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Ultrasound Technologist
| Company | Intermountain Healthcare |
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| Location | Lafayette, CO, USA |
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| Salary | $38.77 – $59.82 |
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| Type | Part-Time |
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| Degrees | |
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| Experience Level | Junior, Mid Level |
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Requirements
- 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).
- Basic life support (BLS) certification, issued by American Heart Association, required.
Responsibilities
- Ensure proper patient identification, verify orders, and prepare patients for exams.
- Use proper imaging techniques to ensure timely, safe, and high quality diagnostic exams.
- Demonstrate the ability to perform any exam on all ages of patients (neonates, pediatrics, adolescents, adults and geriatrics) using appropriate protocol and following ACR guidelines.
- Demonstrate proficiency on all clinical equipment within the department.
- Complete and annotate a medically acceptable exam, following ACR guidelines while producing the maximum diagnostic information in a minimal amount of time.
- Follow 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.
- Exhibit good safety practices in body substance protection, cleaning of equipment, using proper sterile techniques, and removing any expired materials.
- Thoroughly and accurately complete all required documentation, including time stamps and image storage.
Preferred Qualifications
- RVT Certification, highly preferred.
- Ultrasound experience, preferred.
