Job Description

Responsibilities include.
* Performs comprehensive ultrasound exams. Follows established protocols to verify, plan, set up, perform, and report appropriate examinations. Verifies identity and informs and observes patient during procedure to ensure patient education, cooperation, and safety. Assists in continuing quality assurance and performance improvement.
* Completes clerical tasks associated with ultrasound tests. Completes and records all testing information accurately, completely, and in a timely manner. Ensures that critical results are reported promptly and accurately, following established policy. Maintains patient privacy and confidentiality.
* Communicates with physicians, patients, and other center personnel. Maintains pleasant and informative manner in communicating with patients, physicians, and other center personnel. Makes recommendations to supervisor on related duties, policies and procedures.
* Enhances environment of teamwork. Shows motivation, enthusiasm, acceptance of responsibility and personal accountability with regard to daily duties. Engages in problem solving in difficult situations. Asks for assistance / guidance when appropriate and accepts suggestions in a positive manner. Demonstrates understanding of impact of individual performance on team. Seeks to mentor and develop others.
* Maintains work area in a clean and orderly manner. Cleans patient areas after each use and assists in maintaining a clean and orderly environment in the lab. Notifies supervisor of stocking needs and equipment needs or problems. Takes responsibility for lab opening and closing procedures when appropriate. Cleans and maintains all equipment according to Hospital Infection Control policies and procedures.
* Identifies own learning needs and responds to department needs. Identifies, acts on and maintains a record of meetings, etc. to upgrade personal / professional growth. Attends in-services, lab and departmental meetings. Strives to increase proficiency in testing and other lab procedures. Suggests new, changing, more efficient or economical techniques, procedures, and processes.

Echo Sonographer III
Includes skills of Sonographer level 1 +2 & Protocol Directed*/Research Protocols
Consistently takes initiative to develop professionally; Positive attitude; Increased engagement; shift from internal focus to external team/department/org. ; demonstrates HRO culture by identifying patient safety issues. Consistently seeks out opportunities to learn new technology and equipment; expand knowledge and skills.
ASE Member, Attends Echo Conference, Preceptor, Provides Educational activity/Inservice, Presentations, Shared Governance, Assist w IAC, QI initiatives
Complete CVT PACT

Vascular Tech. III
Vascular Tech. 1+-2 & Graft surveillance, Arterial Duplex, , and/or Pseudo A. and/or Fistula
Consistently takes initiative to develop professionally; Positive attitude; Increased engagement; shift from internal focus to external team/department/org. ; demonstrates HRO culture by identifying patient safety issues. Consistently seeks out opportunities to learn new technology and equipment; expand knowledge and skills.
SVU member, Assist with IAC , Preceptor, Educational activity/Inservice, Professional Presentations, Shared Governance committee membership, Assist w IAC, QI initiatives
Complete CVT PACT

Qualifications

Position Qualifications Required:

Registry through CCI or ARDMS
Training/Certification: Basic Life Support (BLS) from the American Heart Association


Echo Sonographer III
Registered Sonographer

Vascular Tech. III
RVT/ RVS

Skills/Activities:
Excellent interpersonal skills. Effective verbal and written skills. Basic proficiency with computer system

About Us

Morristown Medical Center is a nationally-recognized leader in cardiology and heart surgery, orthopedics, gynecology, geriatrics, gastroenterology and GI surgery, pulmonology and lung surgery, and urology.

We are the only hospital in New Jersey named one of America's '50 Best Hospitals' for six consecutive years by Healthgrades and one of the World's Best Hospitals by Newsweek. We were included on Becker's Healthcare 2020 list of "100 Great Hospitals in America". In addition, Leapfrog recognized us with an "A" hospital safety grade - its highest - twelve consecutive times, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded us again with its highest five-start rating in 2020.

Morristown Medical Center is a Magnet Hospital for Excellence in Nursing Service, the highest level of recognition achievable from the American Nurses Credentialing Center for facilities that provide acute care services. Our nonprofit hospital was also designated a Level I Regional Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons and a Level II by the State of NJ.

EEO STATEMENT

Atlantic Health, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor and therefore abides by applicable laws to protect applicants and employees from discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, genetics, or veteran status.

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