Schedule: Full Time – Temporary
Positions Available: 1 (1.0 FTE)
Job Location Type: On-site
Job Location: Blue Mountain Hospital, John Day, OR
Provide quality care close to home as our Blue Mountain Hospital District mission states. This is to include great diagnostic imaging, patient care and customer service. It is expected to care for our patients from the moment we get an order to the time they leave the department. Blue Mountain Hospital is a Critical Access Hospital, and the Radiology Department responsibilities are to schedule patients, perform exams while providing optimal patient care. The department works closely with providers at the Strawberry Wilderness Community Clinic and other departments within the hospital to achieve great patient care. The cardiac sonographer consultant/trainer will work with St. Charles Cardiologists in Bend, OR to ensure best protocols are being followed as well as teaching that information to the trainee. The consultant/trainer will provide respectful feedback and oversight to the trainee(s). They will be accountable for the success of the trainee and provide a positive environment for growth in echocardiography.
- Basic computer skills
- Occasional standing, walking, lifting, reaching, kneeling, bending, stooping, pushing and pulling.
- Must be able to maneuver patients on table in order to obtain proper images.
- Able to lift at least 50 lbs.
- Ability to communicate using verbal and/or written skills for accurate exchange of information with physicians, nurses, health care professionals, patients and/or family, and the public.
- Completes appropriate imaging modality orientation/competency of equipment and protocols within the department.
- Uses AIDET according to BMH policy
- Use of appropriate technical factors
- Appropriate positioning for the exam ordered by physician.
- Practices good sterile techniques.
- Performs ultrasound bubble studies per Cardiologist protocols.
- Critical thinking:
- Seeks resources for direction, when necessary.
- Performs independent problem solving.
- Decision-making is logical and deliberate.
- Performs actions that demonstrate accountability.
- Exercises safe judgement in decision making.
- Practices within legal and ethical guidelines.
- Practices patient safety at all times.
- Graduate from an accredited certificate program.
- Bachelor’s Degree in related field preferred
- Maintain the required amount of CEU’s per certifying body
- Minimum 2 year experience.
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Healthcare Provider (HCP) level to be completed within three (3) months of hire.
- Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) or Registry eligible under the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS) within 4 months of hire or equivalent.
- License from Oregon Board of Medical Imaging (OBMI).
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The Blue Mountain Hospital District (BMHD) is located in Grant County, Oregon, at the heart of the John Day River, in beautiful, rural, Eastern Oregon. Our District is comprised of a Critical Access Hospital (CAH), Family & Rural Medicine Clinic, Home Care and Hospice, Emergency Medical Services, an Intermediate Care Center and all of the supporting ancillary departments necessary to care for the health and wellness of our community.
Our District spans from John Day to Prairie City, nestled in a valley surrounded by the Blue Mountains. The Strawberry Mountain Range and John Day River Valley offer a variety of outdoor activities, from abundant hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding trails to high and low lakes and ponds. Our area is known to be a “go to” place not just for recreation, but also for big game hunting and fishing.
Join our family-like team and settle into a lifestyle that is hard to beat!
For more information on our area, visit our Grant County Chamber of Commerce page at: https://www.gcoregonlive.com/
