Perinatal Sonographer
2 weeks ago
At Fairview Health Services, we are seeking a skilled Perinatal Sonographer to join our Maternal Fetal Medicine Clinics team. As a Perinatal Sonographer, you will play a critical role in providing advanced level sonography services for women experiencing high-risk pregnancies and their unborn babies.
Responsibilities- Perform examinations with technical accuracy and in a timely manner.
- Identify anatomical orientation on all related images.
- Understand structure visualized and its significance.
- Use internal/external resources to obtain and/or identify all required images.
- Identify correct template when generating report.
- Provide care, education, and support for patients during pregnancy terminations.
- Ensure proper identification on all images.
- Accurately complete computer functions - edits, status changes, and logging.
- Accurately ensure correct patient identification.
- Accurately identify each patient and reason why she has been referred to Maternal-Fetal Medicine for services.
- Accurately follow standardized processes for archiving and completing report.
- Accurately use Tricefy software to send images to patient.
- Maintain patient care.
- Conduct examinations while following established patient care and safety procedures.
- Position patients as required achieving quality diagnostic images according to department protocol.
- Document initial and ongoing data, interventions, responses/results.
- Perform interventions consistent with established policies/procedures/guidelines.
- Prepare and plan ahead to coordinate exams and organize patient care to ensure quality and continuity of patient care.
- Provide ultrasound exam keeping in mind that patients/families are potentially anxious, concerned, and frightened due to the identification of a potential pregnancy complication.
- Consider the comfort of the pregnant woman and position for patient comfort and fetal well-being.
- May need to transport patient to exam room or perform portable ultrasound exams at patient's bedside.
- May need to move ultrasound machine from hospital to clinic as needed for patient scheduling.
- Maintain equipment.
- Correctly operate and optimize use of equipment.
- Document equipment concerns and/or malfunctions.
- Initiate a service call when appropriate to ensure efficient department operation.
- Accurately access system administrator for Perinatal PACS system with issues/questions in a timely manner to ensure archival of images.
- Vocational/Technical Training in Ultrasonography or Associate Degree.
- Registered or registry eligible by ARDMS (with goal of achieving OB/GYN within 1 year of hire).
- BLS certification.
- Bachelor's Degree in Radiation Science or in Imaging.
- Experience working in a Maternal-Fetal Medicine Center.
- Nuchal Translucency, Fetal Echo, or CLEAR certification.
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Perinatal Sonographer Specialist
2 days ago
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States Fairview Health Services Full timePerinatal Sonographer Job DescriptionOverviewAre you looking to make a meaningful impact on the physical, emotional, and cultural needs of patients and their families? Fairview Health Services is seeking a skilled Perinatal Sonographer to join our team in the Maternal Fetal Medicine Clinics.About the RoleAs a Perinatal Sonographer, you will be responsible...