Sonographer

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Sonographer, you will utilize advanced sonographic equipment to record detailed images of blood, organs, tissues, and bodily masses, including unborn fetuses, providing critical visual data for diagnosis and prenatal care.

Every day you will directly interact with patients, explaining procedures, answering questions, and preparing them for scans. You will meticulously operate sonographic equipment, adjusting settings and patient positions to ensure clear, diagnostic images. You will monitor and care for patients to ensure their safety and comfort, select and examine images for pathologies, and present preliminary findings to Physicians.

To be successful in this role, you will possess excellent patient service and communication skills, sharp eyesight, and meticulous attention to detail. You will demonstrate strong technical proficiency, sound judgment, and advanced decision-making skills to effectively capture and interpret sonographic data, ensuring optimal diagnostic support.

• Uses two patient identifiers
• Compares doctor’s order to requisition for accuracy
• Performs the correct exam
• Includes all anatomy required to produce an adequate exam.
• Practices safe use of Cidex or Trophon when cleaning probes
• Routinely demonstrates the ability to prioritize workload.

• Graduate of accredited school of Ultrasound, upon hire and
• Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer, within 12 - months or
• Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer, within 12 - months or
• Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer Adult Echo, within 12 - months or
• Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer Fetal Echo, within 12 - months or
• Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer Pediatric Echo, within 12 - months or
• Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Abdomen, within 12 - months or
• Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Breast, within 12 - months or
• Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Neurosonology, within 12 - months or
• Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer OB/GYN, within 12 - months or
• Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Pediatric Sono, within 12 - months and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire

• 1 to 3 years of experience as a staff US technologist

CHI Memorial, a member of Common Spirit, is an award-winning, not-for-profit, faith-based health care organization dedicated to the healing ministry of Jesus Christ. Founded by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, we offer a comprehensive continuum of care, from preventative and primary care to acute hospital services specializing in cancer, cardiac, neuroscience, stroke, and orthopedic services. Our commitment to excellence has earned us top prestigious recognition repeatedly from U.S. News and World Report, PINC AI™, CMS, Health grades®, Leapfrog, and most recently as one of the Best Places to Work in Tennessee.

We are proud to serve Southeast Tennessee and Northwest Georgia with the expertise of 4,700 team members and nearly 500 affiliated physicians.