Vascular Sonographer
Inova Alexandria Hospital
Alexandria, VA
Days

The Vascular Sonographer administers sound patient care practices according to hospital/department policies and procedures to ensure the safety of the patients. Completes ancillary tasks to ensure efficient and consistent departmental operations. Maintains equipment, exam rooms and work areas in a neat and safe condition to ensure the safety of the patients and employees.
Featured Benefits:
- Tuition reimbursement
- Student loan assistance – up to $10,000!
- State-of-the-art medical and training facilities
- Paid parental leave for birth/adoption of a child
- Retirement benefits with match from day one
- Sign on Bonus and Relocation assistance for those who qualify

Job Responsibilities
- Demonstrates the ability to recognize clinical and/or emergent problems that may interfere with exams and takes appropriate action to resolve them while producing the most desirable outcome, as evidence by exam results and patient satisfaction. Communicates effectively with ordering and/or interpreting physicians to ensure appropriate use.
- Correctly identifies patients and appropriate orders, ensuring a high degree of accuracy, as evidenced by the lack of mismatched studies. Maintains active credential status by complying with continual education requirements. Attends at least 50 percent of QA conferences.
- Demonstrates patient safety in department by use of side rails, braking mechanisms and patient monitoring as demonstrated by risk management. Reports, documents and corrects any adverse, unsafe or unusual conditions, as evidenced by documentation in the tracking system. Demonstrates proper care and aseptic cleaning of all patient related equipment following established department policies to ensure the quality of care provided to patients.
- Troubleshoots equipment effectively and reports equipment to biomedical engineering/vendor, as evidenced by service reports. Performs/recognizes need for routine maintenance of echo vascular equipment for consistency of quality images, as evidenced by the physician and the exam results.
- Demonstrates a thorough understanding of vascular principles/theory, anatomy and pathology processes utilizing the most appropriate techniques and/or positioning for optimal examinations, as demonstrated by exam results. Adheres to department policies and protocols ensuring departmental standards are met according to regulatory oversight (i.e. ICAEL) IAC.
- Acts as a preceptor and resource for students.
- May perform additional duties as assigned.
Additional Requirements
- Work schedule: Full-time, Monday - Friday
- Location: Alexandria Hospital
- Education: Graduate of an accredited school/program of diagnostic medical sonography or five years of specialized training in a hospital/healthcare setting.
- Experience: One year of experience after acquiring registry in a hospital/healthcare environment in the performance of cardiac or vascular sonography.-+
Certifications Required:
- BLS from the American Heart Association upon start
- Must have one of the following: - ARDMS with RVT (preferred)
- CCI with the RVS Certification for Vascular (preferred)
- ARDMS Registered with RDCS Certification or
- CCI Registered with RCS Certification for Echo