Sonographer (Sono)
Inova Health System
- Location
- Leesburg, VA
- Work style
- On-site
- Job type
- Part time
- Posted
- Nov 4
- 2 days ago
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About the company
Inova Health System
Hospital & health care · 10,001+ employees
We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 24,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.
What you'll do
- Committed to Team Member Health: offering a robust team member wellness program.
- Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
- Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
- Career Development: Individual Development Planning that focuses on supporting team member aspirations.
- The Sonographer provides clinical services according to ultrasound practice standards and acts as a resource to students, residents, fellows and other technologists to ensure optimal department functions.
- Communicates effectively with patients to obtain clinical history/informed consent from patients or patients' charts to assist physicians in optimizing the performance and interpretation of examinations.
- Explains procedures to patients/families and answers questions to ease anxiety and ensure patient cooperation.
- Completes ancillary tasks to ensure efficient and consistent departmental operations.
- Demonstrates safety for patients, staff, and self as outlined in department protocols and regulatory guidelines.
- Maintains equipment, exam rooms, and work areas in a neat and safe condition.
- Assists physicians in performing a variety of examinations by using standard department protocols, isolation precautions and/or sterile technique.
- May perform additional duties as assigned.
- Education: Graduate of an accredited school of Diagnostic Medical Sonography.
- License: ARRT, ARDMS, RDMS or RVT registry eligible. Must be registry eligible and obtain certification within 18 months from date of hire.
- Certification: Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association upon start
- Experience: Recent experience in a hospital/healthcare environment as a sonographer or sonography student.
- Prior experience as a Sonographer in a hospital/healthcare environment, preferred.
- We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 24,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.
- Inova Health System is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.
What you need
- Graduate of an accredited school of Diagnostic Medical Sonography
- ARRT, ARDMS, RDMS or RVT registry eligible
- Obtain certification within 18 months from date of hire
- Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association upon start
- Recent experience in a hospital or healthcare environment as a sonographer or sonography student
- Prior experience as a Sonographer in a hospital or healthcare environment (preferred)
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Perks
- team member wellness program
- Retirement
- Mental Health Support
- Career Development
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