SONOGRAPHER
Company: IDR Healthcare
Location: Woodstock
Posted on: October 18, 2024
Job Description:
Looking for a rockstor Sonographer/Ultrasound Technologist to
join a winning team in a fun/family environment. Outpatient setting
in a beautiful location working a comfortable pace of 10
scans/day.ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Prepare exam room and ultrasound equipment to conduct
sonography examinations in accordance with infections disease,
sterilization, and patient safety protocols, policies, and
procedures.
- Assume responsibility for the safety of the patient during the
sonographic examination.
- Review patient medical history and supporting clinical
information.
- Ensure that the sonography examination order is complete,
contains relevant information, and meets the standard of medical
necessity.
- Evaluate any contraindications, insufficient patient
preparation, and the patient's inability or unwillingness to
tolerate the examination and associated procedures.
- Communicate with the patient in a manner appropriate to the
patient's ability to understand.
- Use proper patient positioning tools, devices, equipment
adjustment, and ergonomically correct scanning techniques to ensure
patient comfort and safety, and to prevent compromised data
acquisition and musculoskeletal injury to the sonographer.
- Conduct patient clinical assessment and perform the diagnostic
medical examination ordered by the supervising physician in
accordance with professional and facility protocols.
- Apply independent, professional, ethical judgment, and critical
thinking to safely perform diagnostic sonography procedures.
- Apply independent judgment during the sonography examination to
ensure that appropriate anatomical, pathological, and clinical
conditions are accurately captured in the examination images.
- Except as authorized by written facility policies and
procedures, refer specific diagnostic, treatment or prognosis
questions to the appropriate physician or healthcare
professional.
- As necessary, acquire additional ultrasound imaging to
facilitate optimum diagnostic results for the interpreting
physician.
- Identify and document any limitations to the sonography
examination.
- Review examination images, synthesize examination results.
- Except as authorized by written facility policies and
procedures, refer specific diagnostic, treatment or prognosis
questions to the appropriate physician or healthcare
professional.
- Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality in accordance with
privacy laws (e.g. HIPAA) and facility policies, and
procedures.
- Adhere to accepted professional and ethical standards.
- Provide patient services consistent with the Scope of Practice
and Clinical Provide preliminary report of sonography examinations
for use by the interpreting physician.
- Assist with the daily operation of the sonography
facility.
- Perform quality control procedures to ensure that the
ultrasound equipment operates at optimal levels.
- Exercise responsibility to ensure that the ultrasound equipment
is functioning accurately.
- Assume responsibility for the preventive maintenance program
for ultrasound equipment.
- Document any incidental findings that might impact patient
safety or patient care and provide that information to the
interpreting physician.
- Operate the Picture Archiving and Communication System
(PACS).
- Exercise responsibility for the maintenance and accuracy of
facility reports, database records and logs.Qualifications:
- Sonography education, training, and experience in the specialty
area(s) to be performed.
- Demonstrated competence in the specialty area(s) to be
performed, including sonographer certification by the American
Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS), American
Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT), and/or Cardiovascular
Credentialing International (CCI).
- Demonstrated commitment to professional growth and lifelong
learning (e.g., continuing medical education in the specialty
area(s) performed, higher education, research, staff training,
etc.).
- Demonstrated proficiency with computer skills and software
programs used for documentation activities and report
generation.
- State sonographer licensure, where applicable.
Keywords: IDR Healthcare, Johns Creek , SONOGRAPHER, Healthcare , Woodstock, Georgia
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