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**City/State:** Saint Louis, Missouri

**Categories:** Imaging Services

**Job Status:** Full-Time

**Req ID** : 102768

**Pay Range:** $32.52 – $51.96 / hour (Salary or hourly rate is based on job qualifications and relevant work experience)

Additional Information About the Role

BJC HealthCare System is hiring a **Full-Time** **_Registered Sonographer_** **(Ultrasound)** for **_Christian Hospital and Northwest Healthcare (_** **_1225 Graham Rd Florissant, MO 63031_** **_) &_** **_Christian Hospital (11133 Dunn Rd St. Louis, MO 63136)_**

_Location is near: Alton, IL / Godfrey, IL/ Edwardsville, IL / Collinsville, IL / Granite City, IL/ Bridgeton, MO / Saint Ann, MO / Roxana, IL / Wood River, IL / Spanish Lake, MO / Bethalto, IL / Florissant, MO / Black Jack_

Position Details:

+ **General Ultrasound** ( **_Abdomen, Small Parts, Thyroid, Breast,_** **_OB/Gyn_** **_)_**

+ **Day Shift:** **_Varying shifts between Mon-Fri: 7am – 3:30pm, 7:30am-4pm, or 8:30am-5pm_**

+ **Paid** **_Saturday Rotation (6:30am-3pm)_**

+ **Paid on Call:** Call hours are rotated between all team members with paid on-call compensation — even if you're not called in!

Call Hours:

+ **_M-Th 1730-2030, Sat 1500-1830, Sun 0700-1830_**

+ **_Overnight Shift (as needed)_**

+ **_Holidays_**

_Requirements:_

+ Associate degree or Trade School equivalency ( _or higher level of education_ )

+ Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer (RDMS)

_Experience:_

+ **_Previous experience in general ultrasound with breast ultrasound experience (preferred, but it is not required)_**

+ _If you have experience in one of the following areas, you could be a good fit: Upcoming Graduating Sonography Students, Radiology students, Registered Sonographer_ **_,_** _Diagnostic Medical Sonographer, Ultrasound Technician, Ultrasound Technologist, or_

Next Steps:

+ **If selected to move forward with Interview Process, a Talent Advisor will contact you via email for a screen**

Overview

**Christian Hospital** has been serving St. Louis and the surrounding metro areas since 1903. U.S. News & World Report ranks Christian Hospital No. 5 in St. Louis for overall clinical excellence and No. 9 in Missouri, which puts us in the top 6% of all hospitals in the state!

The U.S. News adult methodology ranks clinical specialties and rates common care procedures and conditions. Christian was nationally ranked as “high performing” in the clinical specialty of geriatrics and in the following seven of 21 common procedures and conditions: heart attack, heart failure, kidney failure, diabetes, COPD, pneumonia and stroke. High performing in a specialty means we were in the top 10% nationally of all evaluated hospitals for that specialty or procedure and condition.

_Northwest HealthCare_ , six miles west of Christian, offers 24- hour emergency care, the Sleep Disorders Center and a variety of outpatient diagnostic and imaging services.

The Ultrasound Department provides inpatient, outpatient and emergency services. Routine ultrasound services include obstetrical, gynecological, abdominal, small parts, color flow, and spectral Doppler diagnostic examinations. Services are offered in the department as well as at bedside to patients in the ICU and the PCU.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

The Registered Diagnostic Sonographer performs ultrasound imaging, including but not limited to abdominal, small parts, and obstetrical, to adult and/or pediatric patients for the purpose of diagnosis and/or treatment of anatomic and physiologic disorders, and assist with needle procedures (i.e., biopsies, drainages, needle placements, etc.). May also perform vascular imaging

Responsibilities

+ Ensures proper function and readiness of all equipment.

+ Performs ultrasound imaging examinations and ensures proper documentation of procedures.

+ Performs studies independently, may perform studies on-call, portable exams, and at other sites as required by work area.

Minimum Requirements

Education

+ Associate or Trade School Equi

Experience

+ No Experience

Supervisor Experience

+ No Experience

Licenses & Certifications

+ RDMS or equiv

Preferred Requirements

Experience

+ <2 years

Licenses & Certifications

+ Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

+ RDCS or equiv

Benefits and Legal Statement

BJC Total Rewards

At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

+ Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date

+ Disability insurance* paid for by BJC

+ Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution

+ 401(k) plan with BJC match

+ Tuition Assistance available on first day

+ BJC Institute for Learning and Development

+ Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

+ Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time

+ Adoption assistance

To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary (https://www.bjctotalrewards.org/Benefits)

*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer