Sonographer

JOB SUMMARY      :

The Staff Sonographer functions as a healthcare provider who, working under the delegated authority of the supervising Radiologist, serves as a medical imaging professional providing clinically relevant information to assist the Radiologist with the diagnosis and treatment of patients. The Staff Sonographer role and responsibilities include providing diagnostic medical sonography services and its various clinical specialties.

1. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES    :
   1. Prepare exam room and ultrasound equipment to conduct sonography examinations in accordance with infections disease, sterilization, and patient safety protocols, policies, and procedures.
   2. Assume responsibility for the safety of the patient during the sonographic examination.
   3. Review patient medical history and supporting clinical information.
   4. Ensure that the sonography examination order is complete, contains relevant information, and meets the standard of “medical necessity.”
   5. Evaluate any contraindications, insufficient patient preparation, and the patient’s inability or unwillingness to tolerate the examination and associated procedures.
   6. Communicate with the patient in a manner appropriate to the patient’s ability to understand.
   7. 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.                                                              
   8. Conduct patient clinical assessment and perform the diagnostic medical sonography examination ordered by the supervising physician in accordance with professional and facility protocols.
   9. Apply independent, professional, ethical judgment, and critical thinking to safely perform diagnostic sonography procedures.
   10.  Apply independent judgment during the sonography examination to ensure that appropriate anatomical, pathological, and clinical conditions are accurately captured in the examination images.
   11.  Except as authorized by written facility policies and procedures, refer specific diagnostic, treatment or prognosis questions to the appropriate physician or healthcare professional.
   12.  As necessary, acquire additional ultrasound imaging to facilitate optimum diagnostic results for the interpreting physician.
   13.  Identify and document any limitations to the sonography examination.
   14.  Review examination images, synthesize examination results, and prepare the preliminary findings for reporting attending radiologist.
   15.  Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality in accordance with privacy laws and facility policies, and procedures.
   16.  Adhere to accepted professional and ethical standards.

 To treat patient with compassion and to be person centered care