Ultrasound Technologist - Maternal Fetal Health - Per Diem Day Jobs in North Bergen at Hackensack Meridian Health

Overview

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

Responsibilities

A day in the life of a Ultrasound Technologist at Hackensack Meridian Health includes:

• Images and measures appropriately. Performs all types of exams.
• Judges adequacy of image. Knows limitations of exam due to gestational age, fetal position, or patient habitus.
• Recognizes normal and abnormal anatomy.
• Develops differential diagnosis of findings.
• Asks appropriately for assistance and informs perinatologists of problems.
• Maintains patient privacy and confidentiality while providing a safe environment for patients.
• Checks equipment for optimal set-up, determines correct equipment usage, cleans and disinfects equipment as per Infection Control policies.
• Presents case to perinatologist and discusses plan of care.
• Ensures delivery of excellent customer service resulting in positive and improving patient satisfaction scores for department and Medical Center.
• Maintains supplies and restocks as needed.
• Promotes a compassionate and supportive environment. Demonstrates prompt and consistent service. Incorporate customer's and patient's rights into all aspects of job performance.
• Communicates (verbally and/or in writing) ideas and instructions to others clearly, accurately and effectively. Demonstrates listening skills, solicits input and feedback from others.
• Takes responsibility for own actions and attitude. Provides extraordinary service to our patients and customers.
• Demonstrates ability to work with others effectively within and outside the department.
• Displays knowledge of PMC services and programs, and the locations that provide these services.
• Contributes to a clean, safe and uncluttered work environment.
• Behaves professionally in all interactions with patients, families and other staff members.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Associate’s degree in Ultrasound technology, Certification in Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography required
• First Trimester Certification, Fetal Medicine Foundation Nuchal Translucency
• 2-3 years prior experience required.
• Requires ability to read and concentrate frequently to check accuracy of reports, correspondence, computer records etc. 
•  Requires ability to read, understand, analyze and interpret policies and procedures.
• Requires ability to deal with stress of dealing with public, frequent interruptions, and working on more than one task concurrently
•  Requires flexibility in order to respond to changes in priorities, special project assignments, and emergency situations
•  Apply principals of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions in order to provide effective patient care

Working Conditions:

• Long periods of sitting with frequent standing or moving to other areas to retrieve or return documents, and make copies
• Requires periods of keying on computer terminal to input information.
• Requires constant verbal communication in person or using the phone.
• Requires frequent reading of correspondence, reports, material, etc.
• Frequently lifts objects from 10 - 150 lbs.
• Frequently lifts with assistance objects greater than 150 lbs.
• Frequently carries objects weighing up to 50 lbs.
• Frequently pushes objects up to 500 lbs with assistance from others.

Compensation
Starting at $43.82 Hourly

HMH is committed to pay equity and transparency for our team members. The posted rate of pay in this job posting is a reasonable good faith estimate of the minimum base pay for this role at the time of posting in accordance with the New Jersey Pay Transparency Act and does not reflect the full value of our market-competitive total rewards package.

The starting rate of pay is provided for informational purposes only and is not a guarantee of a specific offer. Posted hourly rates may be stated as an annual salary in the offer and posted annual salaries may be stated as an hourly rate in the offer, depending on the level and nature of the job duties and credentials of the candidate. The base compensation determined at the time of the offer may be different than the posted rate of pay based on a number of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to:

• Labor Market Data: Compensation is benchmarked against market data to ensure competitiveness.
• Experience: Years of relevant work experience.
• Education and Certifications: Level of education attained, including specialized certifications, credentials, completed apprenticeship programs or advanced training.
• Skills: Demonstrated proficiency in relevant skills and competencies.
• Geographic Location: Cost of living and market rates for the specific location.
• Internal Equity: Compensation is determined in a manner consistent with compensation ranges for similar roles within the organization.
• Budget and Grant Funding: Departmental budgets and any grant funding associated with the job position may impact the pay that can be offered.