intermountain Health, you will play a vital role in supporting our clinical team, ensuring our patients receive the best care. At Intermountain, you will be part of a team that values career advancement, innovation and collaboration, where your skills are valued, and your contributions make a lasting impact.
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As a Sonographer at Intermountain Health, you will play a vital role in supporting our clinical team, ensuring our patients receive the best care by:
- 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.
Minimum Qualifications Ultrasound Tech I
- 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)
- Basic life support (BLS) certification for healthcare providers.
PreferredQualifications Ultrasound Tech I
- Ultrasound experience.
Minimum Qualifications Ultrasound Tech II
- Must have completed a minimum of two additional years of experience relevant to the department post obtaining Ultrasound Tech I. (Primary Children’s one of the two years must be pediatric experience)
- American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS) Registry - Successful completion of one additional registry pertinent to the department beyond Ultrasound Technologist I or (SPI + 2 registries). Options include Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN), abdominal, neuro, breast, pediatric, Vascular, or Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS). (Primary Children’s one of the two registries must be pediatric)
- Health ServicesBCLS - Basic life support (Certification for Healthcare Providers)
PreferredQualifications Ultrasound Tech II
- Additional experience
- Additional registries
- Vascular experience
Physical Requirements:
Carrying, Hearing/Listening, Lifting, Manual Dexterity, Pulling/Pushing, Seeing, Sitting, Speaking, Standing.
Location:
St. Marys Regional HospitalWork City:
Grand JunctionWork State:
ColoradoScheduled Weekly Hours:
40The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.
$38.77 - $59.82We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.
Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.
Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
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