Nightingale Nurses - Allied is seeking a travel Vascular Sonographer for a travel job in Owatonna, Minnesota.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Vascular Sonographer
- Discipline: Allied Health Professional
- Start Date: ASAP
- Duration: 19 weeks
- 40 hours per week
- Shift: 8 hours, days, nights, flexible
- Employment Type: Travel
Job Summary:
Produces high quality images for interpretation by physicians that meet the standards established by the Mayo Clinic Radiology Departments. Requires competence, as determined by competency assessments, in a variety of imaging equipment and technology.
Job Responsibilities:
-Practices proper safety guidelines for themselves, support personnel and patients.
-Fosters teamwork through effective communication.
-Ensures high level of service to patients through proper communication, technique, and safety guidelines.
-Maintains flexibility to staff various work locations, shift times and lengths.
-Perform other functional duties as assigned to assure efficient and optimal patient care.
Required Skills & Experience:
-Organized, efficient and multifunctional.
-Ability to work independently.
-Requires excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrates effective communication.
-Ability to work varied hours, shift lengths and respond to an on-call pager which may include days, evenings, nights, holidays and weekends.
Preferred Skills & Experience:
-Ultrasound Sonographer experience.
Required Education:
-Graduate of an accredited sonography or radiography program.
Preferred Education:
-N/A
Required Certifications & Licensure:
-Registry-eligible candidates must be ARDMS registered in either Vascular Technology (RVT) or RDMS (Abdominal or OB/GYN) within 6 month of employment (RVT preferred first) and both RVT and RDMS within 12 months of employment.
-Third certification (Abdominal or OB/GYN) completed within 18 months of employment.
-Employees that provide breast imaging are required to obtain RDMS (Breast) certification within 24 months of achieved competency.
-Employees hired for a role specific to vascular sonography, who are not eligible to apply for Abdomen and OB/GYN certifications, are exempt from the requirement of obtaining these registries.
-BLS certified.
Preferred Certifications & Licensure:
-N/A
Required for travelers by start date - BLS, ARDMS registered in Abdomen or OB/GYN, with vascular (RVT) experience preferred. Breast experience desired, but not required.