Ultrasound Tech III

Job Brief

1 Opening

Pay Range: ULTRASOUND TECH III - $47.98 to $76.76

ULTRASOUND TECH III

Job Summary

The Ultrasound Tech III provides patient care services utilizing ultrasound equipment to provide general diagnostic ultrasound, and one additional modality in compliance with regulatory requirements; also responsible for also responsible for image and data generation for physician evaluation, teaching and coaching ultrasound students,patient transport and schedule coordination and assisting withadministrative support of the department.

Licensure And Certification

• ARDMS or CCI credential in one modality and skills/competency of one additional modality.
• Current BLS provider card
  
  

Education

• High school graduate or GED equivalent
  
  

Experience

• Experienced in all general ultrasound exams and one additional modality
• One additional modality if vascular
• Vascular experience in all vascular exams
• One additional modality if Echo
• Echo experience in Adult echocardiograms including with contrast, TEE, and stress echo
  

Knowledge And Skills

• Patient care in hospital setting
• Ability to perform exams to the standards outlines by the hospitals protocols
• Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing
• Ability to work flexible schedules and take call as needed
• Strong organizational skills
• Problem solving skills
• Basic computer skills
  
  

Equipment

• Hospital based EMR system
• Department specific PAC’s system
• Ultrasound equipment
  
  

Physical Demands - Patient Care

• Continuous standing/walking and occasional/intermittent sitting.
• Continuous use of bilateral upper extremities in fine motor activities requiring fingering, grasping, and forward reaching between waist and shoulder level to handle/operate medical equipment/devices.
• Frequent reaching above shoulder level and overhead.
• Frequent forward bending, twisting, squatting and kneeling; occasional climbing.
• Occasional repositioning and transferring patients weighing up to 200 pounds between bed, chair, and gurney.
• Occasional lifting and carrying equipment weighing up to 25 pounds.
• Occasional/intermittent pushing of gurneys, wheelchairs, bed and other medical equipment over tiled and carpeted surfaces.
• Continuous use of near vision to read medical equipment such as monitoring devices and reading documents and computer screens; hearing and verbal communication to interact with patients, co-workers, and other customers.
  
  

Key for Physical Demands

Continuous

66 to 100% of the time

Frequent

33 to 65% of the time

Occasional

0 to 32% of the time