Where You’ll Work
Founded in 1946, Dignity Health - French Hospital Medical Center is a 112-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in San Luis Obispo, California. Serving over 150,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including heart care, orthopedics, and a family birthing center. Additionally, French Hospital Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, and has achieved an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group for every reporting period since 2012.
One Community. One Mission. One California
Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Sonographer, you will utilize advanced sonographic equipment to record detailed images of blood, organs, tissues, and bodily masses, including unborn fetuses, providing critical visual data for diagnosis and prenatal care.Every day you will directly interact with patients, explaining procedures, answering questions, and preparing them for scans. You will meticulously operate sonographic equipment, adjusting settings and patient positions to ensure clear, diagnostic images. You will monitor and care for patients to ensure their safety and comfort, select and examine images for pathologies, and present preliminary findings to Physicians.To be successful in this role, you will possess excellent patient service and communication skills, sharp eyesight, and meticulous attention to detail. You will demonstrate strong technical proficiency, sound judgment, and advanced decision-making skills to effectively capture and interpret sonographic data, ensuring optimal diagnostic support.
- Performs diagnostic and therapeutic ultrasound pro-cedures in accordance with department standards, and in keeping with the orders of the referring physician.
- Operates all ultrasound equipment, computers, and accessories.
- Demonstrates competency in film-processing procedures.
- Identifies and initiates accurate assessment of life-threatening conditions.
- Troubleshoots equipment and cooperates with service personnel in order to maintain minimal down time. Initiates service calls on all equipment assigned to the area.
- Charges exams and supplies on a daily basis when work is completed. Maintains and updates the patient log on a daily basis.
Job Requirements
Required
- Associates Of Science
- Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer or
- Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer or
- Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer Adult Echo or
- Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer Fetal Echo or
- Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer Pediatric Echo or
- Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Abdomen or
- Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Breast or
- Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Neurosonology or
- Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer OB/GYN or
- Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Pediatric Sono and
- Basic Life Support - CPR BLS, within 90 Days
Preferred
- Bachelors Of Science and/or graduate of anaccredited school of cardiovascular technology. and Three (3) years recent acute careexperience preferred performingCardiovascular Ultrasound procedures inan acute facility, must be registered (i.e., ARDMS, RDCS, or RVT)