Breast Sonographer III- Breast Health Network

OU Health

Country: United States of America

Location: Oklahoma City

Time Type: Full time

Posted On: October 16, 2024

Position Title:

Breast Sonographer III- Breast Health Network

Department:

BHN-Northwest

Job Description:

General Description:

Under general direction, this advanced-level lead position assists in the routine coordination of clinical and non-clinical duty assignments necessary to deliver specialized cardiovascular and/or radiologic technology services to adult, pediatric and/or high-risk patient populations for the purpose of aiding medical staff in the diagnosis, care, treatment and surveillance of simple to complex, and often high-risk conditions, defects and associated conditions or diseases.

Essential Responsibilities:

Responsibilities listed in this section are core to the position.  Inability to perform these responsibilities with or without an accommodation may result in disqualification from the position. 

  • Maintains the competencies required to perform essential duties and responsibilities of a Level II position

  • Utilizing advanced-level professional knowledge, abilities, skills and available resources, provides safe, high quality, efficient and cost-effective patient-centric care and support services under routine or emergent conditions in a variety of care settings to include, but not limited to: acute inpatient facilities, outpatient physician practices, diagnostic/urgent care centers and remote statewide outreach clinics.

  • Performs as a shift or team lead for inpatient and/or outpatient duty locations to augment or fill-in for leadership roles as needed to coordinate workflow and operations of an assigned service area.

  • Assists leadership with the development of clinical protocols and performance of image quality reviews as required, to maintain compliance with the accreditation standards required for the assigned specialty area. 

  • Serves as a departmental preceptor to provide instruction and mentor new or less experienced team members.

  • Audits and verifies post-study reviews to confirm that all required study elements are completed, documented, and that technical quality is consistent with established department protocols and/or applicable accreditation standards.

  • Coordinates operator and department-level quality control, safety and environment of care checks to maintain compliance with hospital, manufacturer, regulatory and accrediting entity standards.

  • Plans and leads continuing education, professional development and research activities to maintain competencies and promote continuous improvements in care and treatments.

  • Prepares, presents and coordinates in-service training pertinent to assigned service area.

General Responsibilities:

  • Performs other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

Education:

  • Associate’s degree or higher (Bachelor’s degree preferred).

Experience:

  • Preferred: Two (2) years full-time experience as a certified or registered cardiovascular or radiologic technology professional in the primary specialty, and at least one (1) year full-time experience in one or more post-primary specialties required by the hiring department. Breast ultrasound experience preferred.

License(s)/Certification(s)/Registration(s) Required:

BLS must be current upon hire. Medical ARDMS required by the hiring department must be current upon hire or advancement.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Based on specific assignment, skill in applying principles of cardiovascular and/or radiologic technology, medical imaging, medical terminology, positioning of patients, and medical ethics.
  • Must be able to work as part of a team and follow instructions; must be able to consistently and dependably report to work as scheduled.
  • Ability to be sensitive to patients’ physical and psychological needs. Ability to maintain accurate records and work accurately with names, numbers, and codes.
  • Ability to draw conclusions and make appropriate recommendations.
  • Ability to exercise discretion in handling confidential information and exercise sound judgment.
  • Must be able to multi-task and remain calm in stressful situations.
  • Must possess ability to understand various operations, policies, and procedures.
  • Ability to work and communicate with staff, patients and their families, and meet their needs in a professional, polite, courteous, compassionate, and cooperative manner.
  • Must display a high level of initiative, effort and commitment towards completing assignments efficiently.
  • Ability to work with minimum supervision and demonstrate attention to detail.
  • Core to advanced-level knowledge and understanding of normal and abnormal anatomy and physiology; cardiovascular and/or radiologic technologies and terminology associated with the primary and post-primary specialties for which hired and credentialed. 
  • Ability and skill to precept and apply core to advanced-level theory, practices and techniques to perform, post-process, analyze and annotate study data or procedure documentation independently.
  • Ability to prioritize, assign, coordinate and complete clinical or non-clinical work assignments without direction.

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