Summary
Job Description:
Ultrasound Tech - Hospital Ultrasound
PRN - As needed/Varied Shift
Job Description:
The Ultrasound Tech performs a variety of ultrasound examinations to assist physicians in diagnosing medical conditions and monitoring patient health.
Requirements:
Associate's degree in Allied Health education program (diagnostic medical sonography, radiologic technology, respiratory therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, nursing) and 12 months of full-time clinical ultrasound/vascular experience; or 2. Diploma or degree from an ultrasound/vascular program that is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) or the Canadian Medical Association (CMA); or 3. Bachelor's degree (any major) and 12 months of full-time clinical ultrasound/vascular experience; or 4. Bachelor's degree in sonography or vascular technology; or higher.
Registered or registry eligible by the American Registry of Medical Sonographers (ARDMS).
Completion of ARDMS Registry within six months of eligibility required.
BLS preferred upon hire, required within 90 days of hire.
Preferred Qualifications:
Prior experience working as an Ultrasound Technologist in a hospital or medical imaging facility preferred.
Additional certification in specialized ultrasound modalities (e.g., abdominal, obstetric, vascular) preferred.
Skills Required
- Associate's degree in an allied health program plus 12 months of full-time clinical ultrasound or vascular experience
- Diploma or degree from a CAAHEP- or CMA-accredited ultrasound or vascular program
- Bachelor's degree in any major plus 12 months of full-time clinical ultrasound or vascular experience
- Bachelor's degree in sonography or vascular technology, or higher
- Registered or registry eligible with the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
- Completion of the ARDMS registry within six months of eligibility
- BLS certification within 90 days of hire
- Prior hospital or medical imaging facility ultrasound technologist experience
- Additional certification in abdominal, obstetric, vascular, or other specialized ultrasound modalities
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.
