AGC Tenwek Hospital Sonographers Jobs in Kenya
Job Summary:
To provide nursing services within the respective department, in order that the patient/client receives quality care for the honor and glory of God.
Responsibilities
Review the patient’s medical record to obtain necessary clinical information, including patient history, lab results, and requisition orders.
Obtains patient clinical information and compares requisition orders to ensure exam accuracy.
Communicating with patients and family members in a timely and thorough manner enhances the patient experience, promotes learning to understand procedures and symptoms, and supports health care outcomes.
Provide emergency care for patients using the basic support protocols until a primary or EMR team arrives.
Communicate pertinent patient information to physicians and appropriate team members, including abnormal findings and changes in test results from previous examinations.
Request work orders for maintenance of equipment to provide optimal working conditions of echocardiography and electrogram machines and equipment. Order and replace supplies used.
Keep the exam area and procedure room stocked and clean.
Training and providing educational support and mentorship to junior staff in basic echocardiography skills.
Safeguard hospitals’ and patients’ confidential information and property at all times.
Promote effective interpersonal and public relations with his team.
Display Christ-like attitude and character both on and off duty
Abide by the Tenwek Hospital moral code and Kenya Clinical officers’ council regulations.
Maintain familiarity with the legal implications of clinical practice and ensure that legal requirements are met
Place EKG leads in appropriate positions for cardiac monitoring during examinations.
Use color flow and spectral Doppler to accurately evaluate cardiac stenotic and regurgitant lesions, intracardiac shunts, and other hemodynamically significant lesions.
Respond to emergency examinations in the department and the hospital setting, i.e., intensive care units, wards, emergency room, cardiac catheterization lab, and operating room.
Evaluate the hemodynamic significance of various cardiac disease states using all imaging modalities available per the department’s protocols
Calculate measurements of echocardiographic structures and Doppler signals, deriving the appropriate indices pertinent to each patient.
Operate ultrasound system and assist exercise physiologist and RN during dobutamine and stress echocardiography.
Perform contrast administration and agitated saline bubble studies. When needed, initiate IV placement.
Inform the interpreting physician if an abnormal finding and/or a hemodynamically significant change is present from the previous examination. (paediatric complex adult)
a. Prepare written impressions of tests performed and preliminary reports in Pediatrics and indicate whether studies require supervisor inputs
Accurately process data needed to complete the report template in the electronic reporting tool
Directing patients to their follow-up department and or prescribing necessary treatments.
Process patients and submit final data.
Qualifications & Experience
Diploma in Imaging science, HND in Sonography.
2 years experience in a busy Hospital
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; AGC Tenwek Hospital Sonographers Jobs in Kenya
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