Prepare and assist patients for ultrasound procedures as requested by a physician.  Obtains essential information from patients, medical records, and previous scans for clinical correlation.  Verify proper patient identification on the study and route it to PACS.  Helps patient transfer to the sono exam table and ensures adequate imobilization to perform the scan.  Operate the equipment to aquire a variety of imaging results.  Obtain diagnostic sonographic images by scanning the appropriate body part of the patient.  Monitor patient reaction to treatment and changes in physical or mental status, reporting change to the appropiate person.  Educate patients about the procedures to be performed including Biopsy procedures. Obtain optimum quality images through employment of proper anatomical positioning, probe and frequency selection as designed by the radiologists.  Carry out quality control checks on equipment, reporting deficiencies to proper personnel for action.  Process studies onto CD or Film format for patient study requests while maintaining proper HIPPA compliance.  Ability to maintain continuing education credits and professional licenses required by the New York State Department of Health and ARDMS.

Multiple locations.  Need flexibility with scheduled hours.