Sonographer Registered

Founded in 1906, Dignity Health - St. Elizabeth Community Hospital is a 76-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Red Bluff, California. Serving over 90,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level III Trauma Center, heart care, cancer care, and a family birth center. Additionally, St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center. It has been named a Top Rural Hospital by The Leapfrog Group for two consecutive years, one of only 16 rural hospitals in the US to achieve this award.

One Community. One Mission. One California 

As our Sonographer, you will utilize advanced sonographic equipment to record detailed images of blood, organs, tissues, and bodily masses, including unborn fetuses, providing critical visual data for diagnosis and prenatal care.

Every day you will directly interact with patients, explaining procedures, answering questions, and preparing them for scans. You will meticulously operate sonographic equipment, adjusting settings and patient positions to ensure clear, diagnostic images. You will monitor and care for patients to ensure their safety and comfort, select and examine images for pathologies, and present preliminary findings to Physicians.

To be successful in this role, you will possess excellent patient service and communication skills, sharp eyesight, and meticulous attention to detail. You will demonstrate strong technical proficiency, sound judgment, and advanced decision-making skills to effectively capture and interpret sonographic data, ensuring optimal diagnostic support.

• Maintains established policies, procedures, and objectives.
• Understands and participates in FOCUS-PDCA. (performance improvement)
• Prepares written documentation as required by the profession and department.
• Maintains orderliness and cleanliness of work area.
• Obtains patient history, answers questions, and explains procedures.
• Reviews and evaluates completed tests for quality, completeness, type of test ordered, and ensures quality images.

Required

• Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire (Must be through the American Heart Association)

Preferred

• Completion of Ultrasound program at an approved school and Ultrasound experience, upon hire