✓You’ll need

Certifications

✓Registered Diagnotstic Medical Sonographer (RDMS)

✓Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association.

✓Additionally, Methodist Hospital of Sacramento has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center.

Qualifications

✓Demonstrated knowledge of ultrasound physics and instrumentation, physiology, anatomy and non-invasive vascular imaging as represented by ultrasound techniques, currently accepted diagnostic ultrasonographic and non-invasive vascular imaging procedures.

✓Where You'll Work

✓Founded in 1973, Dignity Health - Methodist Hospital is a 158-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Sacramento, California.

✓Serving over 80,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II NICU, heart care, cancer care, women’s health, and neurology.

✓One Community. One Mission. One California

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As our Ultrasound Technologist (Sonographer), you will utilize advanced sonographic equipment to record detailed images of blood, organs, tissues, and bodily masses, including unborn fetuses, providing critical visual data for diagnosis and prenatal care.

and Responsibilities As our Ultrasound Technologist (Sonographer), you will utilize advanced sonographic equipment to record detailed images of blood, organs, tissues, and bodily masses, including unborn fetuses, providing critical visual data for diagnosis and prenatal care. Every day you will directly interact with patients, explaining procedures, answering questions, and preparing them for scans. You will meticulously operate sonographic equipment, adjusting settings and patient positions to ensure clear, diagnostic images. You will monitor and care for patients to ensure their safety and comfort, select and examine images for pathologies, and present preliminary findings to Physicians. To be successful in this role, you will possess excellent patient service and communication skills, sharp eyesight, and meticulous attention to detail. You will demonstrate strong technical proficiency, sound judgment, and advanced decision-making skills to effectively capture and interpret sonographic data, ensuring optimal diagnostic support. Uses independent judgement according to the circumstances of the procedure performs a broad range of ultrasound imaging procedures to create diagnostic medical images that meet the acceptability by the Medical Director. Assists the physician with guidance procedures and intra-operative studies. Maintains a repeat rate of 3%
5%. Positively identifies patient and correlates procedure with physician's order. Explains procedure to patient and responds to patient questions/concerns before beginning. Obtains written consent to proceed when required by hospital standard practice and for invasive procedures that sufficient explanation for informed consent has been given by a physician. Measured by record/chart review with 95%
98% compliance. Reviews patient schedule daily prior to beginning workload to insure there are no scheduling errors, prioritizes exams and maintains patient flow so that scheduled patients wait no longer than 15
20 minutes for their procedure. Informs patient of reason for delay when emergency cases are added on. Measured by no more than 1
02 formal complaints per year. Maintains work area in a neat and clean fashion, observes that equipment is in safe operating condition 95%
98% of the time. Reports equipment issues to supervisor or seeks appropriate resources for repairs within one hour. Measured by observation and no more than 1
2 formal complaints per year. Maintains accurate records of procedures and makes appropriate entries into medical record and R.I.S. Prepares or verifies that internal case file record is complete. Verifies patient symptoms and records additional pertinent information obtained from the patient. Measured by complete documentation 95%
98% of the time. Maintains and preserves patient privacy, dignity and comfort by using table pads, patient gowns, blankets and sheets to cover the patient during all procedures 95%
98% of the time. Measured by observation and no more than 1
2 formal complaints per year. Job Requirements Required Registered Diagnotstic Medical Sonographer (RDMS) Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association. Perform diagnostic ultrasonographic and non-invasive vascular procedures with a high level of expertise, ability to distinguish between normal and abnormal pathology, accurately interpret medical charts. Demonstrated knowledge of ultrasound physics and instrumentation, physiology, anatomy and non-invasive vascular imaging as represented by ultrasound techniques, currently accepted diagnostic ultrasonographic and non-invasive vascular imaging procedures. Where You'll Work Founded in 1973, Dignity Health - Methodist Hospital is a 158-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Sacramento, California. Serving over 80,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II NICU, heart care, cancer care, women’s health, and neurology. Additionally, Methodist Hospital of Sacramento has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center. One Community. One Mission. One California

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