Vascular Sonographer

Job Detail

• Job Title:

  Vascular Sonographer

• Department:

  70085-UMG-Vascular Surgery

• Location:

  Farmington

• FTE%:

  1

• Shift

• Search #:

  2025-1637

• Closing Date:

• Recruiter:

  O'Donnell, Lorin E.

Additional Links:

• This position is Benefit eligible; click here for an overview of available benefits.
• This position is covered by the UHP Bargaining Agreement; click here to review the current UHP Contract
• This position is in salary group UHP-10; click here to review the current UHP Pay Plan.

Excellence, Teamwork, Leadership, and Innovation. These are the values that define UConn Health, and we are looking for team members that share these same values. Our top-rated organization is looking to add a Vascular Sonographer to our Vascular Surgery Department. If you have a background in this field, as well as a passion for customer and patient experience, we want to hear from you.

At UConn Health, this class is accountable for independently performing vascular ultrasound screenings.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Works under the general supervision of an employee of higher grade.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

May lead lower level employees as assigned.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:

• Interprets scans to ensure they provide physician with required information;

• Provides accurate documentation of measurements and calculations;

• Performs other non-invasive modalities as required;

• Participates in the performance of invasive procedures (intraoperative or ultrasound guided interventions);

• Performs patient assessments; evaluates and analyzes the hemodynamics of peripheral and abdominal blood vessels, as required;

• Orders and stocks supplies relevant to procedures;

• Participates in orientation and training of new employees and provides technical assistance to health care professionals and medical students;

• Maintains instruments and equipment;

• Performs related duties as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL, AND ABILITY:

• Knowledge of anatomy and physiology;

• Knowledge of ultrasound physics, instrumentation, procedures, and advanced vascular screening techniques;

• Knowledge of cardiovascular and venous diseases and therapeutic measures, patient management and clinical medicine;

• Considerable interpersonal skills; oral and written communication skills;

• Skilled in the operation and maintenance of standard ultrasound equipment;

• Ability to operate advanced vascular equipment and produce complex ultrasound recordings;

• Ability to keep records and prepare preliminary ultrasound reports for physician interpretation and reporting;

• Ability to understand and carry out technical instructions.

EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING:

General Experience:

Two (2) years vascular sonography experience in an acute care setting.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENT:

Must possess and maintain during employment registration/certification by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) as a Registered Vascular Technologist (RVT), OR by Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI) as a Registered Vascular Specialist (RVS) OR by the American Registry of Radiological Technologists (ARRT) in Vascular Sonography (VS) or Vascular Interventional Radiography (VI) OR related advanced registration/certification.

Must possess and maintain during employment Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification.

SUBSTITUTION:

Associate degree or higher in Vascular Technology may be substituted for the general experience.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

May be required to lift/adjust patients and equipment; may have some exposure to communicable/infectious diseases and uncooperative abusive patients; significant amount of bending, stretching, reaching and repetitive motion.

May be required to travel to outreach locations.

SCHEDULE: Full-time, 40 hours per week, Monday-Friday, 8 hour shift between 7:30 am - 5:30 pm with a 60 minute meal break.

Why UConn Health

UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.