Sonographer

Responsibilities

• Prepare exam room and ultrasound equipment to conduct sonography examinations in accordance with infectious disease sterilization and patient safety protocols, policies, and procedures.
• Assume responsibility for the safety of the patient during the sonography examination.
• Review patient medical history and supporting clinical information to ensure the sonography examination order is complete.
• Evaluate any contraindications, insufficient patient preparation, and the patient’s inability or unwillingness to tolerate the examination or associated procedures.
• Communicate with the patient in a manner appropriate to the patient’s ability to understand.
• Use proper patient positioning tools, devices, equipment adjustment, and ergonomically correct scanning techniques to ensure patient comfort and safety, and to prevent compromised data acquisition and musculoskeletal injury to the sonographer.
• Conduct pat...