Sonographer Lead

SSM Health; Fenton (MO); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign On Bonus

Relocation assistance

Job summary

SSM Health St. Clare Hospital in Fenton is seeking a Sonography professional to lead daily imaging operations in the Ultrasound department. This full-time role requires completion of a Sonography program and ARDMS credentials in Abdomen and OB/GYN (or CCI for Vascular). Two years of experience are expected.

Responsibilities include ensuring image quality, patient care, workflow efficiency, and regulatory compliance. Sign-on bonus and relocation assistance are available for qualified applicants.

Qualifications

• Completion of a Sonography program.
• Two years of experience as a sonographer.
• ARDMS or CCI credential in Abdomen, OB/GYN, or Vascular.

Responsibilities

• Ensures quality imaging, patient care and workflow.
• Oversees quality control testing and equipment maintenance.
• Serves as a resource to department staff and team members.
• Performs staff orientation, training, and coaching; participates in evaluations.
• Positions patients and selects appropriate parameters.
• Ensures compliance with regulatory standards and PACS submissions.
• Maintains a clean, safe department and assists in duties as assigned.

Skills

Quality imaging

Patient care

Workflow optimization

Staff coaching

Education

Completion of Sonography program

BLS HCP certificate

RDMS Abdomen (AB)

RDMS OB/GYN

RVS

RVT

Tools

ARDMS

Job description

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

MO-SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton

Worker Type

Regular

Job Highlights

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

• Department: Imaging - Sonography
• Schedule: full time
• Sign On Bonus – available for qualified applicants
• Relocation assistance - available for qualified applicants
• Requirements: Completion of Sonography program. An ARDMS or CCI credential is required in Abdomen, OB/GYN, or Vascular. 2 years of experience as a sonographer.

Job Summary

Leads the daily operations of assigned department's imaging services.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements

Primary Responsibilities

• Ensures quality imaging, patient care and work flow. Monitors patient documentation for timely completion and accuracy.
• Oversees quality control testing, equipment maintenance and trouble shooting.
• Serves as a resource to department staff as well as other members of the team as needed.
• Performs staff orientation, training, and coaching. Provides input to staff performance evaluations.
• Positions patients and selects anatomic and technical parameters accurately.
• Ensures all activities comply with regulatory agency standards.
• Ensures prompt submission of all high-quality images and documents sent to PACS (image quality, images correctly labeled and patient data/history).
• Assists in maintaining a clean, safe, and orderly department to include procedure rooms, storage areas, dressing rooms and any other areas in department.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

• Completion of a Sonography program

Experience

• Two years' experience

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

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

State of Work Location

Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin

Work Shift

Day Shift (United States of America)

Job Type

Employee

Department

4206000113 Ultrasound

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Equality Statement

SSM Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. SSM Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.