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Job Description Help for Job Description. Opens a new window. Position Summary The Specialty Sonographer Hospital Division (HD) is fully engaged in providing Quality/No Harm, Customer Service and Stewardship by delivering appropriate direct and indirect quality patient care and performs scans in compliance with regulatory and department processes. The Specialty Sonographer is registered and performs specialty sonograms in the area of breast. Primary Accountabilities 1. Ensures the correct procedure is performed on the correct patient by verifying two forms of patient identification on "Every Patient / Every Time". 2. Accurately completes all required written and electronic documentation (ex: patient history, pregnancy, IV contrast, procedural consent, MAR, safety portal, medication reconciliation, PACS). 3. Ensures all charges are complete and accurate for all procedures and supplies used. 4. Reviews exam orders from medical charts and prescriptions prior to performing an exam. 5. Performs procedure protocols, produces images consistent with image quality standards and follows all Federal, State and Regional healthcare regulations, adhering to The Joint Commission standards. 6. Properly positions patients using appropriate technique. 7. Properly identifies, prepares and administers medications within the technologist's scope of practice as prescribed by a licensed independent practitioner. 8. Maintains productivity as determined by leadership. 9. Practices aseptic and sterile technique per Infection Control guidelines and policies. 10. Ensures equipment is clean and disinfected prior to each patient encounter and reports malfunctioning equipment to the appropriate department, fellow associates, and management in a timely manner. 11. Ensures exam rooms are clean, neat, stocked and disinfected.