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Full time

Shift:

Description:

$15,000 sign on bonus for eligible hires. Relocation Assistance for geographical areas.Our Sonographer colleagues support our mission in a variety of ways. Their compassion and commitment to collaborative excellence positively impacts our patients and the communities we serve.  This is what truly sets Mount Carmel apart.  In return, Mount Carmel provides excellent learning and growth opportunities, excellent benefits and opportunities to succeed.

Responsibilities   

• Creates a caring and healing environment that keeps the patient and family at the center of care.
• Ensures an environment of patient safety, promotes evidence-based practice and quality initiatives and exhibits professionalism.
• Reviews physician orders to ensure correct procedure and correctly identifies patients.
• Patient Care:  Performs all studies according to policy and procedures and standards established by Accrediting body.  Abnormal pathology reported appropriately.  Explains procedures to patients, answers patient's questions.  Ensures comfort of patient.  Assists with patient transport as needed.
• Documentation:  Obtains pertinent health history.  Enters accurate and complete data in diagnostic testing equipment and documentation system.  Ensures accuracy of reports prior to dispatch.
• Collaboration/Communication:  Communicates pertinent patient data to appropriate team members.  Collaborates with other departments to provide optimum patient care.
• Equipment Resource Management:  Knowledgeable of all equipment pertinent to specific area of testing.  Able to perform basic trouble-shooting.  Participates in evaluation of new equipment.
• Initiative:  Responsible for personal professional development.  Maintains registry status or actively pursues registry.  Responsible for completion of annual competencies.  Participates in accreditation/re-accreditation process.
• Computer Skills:  Utilizes computers appropriate to areas of testing effectively, including timekeeping system, clinical information systems and the intranet.
• Performance Improvement:  Assists in development of department monitors and data collection.  Participates in PI work groups.

Requirements/Qualifications

Sonographer

• Graduate of an approved Ultrasound program
• Registered as a Sonographer by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS), or Registry eligible, with specialties in abdomen, obstetrics and gynecology, and other appropriate areas

Echocardiography and/or Vascular

• Registered by the ARDMS (American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonographers) as a RVT (Registered Vascular Technologist) or RDCS (Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer or Registered by CCI (Cardiovascular Credentialing International) as a RCS (Registered Cardiac Sonographer) or RVS (Registered Vascular Specialist)
• BLS certification required
• Associates or Bachelors degree in Diagnostic Medical Sonography preferred
• Minimum one (1) year experience in cardiovascular imaging preferred

Position Highlights and Benefits:

• Competitive compensation and benefits packages including medical, dental, and vision with coverage starting on day one.
• Retirement savings account with employer match starting on day one.
• Generous paid time off programs.
• Employee recognition programs.
• Tuition/professional development reimbursement.
• Relocation assistance (geographic and position restrictions apply).
• Discounted tuition and enrollment opportunities at the Mount Carmel College of Nursing.
• Employee Referral Rewards program.
• Mount Carmel offers DailyPay - if you’re hired as an eligible colleague, you’ll be able to see how much you’ve made every day and transfer your money any time before payday. You deserve to get paid every day!
• Opportunity to join Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Colleague Resource Groups.

Ministry/Facility Information:

Mount Carmel, a member of Trinity Health, has been a transforming healing presence in Central Ohio for over 135 years. Mount Carmel serves over 1.3 million patients each year at our four hospitals, free-standing emergency centers, outpatient facilities, surgery centers, urgent care centers, primary care and specialty care physician offices, community outreach sites and homes across the region. Mount Carmel College of Nursing offers one of Ohio's largest undergraduate, graduate, and doctor of nursing programs. If you’re seeking a rewarding career where your purpose, passion, and desire to make a difference come alive, we invite you to consider joining our team. Here, care is provided by all of us For All of You!

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