Perm - Sonographer - Registered Sonographer (Days) Indianapolis, IN

Job Description

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Login for self-dispatching or call into the dispatch department to obtain information regarding beginning case load.
• Arrive at their first case at the start of their assigned shift or have left their house thirty (30) minutes prior.
• Unload portable sonographic equipment and take into facilities to perform exams ordered by the physician. Must obtain clinically diagnostic, technically competent images.
• Perform and process Ultrasounds using portable sonographic equipment and digitally send them to a Radiologist for interpretation.
• Check voicemail from each client’s facility upon completion of their assigned case(s); or minimally every thirty (30) minutes as necessary.
• Check for available cases via self-dispatching system and/or check in with the dispatcher on duty every thirty (30) minutes as necessary.
• Wear the company uniform, company-provided name tag, and follow company dress code.
• Carry the company -provided phone on his/her person
• Respond to all urgent communication within fifteen (15) minutes.
• Attend meetings as required.
• Upon arriving at facility, ALL ORDERS MUST BE CHECKED FOR ACCURACY AGAINST THE EXAMS(S) LISTED IN THE PATIENT’S CHART AS ORDERED BY THE PHYSICIAN. If the orders in the chart are different or if there are no orders in the chart, the exam cannot be completed until the appropriate order is documented in the chart to match the exam listed on the requisition
• The technologist is responsible to ensure they have the correct patient by asking for two patient identifiers, such as their name and date of birth. (DO NOT ASK YES/NO QUESTIONS). If the patient is unable to identify themselves, the NURSE IN CHARGE of the patient must identify. The nurse’s name should be documented on the requisition, as well as, in the tech’s comments in the verification screen.
• Facility staff are to conduct any required patient transfers, support, positioning and/or assistance. Technologists are not to engage in these patient transfers, assistance and/or support activities.

Benefits: 

• Medical/Rx
• Dental
• Vision
• Healthcare FSA
• Dependent Care FSA
• Basic Life and AD&D
• Voluntary Life and AD&D
• Voluntary Disability
• Additional Voluntary Benefits
• Voluntary Universal Life with Chronic Condition Rider
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• same day advances are available, discussed at interview 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

•Lifting the Equipment Bag into and out of the vehicle and/or wheeled cart at the patient’s bedside requires 18 to 20 pounds of force. The Equipment Bag is placed into a wheeled cart and is pulled for up to 250 feet, requiring an initiating force of 10 lbs, and a sustained force of 5 to 8 pounds.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENT: 

• Applicant must be registered with ARDMS or CCI for vascular ultrasound. 
• Require general registry
• General, Required ARDMS credentials are (ARDMS RVT and RDMS (AB) ARDMS (ECHO)
• Vaccination against COVID-19 is a requirement for all individuals. Alternatively, those seeking an exemption must submit proper documentation supporting their request.
• Shift confirmed with candidate in additional information section of cover page - Required
• Graduate of an accredited diagnostic ultrasound technology program.
• Maintain required certification and registries, health requirements, and operational requirements. It is the responsibility of the sonographer to provide a copy of such registries and/or diploma to the appropriate TridentCare personnel when requested. A sonographer should carry and be able to always provide credentials.
• Sonographer must always maintain a valid driver’s license and be able to produce the license on demand. It is the responsibility of the technologists to provide a copy of such license(s) and/or certificate(s) to the appropriate TRIDENTCARE personnel. All associates are subject to periodic driver’s license checks.

• ARDMS
• CCI - RCIS

• Indiana