What are the responsibilities and job description for the OB Sonographer (Weekend) position at UPMC?
UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital is seeking a Weekend OB Sonographer to join their team!
The OB Sonographer will work two 12-hour shifts per week, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., on Saturdays and Sundays.
Eligible participants must have a minimum of six months of experience and work 48 weekends per year, 24 hours per weekend. A 15% differential is added as an incentive. This role is full-time benefits eligible!
UPMC is thrilled to announce a $10,000 sign-on bonus to eligible candidates for a 2-year work commitment!
The OB Sonographer performs imaging procedures at a technical level, not requiring constant supervision. This role competently performs a variety of technical procedures that require independent judgment, ingenuity, and initiative in accordance with applicable scope and standards of practice.
Applicants will be placed in the appropriate job title and salary based on their individual experience and education.
Responsibilities:
- Performs in accordance with system-wide competencies/behaviors.
- Performs other duties, as assigned.
- May be responsible for High Level Disinfection of devices, supplies, and/or equipment.
- Covers call and off-shifts on a rotational basis.
- Ensures all exams within his/her area of responsibility are properly coded and tracked through RIS system.
- Ensures all exams are properly networked to STENTOR for archiving and interpretation.
- Ensures charges are adequately entered for the exams performed.
- Assists with training of staff, student sonographers, physicians, fellows, residents, and job shadows.
- Provides exceptional patient experience to facilitate bonding between patients and guests during lengthy exam times.
- Possesses ability to communicate unfavorable outcomes to patients in caring, respectful, and professional manner.
- Abnormal diagnosis occurs with more frequency in high-risk patient setting.
- Generates diagnostic preliminary reports sent to ordering physicians prior to final report release by interpreting physician.
- Obtains appropriate image documentation of cross-sectional anatomy in all body planes demonstrating anatomy, anatomical relationships, and ultrasonic characteristics of normal and abnormal tissues for fetal diagnosis without reliance on physician back-scanning assistance.
- Identifies vast number of fetal anomalies and maternal-fetal conditions with academic and technical skills to obtain images needed for diagnosis in high-risk patients.
- Demonstrates recognition of cross-sectional anatomy of the female reproductive system and fetal structures throughout various stages of pregnancy and correlates abnormal findings with underlying physiologic processes.
- Assists physicians with invasive procedures, as necessary, and adheres strictly to the universal protocol standards.
- Utilizes appropriate ultrasound instrumentation for procedures and demonstrates knowledge of equipment operations, applications, and scanning techniques resulting in optimized image data/documentation.
- Completes procedures according to protocol.
- Performs a variety of technical ultrasound procedures, correlating appropriate patient history, laboratory data, and physical findings, for the purpose of assisting in a patient's medical diagnosis under the direct supervision of a physician or registered ultrasound technologist.
Salary : $1,000 - $1,000,000
