Sonographer

@ SSM Health
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Sonographer

Baraboo, WI
Posted 3 days ago

About the job

SSM Health St. Clare Hospital offers comprehensive care, supporting staff growth, and fulfilling a vital community role. The Sonographer role focuses on diagnostic ultrasound procedures, equipment operation, and maintaining safety standards. Benefits include tuition coverage, paid parental leave, and flexible pay options.

Requirements

  • Completion of Sonography program
  • 2 or more ARDMS/CCI registries
  • Knowledge of ultrasound procedures
  • Ability to operate imaging equipment
  • Focus on patient safety

Qualifications

  • Registered sonographer license
  • Basic Life Support certification
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Full job description

It's more than a career, it's a calling

WI-SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

Join a team where your work matters - every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM Health, you'll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact.

Department: Ultrasound

Schedule: 24 hours per week / Variable Shifts

Apply today. SSM Health - We bring out the incredible in you, everyday.

Job Summary:

Performs diagnostic procedures on patients using ultrasound waves to examine tissue and body structure, providing quality images for interpretation. The only registration requirement for this position is as a registered sonographer appropriate for the department in which the sonographer works.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Sets up and adjusts all equipment and manually maneuvers transducers to perform exams.
  • Implements safety standards and performs appropriate quality control procedures.
  • Performs routine and complex studies and assists in a variety of imaging procedures.
  • Recognizes significant structures, artifacts, pathology and equipment limitations.
  • Ensures equipment is properly functioning. Reports potential problems or equipment malfunction to appropriate personnel. Lock/tag out equipment if appropriate.
  • Ensures prompt submission of all high-quality images and documents sent to PACS (image quality, images labeled correctly and patient data/history).
  • Assists in maintaining a clean, and orderly department to include procedure rooms, storage areas, dressing rooms and any other areas in department.
  • Maintains compliance with regulatory agencies.
  • Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.


EDUCATION

  • Completion of a Sonography program


EXPERIENCE

  • No experience required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

  • Constant standing and walking.
  • Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more).
  • Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication.
  • Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
  • Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
  • Frequent lifting/moving of patients.
  • Frequent reaching, gripping and keyboard use/data entry.
  • Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
  • Occasional use of vision to identify and distinguish colors.
  • Occasional bending, stooping, squatting, twisting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
  • Rare kneeling and sitting.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

State of Work Location: Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin

  • Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
  • And
  • Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer (RDMS) with Abdomen (AB) Specialty - American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS)
  • Or
  • Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer (RDMS) with Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN) Specialty - American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS)
  • Or
  • Registered Vascular Specialist (RVS) - Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI)
  • Or
  • Registered Vascular Technologist (RVT) - American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS)

Work Shift:

Variable Shift (United States of America)

Job Type:

Employee

Department:

4206000012 Ultrasound

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
24

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