General Ultrasound Technologist
Charlotte, NC
Travel Nurses, Inc.
5x8 hrs

Ultrasound Tech - General

Location: Charlotte, North Carolina Specialty: Radiology / Cardiology Employment Type: Travel/Contract Contract Length: 13 weeks Unit: Hospital Acute Care Department (inpatient and emergency room patients)

Schedule and Assignment Details

• Shift: Night, 5 x 8-hour shifts (40 hours/week), 22:00 to 06:30, Monday through Friday
• Patient Load: 8-12 patients per day, 6 rooms
• Patient Age Groups: Neonates, infants, pediatrics, adolescents, adults, geriatrics
• Scope: General, OB/GYN, and vascular exams
• Occasional OR Cases: Must assist with occasional OR cases
• Call Requirement: None
• Float Requirement: No floating
• Weekend Requirement: None
• Orientation: 1.5 days
• Scrubs: Not provided (royal blue)
• Time Off: Time off requests after booking are not allowed, and time off cannot be worked out onsite. Call-offs or additional time off on the unit could turn into a cancellation and DNR.

Required Qualifications

• Ultrasound Technologist (2 years of experience)
• Ultrasound Technologist experience within the last year
• BLS issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• RDMS-AB
• Experience working with Neonate patients
• Experience working with NICU patients
• Experience working with OB-GYN patients
• Experience working with Vascular patients
• Experience in an Outpatient setting
• Experience in an Inpatient setting
• Experience in an Emergency Department setting
• Experience with abdominal ultrasound
• Experience with OB/GYN ultrasound
• Experience with renal/pelvis ultrasound

Interview and Onboarding

• Interview Process: The manager will not offer without interviewing the candidate first. Candidate interview availability for the next 72 hours must be provided when submitting candidates.
• Background Check: Required within 90 days of start for all locations lived in the last 7 years, including county, federal court, national criminal database, and DOJ sex offender searches. Education verification for highest degree is required.
• Exclusion Checks: EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG required within 90 days of start.
• References: 2 professional references within 3 years of start
• Employment Application: Must be uploaded
• Drug Screen: Negative 10-panel drug screen within 30 days of start
• Color Blindness Test: Required within 1 year of start
• Physical Exam: Required within 1 year of start
• Tuberculosis: PPD, Qgold, or Tspot within 1 year of start. A positive PPD (greater than 10mm) requires a Qgold or Tspot, and a positive result requires a clear chest X-ray within 5 years, a physician-signed physical within 30 days of start, and a TB questionnaire signed by a physician within 30 days of start.
• Immunity Titers: Rubeola (measles), mumps, rubella, varicella, and hepatitis B titers, or series/vaccines. Declinations are not accepted for measles, mumps, rubella, or varicella.
• Influenza Vaccine: Required for all candidates. Exemptions (medical or religious) can be requested and are reviewed case by case; approved exemptions require mask wear on campus.
• Fit Testing: Required. Any N95 mask within 1 year of start is acceptable, or the PAPR training can be completed.
• Badge: Passport-style photo required immediately after signing, which is needed to create the badge.
• Facility Modules and Documents: Confidentiality agreement, tobacco-free campus acknowledgement, education roster (2 hours 45 minutes), hospital policies acknowledgement, annual compliance training (40 minutes), medication safety module, and a North Carolina non-facility-worker clinical education checklist, which for acute candidates takes 8-10 hours.
• Corp ID: Candidates must set up their account and provide proof of logging into the I-Learn system before start.
• State Searches (North Carolina): Division of Medical Assistance search within 90 days prior to start and NC Health Care Personnel Registry search