Ultrasound Technician RVT - Brownsville - Valley Regional Medical Center

Description

Introduction

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a(an) Ultrasound Technician RVT with Valley Reg Med Brownsville Alton you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back
Benefits

Valley Reg Med Brownsville Alton offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues.

The available plans and programs include:
Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.

Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.

Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing

401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)

Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock

Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.

Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more

Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts

Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships

Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)

Colleague recognition program

Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)

Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.
Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note:
Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Would you like to unlock your potential with a leading healthcare provider dedicated to the growth and development of our colleagues? Join the Valley Reg Med Brownsville Alton family We will give you the tools and resources you need to succeed in our organization.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Ultrasound Technician RVT to help us reach our goals. Unlock your potential
**This position is at both Free-Standing Emergency Rooms, located in Brownsville - 449 East Alton Gloor Boulevard, Brownsville, Texas, 78526 &
Harlingen W. Expressway 83, Harlingen, Texas, 78552

**Job Summary and Qualifications

The Ultra-sonographer performs a variety of technical procedures that require rational independent judgment, ingenuity, and initiative in performing Ultrasounds and Radiology procedures with basic departmental functions and goals.

What you will do in this role:
Demonstrates competency in U/S transducers, construction and properties, crystal thickness, wavelength, frequency spectrum, resonance, damping
Demonstrates competency in transducers beam configuration, near and far field, focal zone, beam profile
Demonstrates competency in pulse characteristics, pulse repetition frequency, pulse repetition period, and spatial pulse length
Demonstrates competency in technical factors for diagnostic quality images, focal zone, depth, amplitude dynamic range and compression, analog-to-digital converter (ADC), digital-to-analog converter (DAC), brightness, contrast
Demonstrates competency in various display modes, real-time imaging, echogenicity of reflectors, echotextures, artifacts
Demonstrates competency in obstetrics, first trimester, standard measurements (e.g. heart rate, CRL, MSD), maternal anatomy (uterus, cervix, adnexa), embryonic anatomy
Demonstrates competency in high risk and complicated pregnancy, multiple gestations, (chorionicity, amnionicity, twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, conjoined) fetal biophysical profile
Demonstrates accuracy in Meditech training by: sending work request, display and printing a variety of reports.
Demonstrates competency with critical behaviors and age specific care
Demonstrates appropriate equipment disinfection between patients
Demonstrates knowledge in anatomy (veins and arteries)

Demonstrates competency in vascular studies (both venous and arterial) with proper technique and image quality following department protocols (including dopplers and velocities).

What qualifications you will need:
Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
(RDMS) Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer
Must be RVT or RVS - Vascular and other subspecialties are preferred
Associate degree required
Founded as Valley Community Hospital in 1975,

Valley Regional Medical Center

proudly serves Brownsville, TX and the surrounding communities in the Rio Grande Valley. Valley Regional Medical Center is a licensed

215+ bed facility

with over 200 physicians representing 25+ specialties.

From emergency medicine, to diagnostic imaging services, and caring for newborn babies, Valley Regional Medical Center is the hospital that families count on when they are looking for quality healthcare close to home.

We are a designated

Advanced Level III Trauma Center and an Advanced Primary Stroke Center .

Our Heart and Vascular services include a full-range of cardiac services including minimally invasive and open-heart surgery, cardiac cath lab, heart imaging services and more.

Our women's department includes labor, delivery and recovery in a home-like setting. We also have a C-section operating room on standby 24 hours a day and a

Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

equipped with specially trained staff. Innovation and an unwavering commitment to patient care are the cornerstones of our hospital. Come experience our family centered culture at Valley Regional.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times.

In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

Be a part of an organization that invests in you We are reviewing applications for our Ultrasound Technician RVT opening.

Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your application and help us raise the bar in patient care
We are an equal opportunity employer.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.