Ultrasound Technologist

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Richmond (KY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Life Insurance

Short/Long Term Disability

Job summary

Baptist Health is seeking an Ultrasound Technologist for a full-time days shift in Kentucky. The Ultrasound department performs obstetric, abdominal, cardiac, vascular, and musculoskeletal imaging under Radiology leadership.

Responsibilities include performing diagnostic ultrasound exams, assisting Radiologists, and maintaining ultrasound equipment while meeting annual competency tests and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Must be a Radiologic Technologist with a current Kentucky certification
• Must be a registered ultrasound technologist (ARDMS) or be registry eligible
• BLS required.

Responsibilities

• Perform diagnostic ultrasound examinations for subsequent evaluation under the direction of Director of Radiology and Radiologist.
• Assist Radiologist with patient during examinations and procedures.
• Participates in CQI activities and provides input for improvement.
• Replenish supplies.
• Assures safe operation and daily maintenance of ultrasound equipment.
• Must pass initial competency test and yearly competency testing thereafter.
• Occasionally performs duties of Staff Radiologic Technologist and assumes other duties as necessary, assigned by the Director of Radiology.
• Must maintain current BLS.

Job description

Summary Job Description: Job Title: Ultrasound Technologist FULL TIME - DAYS

The Ultrasound department, also known as Sonography, specializes in imaging that uses high-frequency sound waves to create real-time images of the body’s internal structures. Obstetric Ultrasound: Monitoring fetal development during pregnancy. Abdominal Ultrasound: Evaluating organs like the liver, kidneys, gallbladder, and pancreas. Cardiac Ultrasound (Echocardiography): Assessing heart function and detecting abnormalities. Vascular Ultrasound: Checking for blood clots, blockages, or circulation issues in veins and arteries. Musculoskeletal Ultrasound: Evaluating soft tissue injuries, joint abnormalities, and fluid collections.

Responsibilities:

• Perform diagnostic ultrasound examinations for subsequent evaluation under the direction of Director of Radiology and Radiologist.
• Assist Radiologist with patient during examinations and procedures.
• Participates in CQI activities and provides input for improvement.
• Replenish supplies.
• Assures safe operation and daily maintenance of ultrasound equipment.
• Must pass initial competency test and yearly competency testing thereafter.
• Occasionally performs duties of Staff Radiologic Technologist and assumes other duties as necessary, assigned by the Director of Radiology.
• Must maintain current BLS.

Essential Qualifications:

• Must be a Radiologic Technologist with a current Kentucky certification
• Must be a registered ultrasound technologist (ARDMS) or be registry eligible
• BLS required.

Benefits:

• Full-Time 32 weekly hours (0.8 FTE) - 40 weekly hours (1.0 FTE)
• Health, Vision, Dental and Pet Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short Term and Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance
• Identity Theft Protection
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually
• Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• 5 days of Paid Time Off available upon hire
• Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
• PTO Sell Back Program
• Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation)
• Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial support
• Retirement with Company Match

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

EEO Statement: Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team.

Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.

NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.