Summary
Job Description:
***$30,000 bonus for experienced Ultrasound Techs***
***$15,000 bonus for New Graduates**
Lexington Ob/Gyn
Ultrasound Tech
Job Summary:
With limited supervision coordinates the delivery of health care services to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of patients.
Establishes and maintains standards of care in Ultrasound sciences.
Exercises professional judgment in performance of duties.
Assures appropriate patient care management and adjust daily operations to meet the needs of a changing work environment.
Involved with staff competencies, schedules, and educational needs.
If position involves work with Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) physicians, nuchal translucency certification preferred (or obtained within the first year of employment).
Performs the following studies proficiently:
Biophysical Profile
Complete Obstetric Ultrasound
Limited Obstetric Ultrasound
Multiple Gestation Ultrasound
Transvaginal (cervical length) Ultrasound
Pelvic Ultrasound
Minimum Education, Experience, Training, and Licensures Required:
High School Diploma required; Associates Degree from an OB-GYN Ultrasound program preferred (Certificate or Degree as long as registry eligible).
Holds current credentials as a Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer (RDMS)
Basic Life Support and other advanced training as appropriate.
Skills Required
- High School Diploma
- Associate Degree from an OB-GYN Ultrasound program or certificate (registry eligible)
- Current Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer (RDMS) credential
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
- Proficiency performing obstetric and pelvic ultrasound studies (biophysical profile, complete/limited obstetric, multiple gestation, transvaginal cervical length, pelvic)
- Nuchal translucency certification (preferred or obtained within first year if working with MFM)
What We Do
Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 400 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. Learn more at BaptistHealth.com.
