Job Description

Echo Sonographer at Intermountain Health summary:

As an Echo Sonographer at Intermountain Health, I provide high-quality ultrasound examinations to assist in the diagnosis of patients under physician guidance. My role focuses on ensuring patient safety, adhering to ACR guidelines, and maintaining equipment for optimal imaging results. I thrive in a collaborative environment that emphasizes career development and quality patient care.

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.

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Posting Specifics

Shift Details : Full-time (40 hours), Monday – Friday, Days

Unit/Location: Intermountain Health Heart and Vascular, Wheat Ridge

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 an Echo Sonographer at Intermountain Health, you will play a vital role in supporting our Imaging service line, 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 an Echo Sonographer at Intermountain Health, you will play a vital role in supporting our imaging 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

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ultrasound experience

Physical Requirements:

Carrying, Hearing/Listening, Lifting, Manual Dexterity, Pulling/Pushing, Seeing, Sitting, Speaking, Standing.

Location:

Intermountain Health Heart & Vascular Wheat Ridge

Work City:

Wheat Ridge

Work State:

Colorado

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.  

$37.46 - $57.80

We 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.

All positions subject to close without notice.

Keywords:

Echo Sonographer, Ultrasound Technologist, Patient Care, Imaging Techniques, Healthcare, Medical Imaging, Diagnostic Exams, Collaboration, Patient Safety, ACR Guidelines

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Full time, Shift work, Monday to Friday,

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