• Job Description

  Req#: 233059

  As a part of Duke Health’s outpatient clinic network, you will enjoy competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits plans, convenient work hours, and many opportunities for career advancement. Become a part of a team that values and invests in you.

  JOB LOCATION:

  Duke Perinatal of Cary – 600 New Waverly Pl, Cary, NC

  JOB SUMMARY:

  Duke Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology strives to provide quality care for our patients, focusing on patient satisfaction, optimizing outcomes, ongoing research, and the education and development of clinical staff, faculty and resident physicians. The Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine is seeking a full time sonographer to join the Duke Perinatal team.

  JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Performs clinical assessment and diagnostic ultrasound examinations.
  • Exams include, but may not be limited obstetric, gynecologic, fetal cardiac and interventional procedures.
  • Uses independent judgment during the sonographic exam to accurately differentiate between normal and abnormal findings.
  • Analyzes sonograms, synthesizes sonographic information and medical history, and communicates findings to the Radiologist.
  • Assume responsibility for the safety, mental and physical comfort of patients while they are in the sonographer's care.
  • Communicate effectively with the patient and the health care team, recognizing the special nature of sonographic examinations and patient's needs.
  • Maintains ultrasound equipment and work area, and maintains adequate supplies.
  • Establishes and maintains productive ethical working relationships with patients, coworkers, referring providers, and commercial agencies.
  • Coordinates with other staff to assure appropriate patient care is provided.
  • Performs infection control procedures such as vaginal probe HLD
  • Perform other related duties incidental to the work herein

  JOB ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

  • Graduate of a formal Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program that is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) is required (may substitute with ARDMS certification on or before December 31, 2000) and BLS is required.
  • Bachelor of Science degree in Diagnostic Medical Sonography is desirable.

  JOB HOURS:

  The schedule for this position is day shifts, Monday-Friday, with no weekends or holidays.

  Duke is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

  Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

  Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essentialjob functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.

• About the company

  Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina.

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