Ultrasound Tech Southwest Facility

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Ultrasound Technologist (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.

• Performs digital, color and duplex scanning.
• Selects the proper transducer, frequency and diameter for performance of the examination.
• Performs emergency exams at bedside. Demonstrates ability to recognize a diagnostic scan and render an initial interpretation to the Radiologist for interpretation.
• Verifies correct patient using two patient identifiers.
• Follows standard patient identifier of name and date of birth.
• Evaluates patient condition to see if they are capable of answering questions necessary for proper identification.

Job Requirements

Required

• Graduate of accredited school of sonography and Experience gained thru an accredited school of sonography or BE, upon hire
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and
• Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer, upon hire or
• Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer, upon hire or
• Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer Adult Echo, upon hire or
• Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer Fetal Echo, upon hire or
• Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer Pediatric Echo, upon hire or
• Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Abdomen, upon hire or
• Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Breast, upon hire or
• Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Neurosonology, upon hire or
• Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer OB/GYN, upon hire or
• Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Pediatric Sono, upon hire and

Preferred

• Medical Radiographer: CA, upon hire and
• Registered Technologist Radiography ARRT, upon hire

Please be advised that this location requires quarterly American Heart Association (AHA) Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) competency certification post-hire. This ongoing competency is required through resources internal to the facility; outside RQI competency resources are not acceptable for CommonSpirit Health compliance requirements.

Where You'll Work

Founded in 1910, Dignity Health - Mercy Hospital is a 229-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Bakersfield, California. Serving nearly 90,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including Level II NICU, cancer care, women’s health, and orthopedics. Additionally, Mercy Hospital Downtown & Mercy Hospital Southwest have been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. They are both Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Centers. Mercy Hospital Downtown offers the only inpatient Oncology Unit in Bakersfield while Mercy Hospital Southwest has the only Obstetric Emergency Department in Bakersfield.

One Community. One Mission. One California