Sonographer

McLaren Health Care; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care is seeking a skilled Ultrasound Technologist to perform ultrasound diagnostic studies across our Michigan facilities. The role requires transitioning patients, operating imaging equipment, and maintaining safety and documentation standards in a busy radiology department.

Responsibilities include obtaining patient history, explaining procedures, and ensuring patient comfort while delivering high-quality images as requested by physicians.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an approved school of medical sonography.
• Registration as Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer (RDMS).
• Current BLS certification.

Responsibilities

• Specializes in performing ultrasound diagnostic studies.
• Obtains patient history, explains standard procedures, and addresses patient concerns to foster comfort and confidence for patients.
• Operates and maintains all ultrasound scanning equipment to ensure proper function.
• Positions patients, selects transducers and machine settings, and conducts scanning procedures to capture requested images.
• Completes quality assurance processes and practices radiation safety to reduce exposure; complies with laws and protocols.
• Maintains all documentation, logs, charts, forms and records in paper and electronic formats.
• Keeps an adequate supply of consumables to perform quality testing.
• Performs routine daily, weekly, monthly, and periodic maintenance and checks on imaging equipment.
• May assist other areas of radiology as assigned.
• Performs other related duties as required and directed.

Education

Graduation from an approved school of medical sonography

RDMS certification

BLS certification

Job description

The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals across the state, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 730-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 242,000 Michigan lives, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network, and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 93,000 network providers throughout Michigan.

Responsible for performing all aspects of patient exam activities at a technical level that will produce high quality images consistent with established policies and procedures at a technical level typically requiring general supervision.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

1. Specializes in performing ultrasound diagnostic studies.

2. Obtains patient history, explains standard procedures, and addresses patient concerns to foster a sense of comfort and confidence to patients and ensure the needs of individual patients are met.

3. Operates and maintains all assigned ultrasound scanning equipment to ensure it works properly.

4. Positions patients, selects appropriate transducers and machine settings and conducts scanning procedures to correctly capture the images requested by a physician.

5. Completes quality assurance processes and practices radiation safety in order to reduce exposure to patients, staff and self. Complies with all The Joint Commission, federal, state, and local regulatory laws, standards, and protocols.

6. Maintains all required documentation, logs, charts, forms and records in paper and electronic formats.

7. Maintains an adequate supply of all consumables to perform quality testing.

8. Performs all routine daily, weekly, monthly, and periodic maintenance and function checks following established protocol for all imaging equipment.

9. May assist other areas of radiology as assigned.

10. Performs other related duties as required and directed.

Required:

• Graduation from an approved school of medical sonography.
• Registration as Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer (RDMS).
• Current BLS certification.

Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans.

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Requisition ID: 26010910
• Daily Work Times: 7p-7a
• On Call: No

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status,national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classificationprotected by law.