Full-Time
Diagnostic Ultrasonographer
Updated on 8/1/2026
University of Washington
Compensation Overview
$50.99 - $79.77/hr
Seattle, WA, USA
In Person
Category
 Medical, Clinical & Veterinary (1) |
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Required Skills
Quality Assurance (QA)
Requirements
- Completion of a diagnostic ultrasound program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP).
- Registration in abdominal and obstetrical ultrasound, or experience equivalent to the criteria for eligibility for registration in abdominal and obstetrical ultrasound by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS).
Responsibilities
- Prepare patients and independently perform ultrasound examinations and procedures, including abdominal, obstetrical/gynecological, small-parts, and intraoperative examinations.
- Assist radiologists with invasive procedures and vascular examinations, using 2-D, real-time, M-mode, pulsed Doppler, and color-flow techniques to maximize diagnostic information.
- Evaluate patients based on referring-physician information, medical records, and patient interviews, and select appropriate instrumentation for examinations.
- Assist physicians with special interventional radiological procedures and perform portable procedures at the bedside, in operating rooms, emergency rooms, and other areas outside the ultrasound suite.
- Safely and properly transfer and position patients for examinations and observe and monitor their condition and reactions.
- Produce technically acceptable ultrasound examinations according to departmental procedures, select appropriate technical factors, review images for diagnostic quality, and determine whether additional views are needed.
- Perform quality-assurance checks on equipment and processes according to department policies.
- Prepare preliminary diagnoses or reports for radiologists, including anatomic and physiological data and diagnostic observations; accurately enter examination orders, patient data, and patient charges; and prepare reports.
- Answer phones and assist with order entry, image-library tasks, scheduling, and patient transport.
- Set up examination rooms, ensure required equipment and supplies are available, inventory supplies and linens, and restock rooms as needed.
- Clean and tidy examination rooms, patient holding rooms, waiting rooms, and related areas.
- Coordinate equipment repairs and troubleshoot supply problems.