Sonographer

CommonSpirit Health•The Woodlands, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

As our Sonographer, you will utilize advanced sonographic equipment to record detailed images of blood, organs, tissues, and bodily masses, including unborn fetuses, providing critical visual data for diagnosis and prenatal care. Every day you will directly interact with patients, explaining procedures, answering questions, and preparing them for scans. You will meticulously operate sonographic equipment, adjusting settings and patient positions to ensure clear, diagnostic images. You will monitor and care for patients to ensure their safety and comfort, select and examine images for pathologies, and present preliminary findings to Physicians. To be successful in this role, you will possess excellent patient service and communication skills, sharp eyesight, and meticulous attention to detail. You will demonstrate strong technical proficiency, sound judgment, and advanced decision-making skills to effectively capture and interpret sonographic data, ensuring optimal diagnostic support. Performs ultrasound exams on patients according to the specific departmental procedure protocols under the direction of the Medical Director Prepares equipment ensuring that it is operational, safe and functioning according to diagnostic standards Problem‐solves equipment failure and imaging quality and contacts service representative or CES regarding equipment problems Ensures that daily equipment and room maintenance are performed before/during/ after each procedure, and that special precautions and measures are performed to ensure infection control standards Completes all quality checks and Ensures that equipment logs are maintained Completes all clinical supply inventories, ensuring that each diagnostic room is complete with the necessary supplies required to perform the procedure

Requirements

High School Graduate, upon hire or High School GED, upon hire
Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer, upon hire or Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer, upon hire or Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer Adult Echo, upon hire or Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer Fetal Echo, upon hire or Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer Pediatric Echo, upon hire or Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Abdomen, upon hire or Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Breast, upon hire or Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Fetal Echo, upon hire or Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Neurosonology, upon hire or Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer OB/GYN, upon hire or Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Pediatric Sono, upon hire or Registered Cardiac Electr, upon hire or Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist, upon hire or Registered Cardiac Sonographer CCI, upon hire or Registered Technologist Computed Tomography, upon hire or Registered Technologist Radiography ARRT, upon hire or Registered Vascular Specialist, upon hire or Registered Vascular Technologist, upon hire
Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 - days

Nice To Haves

Associates Other, upon hire

Responsibilities

Utilize advanced sonographic equipment to record detailed images of blood, organs, tissues, and bodily masses, including unborn fetuses, providing critical visual data for diagnosis and prenatal care.
Directly interact with patients, explaining procedures, answering questions, and preparing them for scans.
Meticulously operate sonographic equipment, adjusting settings and patient positions to ensure clear, diagnostic images.
Monitor and care for patients to ensure their safety and comfort.
Select and examine images for pathologies.
Present preliminary findings to Physicians.
Performs ultrasound exams on patients according to the specific departmental procedure protocols under the direction of the Medical Director.
Prepares equipment ensuring that it is operational, safe and functioning according to diagnostic standards.
Problem‐solves equipment failure and imaging quality and contacts service representative or CES regarding equipment problems.
Ensures that daily equipment and room maintenance are performed before/during/ after each procedure, and that special precautions and measures are performed to ensure infection control standards.
Completes all quality checks and Ensures that equipment logs are maintained.
Completes all clinical supply inventories, ensuring that each diagnostic room is complete with the necessary supplies required to perform the procedure.