Employment Type:
Full time
Shift:
Day Shift
Description:
REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE
Completion of a formal program in diagnostic medical sonography or experience with current registry status.
Registry or registry eligible.? Certification must be obtained within one year of hire date by an accredited credentialing body, such as the ARDMS or CCI.
Responsible for educational needs in accordance with license.
ACLS certification (St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Livingston only - new hires allowed 6 months to comply)
Pediatric Echo experience is highly preferred
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Provides appropriate diagnostic services under the guidance of the Technical and/or Medical Directors of the lab.
Demonstrates ability to read and understand medical technical materials and instructions.
Must be able to communicate with medical/technical personnel and patients.
Performs 2D Color Flow and Doppler studies, obtaining all necessary views in the appropriate modalities, according to physician orders, diagnosis, and lab protocols.
Performs computer aided and /or manual calculations accurately.
Demonstrates proficiency in the stress lab, prepping, taking blood pressures, obtaining patient histories, and assisting the exercise technologists.
Demonstrates competency in administering contrast. Performs contrast imaging as indicated and per lab protocol.
Demonstrates proficiency operating different kinds of ultrasound equipment, including knobology and analysis for each ultrasound machine.
Prioritizes ordered testing and request for new services, based upon clinical assessment ensuring a timely delivery of testing which is appropriate to the acuity of a patient's
condition.?
Can recognize acute situations and can notify the appropriate medical staff.
Demonstrates flexibility related to varying demand for services.? Accommodates patient? needs for urgent tests, adding additional tests to the schedule when appropriate, including overtime situations.
Provides high quality patient care considering age specific, developmental and cultural needs through competent practice and application.? Demonstrates competencies.
Fulfills the required number of on call, weekend and holiday rotations.??
REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Interpersonal skills necessary to effectively communicate with patients, physicians and other health personnel. Analytical skills necessary to assist in resolving technical problems, interpret results, and alter procedures as necessary to provide optimal care.
Ability to walk and stand for up to 100% of work times and to lift, pull, and push ultrasound equipment, and other equipment as needed.
Visual form perception to perceive detail in ultrasound images for the determination of exposure acceptability, anatomical presentation,? and image quality, auditor, sensory, verbal and mental activity.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.
Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.
Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.
EOE including disability/veteran
