Ultrasound Technician

Concentric Methods is seeking an Ultrasound Technician (on-call and Call Back) to provide support at the Navy facility at Camp Pendleton, CA.

Responsibilities:

• Correlate the patient's clinical history with the requested examination to be performed and obtain the results from previous pertinent diagnostic tests to correlate with the ultrasound study.
• Consult with staff physicians from a variety of specialties such as obstetrics, gynecology, cardiology and surgery regarding the patient's pertinent past medical history, preliminary diagnosis, and condition so it correlates with the ultrasound examination.
• Recognize normal anatomic variants. Also, recognize anatomic changes created by medical and surgical procedures.
• Document arrival, departure, and completed tests as required by MTF policy. Send appropriate image series to the radiologist for reading according to MTF protocol.

• Perform system warmups, calibrations, and quality control tasks according to manufacturer and MTF policy.
• Recognize artifacts and equipment errors and notify designated Government personnel of outlying values.
• Explain process to patient and instructs and assists patient in assuming physical position for examination.
• Assist in the compiling and archiving of records for procedures performed.
• Observe and report to the radiologist any symptoms which have direct bearing on the patient's condition as a result of adverse reaction to contrast media and inform the radiologist of any condition requiring his/her attention. Recognize the need for and initiate emergency measures for critical situations such as respiratory or cardiac arrest.
• Identify abnormalities during testing and determine need for additional scans of affected area.
• Perform a full range of diagnostic ultrasonic examinations as appropriate to the discipline specified in the TO.