**Req Number** 172520

Job Description
Performs a variety of technical procedures that require independent judgment in the application of non-ionizing, high frequency ultrasonic waves for diagnosis of disease.

Job Responsibility

+ * Prepares patient for examination
+ Positions patient on examination table for optimum testing procedure and conditions;
+ Explains procedure in easy-to-understand terms to relieve patient of pre-testing anxiety;
+ Sets-up equipment to administer the particular procedure in a timely fashion.
+ * Performs ultrasound procedures
+ Recognizes the significance of all structures that are visualized on the oscilloscope and differentiates artifacts from normal or pathological processes in timely manner;
+ Ensures ordered views and images have been obtained using approved techniques; determines the need for more extensive evaluations beyond preliminary instructions.
+ * Obtains pertinent radiological and diagnostic e...