Ultrasonographer

Job Number: 212979

Department: Ultrasound

Hours: 8hour shifts - variable start times

With numerous awards and distinctions, including our recognition as Top Hospital of the Decade by The Leapfrog Group, Virginia Mason has transformed health care through our innovations in patient safety and our ability to provide patients in our community with easier access to our high-quality care. Consisting of a 336-bed hospital in Seattle, WA, and an extensive network of primary and specialty care clinics throughout the Puget Sound region, joining Virginia Mason is an exceptional opportunity to partner with nationally recognized physicians and peers, and an organization recognized as the benchmark for health care.

As a member of our team, you will contribute to the strength of our Team Medicine approach to collaborative medicine. You will also help to further our commitment to continuous improvement through our Virginia Mason Production System, and our philosophy of empowering you to facilitate real change in the delivery of care. Join us, and find out how many ways Virginia Mason offers you the chance to focus on what really matters - your patients.

This position provides diagnostic information to referring physicians using ultrasound as a diagnostic tool, as well as participates in the activities which occur because the Virginia Mason Ultrasound Department is a clinical training center for physicians, student interns and sonographers and is an equipment test site for international vendors. May also, under the direction of the Ultrasound manager and/or Clinic Manager, coodinate the day-to-day operations of Ultrasound to ensure efficiency, quality care and service to patients.

Qualifications

• This position requires extensive knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pathology, and physics.
• The ability to use skills of reasoning and deduction to make medical diagnosis;
• strong interpersonal skills.
• The ability to use a computer; the ability to assist immobile or disabled patients;
• Strong organizational skills.
• The ability to be patient, flexible, and maintain a high standard of professional behavior.
• This position also requires graduation from a Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Programs (CAAHEP) ultrasound accredited program.
• Additionally, a one year clinical internship, certification by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS) with registry exam certifications in multiple sub-specialties and 30 continuing medical education credits are required every 3 years for this position.

Preferred: A four-year college degree with a concentration in ultrasound. Certification as a Registered Vascular Technologist through ARDMS is also preferred. Upon hire, successfull RVT certification will be required within one year of employment.

Virginia Mason offers much more than competitive compensation and benefits. With continuing education opportunities and the added potential of relocation assistance, you will find our commitment to your well-being is both rewarding and refreshing.

There is also the lifestyle benefit that comes with finding yourself in the heart of the Pacific Northwest. Surrounded by the vibrancy and sophistication of one of the most livable cities in the country, finding the perfect urban or outdoor pursuit will instinctively and pleasurably become second nature.

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.