Ultrasound Technician PRN

Do you have the PRN career opportunities as a(an) Ultrasound Technician PRN you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Valley Regional Medical Center which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Valley Regional Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as telemedicine services and free Air Med medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Fertility and family building benefits through Progyny
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
• Family support, including adoption assistance, child and elder care resources and consumer discounts
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Retirement readiness and rollover services and preferred banking partnerships
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
• Colleague recognition program
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)

Note:

Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Our teams are a committed, caring group of colleagues. Do you want to work as a(an) Ultrasound Technician PRN where your passion for creating positive patient interactions is valued? If you are dedicated to caring for the well-being of others, this could be your next opportunity. We want your knowledge and expertise!

** This position is at both Free-Standing Emergency Rooms, located in Brownsville - 449 East Alton Gloor Boulevard, Brownsville, Texas, 78526 &

Harlingen - 6902 W. Expressway 83, Harlingen, Texas, 78552**

The Ultra sonographer performs a variety of technical procedures that require rational independent judgment, ingenuity, and initiative in performing Ultrasounds and Radiology procedures with basic departmental functions and goals.

What you will do in this role:

• Demonstrates competency in U/S transducers, construction and properties, crystal thickness, wavelength, frequency spectrum, resonance, damping
• Demonstrates competency in transducers beam configuration, near and far field, focal zone, beam profile
• Demonstrates competency in pulse characteristics, pulse repetition frequency, pulse repetition period, and spatial pulse length
• Demonstrates competency in technical factors for diagnostic quality images, focal zone, depth, amplitude dynamic range and compression, analog-to-digital converter (ADC), digital-to-analog converter (DAC), brightness, contrast
• Demonstrates competency in various display modes, real-time imaging, echogenicity of reflectors, echo textures, artifacts
• Demonstrates competency in obstetrics, first trimester, standard measurements (e.g. heart rate, CRL, MSD), maternal anatomy (uterus, cervix, adnexa), embryonic anatomy
• Demonstrates competency in high risk and complicated pregnancy, multiple gestations, (chorionicity, amnionicity, twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, conjoined) fetal biophysical profile
• Demonstrates accuracy in Meditech training by: sending work request, display and printing a variety of reports.
• Demonstrates competency with critical behaviors and age specific care
• Demonstrates appropriate equipment disinfection between patients

What qualifications you will need:

• Basic Cardiac Life Support
• (RDMS) Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer - AB(abdomen) certification within six months of hire
• (RVT) Registered Vascular Technician must be obtained within 1 year of employment start date
• Vascular and other…