Senior Sonographer - Vascular Lab - UI Heart and Vascular Center
University of Iowa

Qualified candidates may be eligible for a sign-on incentive of $10,000!

(Current UI employees are not eligible for incentive)

The UI Heart and Vascular Center (HVC) is seeking a full-time (100%) Senior Sonographer to perform a variety of complex ultrasound exams using ultrasonic and plethysmography instrumentation involving techniques and exercise at an advanced level. This requires independent judgment and initiative to obtain information for use by physicians in diagnosing and treating patient illness, participate in educational activities, develop scanning protocols, provide leadership by participating in special projects and maintains multiple certifications in related specialty area.

Percent of Time: 100%

Schedule: 40 hours per week, Scheduled between the hours of 7am and 6pm, Monday through Friday

On-Call assignment (includes Weeknight/Weekend/University Holidays)

Duties to include:

• Review patient history and determine appropriateness of exam, modify exam protocol to answer specific diagnostic questions.

• Perform complex diagnostic ultrasonography procedures across multiple specialties requiring additional certification.

• Provide preliminary interpretation and statistical information from scans to facilitate final diagnostic report.

• Provide guidance for sonographers who are performing complex procedures and require additional assistance to complete the procedure.

• Independently perform advanced sonography services or other tasks (e.g., interventional procedures, hold transducer etc.) delegated by the supervising physician, consistent with education, training, and facility protocols, policies, and procedures.

• May serve as a clinical technical lead/expert as it relates to their specialty accreditation or regulatory body (i.e.-Joint Commission).

• Demonstrated competence in the specialty area(s).

• Performs specialized diagnostic non-invasive vascular testing of the peripheral arterial, venous and cerebrovascular circulation.

• Evaluates the peripheral vessels with Duplex ultrasound, continuous wave Doppler or plethysmography.

• Records diameter measurements to determine abdominal or popliteal aneurysms by Duplex ultrasound.

• Uses spectrum analysis to determine blood flow factors.

• Uses spectral Doppler Velocities to determine percentage of carotid artery stenosis.

• Assesses deep veins for patency; evaluates valvular incompetence.

• Evaluates cerebrovascular, arterial, extracranial and intracranial circulation.

• Evaluates insitu bypass graft for patency, stenosis, occlusion or fistulas; rules out pseudoaneurysms.

• Accumulates test data on appropriate forms and diagnoses the degree of disease.

• Assume responsibility for procedural tasks defined by the medical director during the sonography examination.

• Apply independent, professional, and ethical judgment and assistance in the sonography examination to ensure that appropriate anatomical, pathological, and clinical conditions are accurately captured in the examination images and during procedures.

• Consult with the interpreting physician regarding the ultrasound exam findings.

• Document exam information as required by departmental standards.

• Evaluate images of ultrasound exams and determine if the exam is of diagnostic quality.

• Serve as a resource for sonographers, fellows, residents and students and provide feedback about exam quality.

• Provide ultrasound guidance for providers during intraoperative and invasive procedures.

• Provide information and instructions to patient, patient's family or others, regarding the nature of requested diagnostic and/or therapeutic procedures.

• Perform patient care techniques including skin preparation, I.V. placement, vital sign monitoring and recording, and basic life support; prepare and administer contrast material to patients.

• Coordinate planning and scheduling of diagnostic procedures and imaging areas.

• Requisition and inventory supplies for imaging areas and procedures.

• Develop and maintain quality assurance testing in accordance with hospital, departmental and clinical unit standards.

• Instruct, evaluate and advise sonography students on operation of diagnostic equipment.

• Instruct medical residents on operation of diagnostic equipment.

• Provide clinical educational opportunities by presenting case conferences and completing student competencies.

• Conduct formal and informal continuing education/in-service programs for staff and students; as assigned perform duties as an instructor in areas of specific competence.

• Provide orientation for new staff members.

• Develop new scanning protocols based on new technology or new applications for diagnostic ultrasound, instruct staff and students on new procedures.

• Demonstrate leadership by participation in special projects to develop workflow and technology to improve delivery of care.

• Responsible for conducting clinical investigational procedures to improve delivery of care.

• Determine equipment malfunctions and contact repair service.

• Perform equipment calibration and sterilization as prescribed by standard accepted methods of operation.

• Obtains multiple certifications related to specialty area to expand skills to expert level.

• Maintain certification as specified by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers.

University of Iowa Health Care-recognized as one of the best hospitals in the United States-is Iowa's only comprehensive academic medical center and a regional referral center. Each day more than 12,000 employees, students, and volunteers work together to provide safe, quality health care and excellent service for our patients. Simply stated, our mission is: Changing Medicine. Changing Lives.®

Education Requirement:

• Bachelor's degree in Radiation Sciences or other Allied Health Sciences discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience; a bachelor's degree in Radiation Sciences is highly desirable.

Required Qualifications:

• Extensive (3-5 years) progressively responsible experience in diagnostic medical sonography or vascular sonography.
• Certification by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers or other nationally recognized accreditation organizations for primary specialty.
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• Experience providing clinical education to students and junior sonographers and residents.
• Must possess a valid driver's license and meet University's Fleet Safety Program.
• Current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) is required by start of employment.

Desired Qualifications:

• Membership in appropriate professional societies is desired.
• Certification by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers or other nationally recognized accreditation organizations in two or more specialty areas is desired.
• ARRT (VI) certification

In order to be considered for an interview, applicants must upload the following documents and mark them as a "Relevant File" to the submission:

• Resume
• Cover Letter

Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days and may be removed from posting and filled any time after the original posting period has ended.

Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification.

Up to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process.

For additional questions, please contact Kelli Ballard at kelli-ballard@uiowa.edu or 319-467-6019.

Additional Information

• Classification Title: Sonographer
• Appointment Type: SEIU
• Schedule: Full-time
• Work Modality Options: On Campus

Compensation

• Pay Level: 71

Contact Information

• Organization: Healthcare
• Contact Name: Kelli Ballard
• Contact Email: kelli-ballard@uiowa.edu

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