Sonographer at Intermountain Health

To show our commitment to you and to assist with your transition into our organization, we will also offer up to a $8,000 sign-on bonus, if applicable.  

Scope

• 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.

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), required
• Basic life support (BLS) certification for healthcare providers, required.
• Ultrasound experience, preferred.