Job Description
Position: - Ultrasound Tech, Women's Health Clinic
Location: - Grand Junction, CO 81505
Job Description
- 3-5 years of OBGYN Experience Required!
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Day to day work is focused on these key performance areas:
Patient Care:
- Responsible for providing patient care in accordance with the hospital mission, goals, rules and policy and procedures guidelines.
- Responsible for adhering to the Service Excellence Standards.
- Provide respectful, professional leadership qualities during all interactions with patients and employees of the organization.
- Responsible for making sure all equipment necessary is on and operational prior to performing patient procedures.
- Responsible for verifying the department is open and waiting area is open for patients.
- Responsible for properly greeting patients, verify correct patient name, DOB, proper exam and diagnosis and verify Dr. order prior to performing exams or procedures.
- Provide answers or follow up for all patient concerns or questions they may have regarding exams or procedures.
- Responsible for cleaning and stocking rooms after every exam.
- Responsible for cleaning all equipment after every use (scanner, table, counters, operators console, workstations, injectors, wheelchairs, etc.).
- Responsible for maintaining all necessary certifications (RDMS, CPR, etc.) required for position.
- Responsible for maintaining 12 category A CE credits per year.
- Answering the phone by the third ring as needed.
- Providing help to all other areas of the department as needed.
- Responsible for taking call and performing all Technologists duties of assigned position according to the needs of the department to provide coverage for each modality.
- Responsible for proper patient transport, lifting and moving techniques.
- Responsible for carrying pager at all times during assigned shift and on-call shifts.
- Support Radiologists as needed.
Patient Exam:
- Verify and clarify all Physician orders prior to performing exam or procedure.
- Responsible for knowing equipment, scanning techniques and parameters in accordance with Radiologist requests and recommendations.
- Responsible for providing proper preps and protocols per exam to ensure the proper test for the proper diagnosis.
- Responsible for familiarizing yourself with the diagnostic US protocol books.
- Responsible for maintaining competencies on all equipment necessary to perform job duties.
- Responsible for adjusting schedules as needed to accommodate add-on, ER and STAT exams.
- Recognize pertinent anatomy and pathology and adjust imaging parameters as needed to provide the Radiologist with the most complete exam possible to provide a diagnosis.
- Starting IV's using proper infection control techniques.
- Verifying orders in inpatient, ICU and ER patient charts.
- Responsible for charging and verifying all necessary charges associated with each exam and procedure.
- Perform all post processing duties for all procedures.
- Responsible for completing all paperwork necessary for each exam and procedure.
- Assist Physicians with all invasive procedures including room and supply setup using sterile technique.
- Responsible for proper documentation, identification and marking of all images.
Patient Results:
- Responsible for maintaining accurate exam and procedure records.
- Verify all exams performed being moved to taken in Meditech and all images being accessible on the PACs system.
- Responsible for turning in completed exam and paperwork to Radiologists for dictation.
- Responsible for communicating results of US exams to referring physicians as directed by Radiologists.
- Responsible for all follow-up associated with STAT, call results and patients waiting for results.
- Responsible for accurately transferring images, patient information and exam paperwork to Virtual Radiology for after hour's cases.
- Maintain exam work list and check to ensure all exams are in taken status.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
- High school diploma or equivalent and at least can be registered years of related experience and training in general, vascular and OB or hospital setting
- OR equivalent combination of education and experience.
CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSES:
- Hospital ARDMS Registered
Job Tags
Remote job, Shift work, All shifts,