Sonographer (Reg) in Portsmouth

Provides health care services by utilizing high frequency sound waves for medical purposes. The sonographer is competent in the production, utilization, recognition and analysis of Ultrasound images and patterns used for patient diagnosis and treatment.

Duties and Essential Functions:

• Verifies order and patient prior to examination, obtains patient’s clinical history, reads chart/outpatient referral slip and interviews and communicates information to patient or appropriate family member.
• Prepares patients for examinations and explains procedures to patient.
• Performs Ultrasound procedures (Vascular, Abdominal, Retroperitoneal, OB/GYN, Doppler and Color Doppler).
• Observes and detects physical and psychological needs of patients during procedures requiring visual and auditory skills.
• Observes patient respiration rate.
• Detects change in patient behavior indicating patient distress, i.e. seizure, aspiration, choking, struggling or coughing.
• Operates complex Ultrasound equipment pertinent to the department's needs (Real Time, B-mode, M-Mode, Doppler, Color Flow Imaging and all related recording systems), after demonstrating competency in theory and practical application of Ultrasound techniques.
• Provides technical aide for surgical biopsy and aspiration procedures, maintains a sterile field while assisting physician by opening sterile needles, syringes, appropriate procedure trays and scanning in a sterile field with sterile gel.
• Performs diagnostic testing on equipment and promptly reports malfunctioning equipment to the Supervisor or Radiology Administrative Director.
• Contacts field engineer for equipment service as needed.

Education/License/Certification/Other Requirements:

• Minimum requirement: Graduate of Radiography or Ultrasound Program approved by the JRCERT or equivalent.
• Maintains active certification by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologist (ARRT) or American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARMDS) certification within six months from start.
• CCI certification is applicable to those that perform only cardiac and vascular studies.
• Achieves and maintains American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS).

Working Environment:

• Constantly works near moving mechanical parts.
• Constantly exposed to blood and/or body fluids and infection.
• Occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals.
• Occasionally exposed to risk of radiation.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical Demands:

• Occasionally required to maintain in a stationary position (standing or sitting).
• Frequently required to walk and move about.
• Frequently required to operate a computer and other equipment.
• Frequently required to use fine motor skills to handle and operate instruments/devices.
• Constantly required to lift and/or move items up to 10 pounds.
• Frequently required to lift and/or move items up to 50 pounds.
• Occasionally required to lift and/or move items up to 100 pounds.
• Constantly required to communicate with patients and other care team requiring talking and hearing.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
• Occasionally required to position self in order to meet patient needs.