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General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
Primarily Monday - Friday, 12pm - 9pm. Some holiday, shift and weekend rotations along with on-call coverage
Posted Date
10/22/2024
Salary Range: $65.56 - 79.9 Hourly
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
19346

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Do you have a passion for Ultrasound?  Do you thrive in an environment where growth, learning and teaching are core aspects of the day to day?  Do you find your calling in healthcare is a combination of your compassion for the patients you care for and the innovative technology that drives ultrasound? Then come join us and be a part of our evolving ultrasound department at UCLA Health.  Make a positive impact on one of the nation’s top health systems, help ensure the efficient delivery of award-winning patient care and take your professional expertise to the next level. 

 

In this role, you will:

 

  • Provide age-appropriate assessment and interventions in order to meet the needs of patients and families served
  • Obtain, evaluate and use information from the patient requisition, medical records, referring physician and correlate with acquired images
  • Use cognitive sonographic skills, to identify and differentiate anatomy and pathology
  • Use independent judgement to produce diagnostic images of human anatomy utilizing diagnostic ultrasound systems for our referring providers and our interpreting physicians
  • Extend courtesy to our patients, family members, visitors and co-workers through our “World Class Practices” Service Standards

 

This position will support the Ultrasound section’s South Bay region, primarily at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital, providing patient care for our inpatient and outpatient settings. The South Bay Region is currently comprised of UCLA Health’s partnership with MLK Community Hospital, UCLA Health Palos Verdes Imaging & Interventional Center, UCLA Health Manhattan Beach Imaging and Interventional Center, UCLA Health Torrance Specialty Care and UCLA Health Redondo Beach Primary & Specialty Care. This position is primarily hospital based, and does require participation in on-call, weekend, holiday and possible site rotation (typically within the South Bay region) as prepared by the manager. Additionally, participation in rotating shifts is required, as needed.

 

Internal candidates will be placed according to their Active/Current career ladder level.

 

External Candidates:

 

Staff Sonographer:

 

  • One to two years experience within the hospital / acute care setting
  • Must maintain active RDMS certification in one specialty, i.e. Abdomen or OB-GYN
  • Graduate of CAAHAP accredited ultrasound program is strongly preferred
  • Salary Range: $55.94 - $73.81 Hourly

 

Senior Sonographer (Advancement into Senior Sonographer job classification will be assessed after 6 months with UCLA Health):

 

 

 

Salary Range (Staff and Senior): $55.94 - $76.12 Hourly

Job Qualifications

Staff Ultrasound Technologist

  • At least 1 year of acute care (hospital) experience – required
  • RDMS credential in one specialty (Abdomen or OBGYN) – required

Senior Ultrasound Technologist

  • 4 years of prior acute care (hospital) experience – required (Advancement into Senior job classification will be assessed after 6 months with UCLA Health)
  • RDMS credential in Abdomen, OBGYN and RVT – required

General Requirements

  • BLS/CPR Certificate - required
  • Graduate of CAAHAP ultrasound program – strongly preferred 
  • AAS or higher in Medical Sonography – preferred
  • RDMS (AB or OBGYN) – minimum requirement
  • Strong interpersonal skills to effectively interact with patients, visitors, physicians, nurses, staff and others in a professional and courteous manner
  • Ability to accept and carry out oral and written instructions accurately
  • Ability to employ independent decision making, prioritize work, while handling multiple tasks to completion within allotted time
  • Ability to show attention to detail, accuracy and thoroughness
  • Basic typing skills to input various data into RIS and HIS Information systems. 
  • Knowledge of medical terminology with the ability to distinguish between types of procedures within the assigned department(s) and medical diagnoses

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.