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(Archived) Experienced Maternal Fetal Medicine Sonographer
Last Updated: 1/30/23
Job Description
Maternal Fetal Medicine Sonographer – Full-time/Direct hire
Location: Multiple Northern Virginia Locations
Shift: days
About the Company:
Our client and hiring company is Northern Virginia’s largest non-profit healthcare provider and the region’s most recognized for excellence, 20,000 team members provide more than two million patient visits each year through an integrated network of hospitals, primary and specialty care practices, emergency and urgent care centers, outpatient services, and destination institutes.
This Hospital network is proud to announce that the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) awarded Magnet® designation, the most prestigious accolade for nursing excellence, to our hospital in December 2020. Currently, only 8.5% of hospitals in the nation hold Magnet® designation and we are proud to be part of this select group. The new Magnet designation is in addition to several other prestigious recognitions which include: a five-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), being named by IBM Watson Health as one the nation's highest performing hospitals, and among the top 10 Major Teaching Hospitals, an A for Patient Safety by The Leapfrog Group, the #1 hospital in the DC metro area by U.S. News & World Reports, and being nationally ranked in gynecologic care.
Position Description: As a Sonographer, you will provide clinical services according to ultrasound practice standards and act as a resource to students, residents, fellows and other technologists to ensure optimal department functions. To help achieve our mission, you will administer sound patient care practices according to hospital and department policies and procedures to ensure the safety of patients. Your ability to complete ancillary tasks to ensure efficient and consistent departmental operations is essential. Demonstrating safety for patients, staff and self as outlined in department protocols and regulatory guidelines is of vital importance. Maintaining equipment, exam rooms and work areas in a neat and safe condition is required.
- Communicates effectively with patients to obtain clinical history and informed consent from patients or patients' charts to assist physicians in optimizing the performance and interpretation of examinations.
- Explains procedures to patients/families and answers any questions to ease anxiety and ensure patient cooperation.
- Assists physicians in performing a variety of examinations by using standard department protocols, isolation precautions and/or sterile techniques.
- Demonstrates the ability to recognize clinical and/or emergent problems that may interfere with exams, takes appropriate action to resolve them and produces the most desirable outcomes.
- Demonstrates a thorough understanding of intravenous (IV) heparin locks and central line usage as they pertain to Sonography.
- Demonstrates proper technique for injection of IV contrast, or other test enhancing solution, under the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography Standards.
- Correctly identifies patients and their files by ensuring a high degree of accuracy.
- Identifies errors and takes immediate action for corrections.
- Tracks patients according to department procedures.
- Participates in department/hospital performance improvement initiatives, in-services and meetings.
- Demonstrates patient safety in the department by use of side rails, braking mechanisms and patient monitoring. Reports, documents and corrects any adverse, unsafe, or unusual conditions.
- Troubleshoots equipment effectively and reports equipment to biomedical engineering/vendor. Performs/recognizes the need for routine maintenance of imagers/processors and ultrasound equipment to maintain consistent quality images. Operates imaging and other related equipment according to manufacturers' specifications.
- Demonstrates a thorough understanding of ultrasound principles and theory as it relates to the cardiovascular system, anatomy and pathology processes by utilizing the most appropriate technique and/or positioning for optimal examinations.
- Adheres to department policies and protocols by ensuring that all examinations are optimized for interpretation.
- Demonstrates the ability and skills to assist in teaching Ultrasound Students sound ultrasound principles. Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of Cardiac anatomy, pathology, and physiology.
Requirements:
- Graduate of an accredited school of sonography.
- Eight years of recent hospital experience or equivalent in a Maternal Fetal Medicine Group.
- BLS and NT Certification
- ARDMS Registration.
- Recent work within a Maternal-Fetal Ultrasound department.
Benefits:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Competitive paid time off (PTO) accruals that increase with tenure.
- Seven annual holidays in addition to your PTO.
- Competitive 401k match.
- Educational assistance.
- Relocation assistance available for qualified candidates.
- Free parking for all team members at all locations.
11th Hour Service is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status.
Company Details
Falls Church, Virginia, United States
About 11th Hour Service
11th Hour Service was founded in 2006 by two Veterans, and alumni of Big 4 and large multinational consulting firms. Originally established as an executive head hunting and staffing firm – 11th Hour Search – our team developed a unique, proactive, and swift proprietary talent identification process rooted in excellence, but always grounded in quality, which is now known as...