Sonographer Lead at SSM Health summary:
As a Sonographer Lead at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital, you will oversee the imaging services department, ensuring high-quality patient care and accurate imaging. Responsibilities include staff training, quality control, and compliance with regulatory standards. You will work full-time during the day, leading a team to provide exceptional OB/GYN sonography services.
It's more than a career, it's a calling
MO-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis
Regular
Job Highlights:
- Department: Sonography
- Location: 6420 Clayton Rd. St. Louis, MO,
- Schedule: Full time 40 hours Days Mon-Fri, No nights, weekends, or holidays
- Sign On Bonus: $10,000 sign on bonus paid in full on 1st pay check! *
- Pay Range Starts at: $37.88
- ARDMS in Obstetrics and Gynecology required
- Relocation assistance is available for those who qualify. *
- * Qualified external candidates only
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 Sonography program.
EXPERIENCE
- Two years' experience in OB/GYN sonography
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)
- And OB/GYN registry in sonography
Work Shift:
Day Shift (United States of America)
Employee
3012000100 Vascular Lab
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
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