**Req Number** 187561

Job Responsibility

Prepares patient for examination.

Positions patient on examination table for optimum testing procedure and conditions;

Explains procedure in easy-to-understand terms based on professional knowledge to relieve patient of pre-testing anxiety;

Sets-up equipment to administer the particular procedure in a timely fashion.

Performs ultrasound procedures.

Recognizes the significance of all structures that are visualized on the oscilloscope and differentiates artifacts from normal or pathological processes in timely manner;

Ensures that proper views and images have been obtained and proper techniques have been employed; determines the need for more extensive evaluations beyond preliminary instructions.

Obtains pertinent radiological and diagnostic exam reports for the physician, necessary for correlation with the ultrasound scan being performed.

Consults with refe...