Ultrasound Technician

UltrasoundTechnician

VA Portland Health Care System - Portland Vancouver and Salem

This Position Is Contingent Upon Contract Award

Work Location

Department of Veterans Affairs

VA Portland Health Care System

Diagnostic Imaging Service

Portland Oregon

Vancouver Washington

Salem Oregon

On-site at the assigned VA facility

Citizenship and Access Requirements: Must satisfy all VA onboarding identity-verification training occupational-health and facility or system access requirements applicable to the assignment.

Security Requirements: No classified clearance is specified. Employment requires a favorable VA background suitability credentialing and system-access determination.

Number of FTEs: 1.0 FTE totaling approximately 2080 regular hours during the base period plus scheduled overtime on-call and callback coverage.

Type of Employment: Full-Time with on-call and callback responsibilities.

Estimated Total Compensation: $42.11 per hour.

Working Hours: On-site 8- 9- or 10-hour shifts established by the supervisor. Rotating weekends and holidays overtime on-call and callback coverage may be required.

Work Arrangement: On-site at assigned VA Portland Health Care System facilities in Portland Vancouver or Salem. Remote or telework performance is not authorized.

Period of Performance: January 4 2027 through January 3 2032 if all four option periods are exercised with a possible extension of up to six months.

Summary of Services

The Medical Instrument Technician will provide full-time on-site diagnostic ultrasound and sonography services across the VA Portland Health Care System. The position independently performs routine and complex ultrasound vascular and Doppler studies portable and intraoperative examinations biopsy and interventional support image-quality review PACS documentation patient preparation and equipment and supply readiness including assigned on-call and callback coverage.

Mandatory Qualifications

Must be registered by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers in Abdomen and Small Parts and hold at least two additional certifications such as RVT OB/GYN or Musculoskeletal Sonography or an accepted equivalent.

Must have at least three years of current diagnostic ultrasound experience.

Must have worked in a hospital setting within the previous six months including coverage of inpatient units the emergency department and the intensive care unit.

Must maintain current Basic Cardiac Life Support certification and possess or obtain a National Provider Identifier.

Must demonstrate expertise in scrotal and pelvic ultrasound ultrasound-guided liver and renal biopsy native and transplanted organ imaging renal artery stenosis and renal Doppler studies.

Must hold a full and unrestricted state license when required by the jurisdiction in which services are performed.

Must be available for the full period of performance and able to support rotating shifts weekends holidays overtime on-call and callback coverage as assigned.

Must satisfy VA occupational-health immunization background suitability training and system-access requirements.

Duties and Responsibilities

Interpret imaging requests and independently perform routine and complex diagnostic ultrasound and vascular examinations.

Perform abdominal neck chest extremity pelvic retroperitoneal scrotal and other assigned ultrasound studies.

Perform vascular and Doppler studies including upper- and lower-extremity venous studies and renal Doppler examinations.

Perform portable emergency intensive-care and intraoperative ultrasound examinations as required.

Assist with tumor ablation biopsies aspirations catheter placements and other image-guided procedures using sterile technique.

Prepare and position patients explain examinations and monitor patient comfort and condition.

Recognize significant abnormalities and promptly notify the radiologist or referring clinician when immediate attention is required.

Evaluate images for positioning labeling technique completeness and diagnostic quality before transmitting them to PACS.

Document examinations procedures escalated findings and required workload information in authorized VA systems.

Maintain ultrasound equipment supplies examination rooms and infection-prevention processes.

Support staff training quality assurance protocol improvement and adoption of new procedures.

Provide assigned on-call and callback coverage and respond to urgent and emergency imaging needs.

Protect confidential information and collaborate professionally with radiologists providers nurses patients trainees and VA leadership.

Required Candidate Submission Documents

Current resume documenting the required modality-specific experience and recent hospital or clinical-laboratory work.

Candidate-signed position-specific Letter of Intent and a completed Attachment 2 Candidate Questionnaire.

Certification state-license information if applicable current BLS or BCLS information NPI and any credentialing health-screening background identification training or onboarding documents requested by Fidelity Partners or the Government client.

About Us

Fidelity Partners is an Inc. 5000 USA company that provides medical technical logistical and administrative services to the federal government and commercial clients across the country. Fidelity offers competitive salaries and benefits packages.

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Fidelity Partners provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race color religion sex national origin age disability or any other status protected in accordance with applicable federal state and local laws (EOE).