Ultrasound Technician

Ultrasound Technician needed for a prominent fertility clinic in Metairie!

Pay: $30-$40 (commensurate upon experience)

Full-time Schedule: Mon-Thurs 7:30am-3pm, Friday 7:30am-1; every 5th weekend

The Ultrasound Technician will assist the clinical team in ovarian follicular monitoring via transvaginal ultrasound technique for patients undergoing ovarian hyper stimulation as part of fertility treatments.  In addition, you will perform pregnancy ultrasounds, sonohystograms and may assist with ultrasounds at egg retrieval and embryo transfers.

Special Skill/Requirements:

• Minimum of 1 year OB/GYN or Women’s Health ultrasound experience including transvaginal ultrasound technique
• Current ARDMS registration required. OB/GYN certification preferred

Responsibilities:

• Escort patient from waiting room to exam room.
• Properly identify patient.
• Pull up patient via worklist onto ultrasound machine screen.
• Explain the procedure to the patient.
• Program and adjust the scanner established follicular measurement protocols.
• Determine which images to capture and show to the physician.
• Organize and perform ultrasonographic examinations, document high quality images and practice good patient care.
• Analyze technical information.
• Use independent judgment in recognizing the need to extend the scope of a procedure according to diagnostic findings.
• End exam and send images and follicular measurement to electronic medical record via established interface.
• Record and relevant information in ultrasound section of daily stimulation sheet.
• Review findings with MDs per protocol.
• Teach other staff
• Other duties as assigned

Personal characteristics and skills:

• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Effective written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to multitask and focus on details.
• Compassionate Able to interact effectively with patients who range from healthy to critically ill.
• Realistic – able to deal with practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
• Investigative – able to work with ideas that require an extensive amount of thinking.
• Problem solving skills.