Ultrasound Technologist RVT

Are you passionate about the patient experience? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Jump-start your career as a(an) Ultrasound Technologist today with Valley Regional Medical Center - Harlingen.

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Ultra sonographer RVT 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. Please note this position is located at the Harlingen FSED.

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, echotextures, 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:

• Must have graduated from an accredited school of Sonography with an Associate degree.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Must be ARDMS (abdomen) certified.
• Must be RVT or RVS (1 year grace period).
• Vascular and other subspecialties are preferred

Benefits

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

• Comprehensive benefits  for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support,  including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work  programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support  through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits  for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Founded as Valley Community Hospital in 1975, Valley Regional Medical Center proudly serves Brownsville, TX and the surrounding communities in the Rio Grande Valley. Valley Regional Medical Center is a licensed 215+ bed facility with over 200 physicians representing 25+ specialties. From emergency medicine, to diagnostic imaging services, and caring for newborn babies, Valley Regional Medical Center is the hospital that families count on when they are looking for quality healthcare close to home. We are a designated Advanced Level III Trauma Center and an Advanced Primary Stroke Center . Our Heart and Vascular services include a full-range of cardiac services including minimally invasive and open-heart surgery, cardiac cath lab, heart imaging services and more. Our women’s department includes labor, delivery and recovery in a home-like setting. We also have a C-section operating room on standby 24 hours a day and a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit equipped with specially trained staff. Innovation and an unwavering commitment to patient care are the cornerstones of our hospital. Come experience our family centered culture at Valley Regional.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

If you are looking for an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth, we encourage you to apply for our Ultrasound Technologist opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Unlock the possibilities and apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.