Ultrasound Technologist MFM - Per Diem

Overview:

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Preps patients accordingly, and assists the perinatologist.

Responsibilities:

A day in the life of a Ultrasound Technologist at Hackensack Meridian Health includes:

• Images and measures appropriately. Performs all types of exams.
• Judges adequacy of image. Knows limitations of exam due to gestational age, fetal position, or patient habitus.
• Recognizes normal and abnormal anatomy.
• Develops differential diagnosis of findings.
• Asks appropriately for assistance and informs perinatologists of problems.
• Maintains patient privacy and confidentiality while providing a safe environment for patients.
• Checks equipment for optimal set-up, determines correct equipment usage, cleans and disinfects equipment as per Infection Control policies.
• Presents case to perinatologist and discusses plan of care.
• Ensures delivery of excellent customer service resulting in positive and improving patient satisfaction scores for department and Medical Center.
• Maintains supplies and restocks as needed.
• Promotes a compassionate and supportive environment. Demonstrates prompt and consistent service. Incorporate customer's and patient's rights into all aspects of job performance.
• Communicates (verbally and/or in writing) ideas and instructions to others clearly, accurately and effectively. Demonstrates listening skills, solicits input and feedback from others.
• Takes responsibility for own actions and attitude. Provides extraordinary service to our patients and customers.
• Demonstrates ability to work with others effectively within and outside the department.
• Displays knowledge of PMC services and programs, and the locations that provide these services.
• Contributes to a clean, safe and uncluttered work environment.
• Behaves professionally in all interactions with patients, families and other staff members.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Associate's degree in Ultrasound Technology.
• Certification in Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography required.
• First Trimester Certification, Fetal Medicine Foundation Nuchal Translucency
• 2-3 years prior experience required.
• Requires ability to read and concentrate frequently to check accuracy of reports, correspondence, computer records, etc.
• Requires ability to read, understand, analyze and interpret policies and procedures.
• Requires ability to deal with stress of dealing with public, frequent interruptions, and working on more than one task concurrently.
• Requires flexibility in order to respond to changes in priorities, special project assignments, and emergency situations.
• Apply principals of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions in order to provide effective patient care.

Working Conditions:

• Long periods of sitting with frequent standing or moving to other areas to retrieve or return documents, and make copies.
• Requires periods of keying on computer terminal to input information.
• Requires constant verbal communication in person or using the phone.
• Requires frequent reading of correspondence, reports, material, etc.
• Frequently lifts objects from 10 - 150 lbs.
• Frequently lifts with assistance objects greater than 150 lbs.
• Frequently carries objects weighing up to 50 lbs.
• Frequently pushes objects up to 500 lbs with assistance from others.

If you feel the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!