*Job Details*
* Shift: Evenings:8 hours, Monday to Friday, 40 hours/week
* Work Location: Onsite; Palo Alto, CA
*Duties and Responsibilities*
* 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 contradictions, 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 sonography 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, and prepare the preliminary findings.
* Equipment Use and Maintenance
* Perform quality control procedures to ensure that the ultrasound equipment operates at optimal levels.
*Requirements*
*MINMUM QUALIFICATIONS*
*Education Qualifications*
* Requirement met by License/Certification Requirement.
*Licenses and Certifications*
* BLS - Basic Life Support
* And one of the following certifications RDCS-Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer or
* RDCS-Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer or CCI-Cardiovascular Credentialing International
*Experience*
* Two (2) years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience
*Benefits*
* Dental insurance
* Health insurance
* Vision insurance
* 401(k)
Job Types: Full-time, Travel healthcare, Contract
Pay: $124,000.00 - $141,000.00 per year
Benefits:
* 401(k)
* Dental insurance
* Health insurance
* Life insurance
* Paid time off
* Vision insurance
Medical specialties:
* Cardiology
* Telemetry
Schedule:
* 5x8
* 8 hour shift
* Day shift
* Morning shift
Ability to Relocate:
* Pleasanton, CA: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
