Medical Diagnostic Specialist

About the job

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Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit

Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research.

Patient care: We promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

Education: We prepare tomorrow’s healthcare professionals and biomedical researchers from all backgrounds by facilitating learning within innovative and integrated curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education to ensure a highly skilled workforce.

Research: We develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers and resources. We provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our university to support outstanding research. We foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic and population research.

Position Summary

This is a research ultrasound position that will perform and/or annotate prenatal ultrasounds as part of a research study. Responsibility is to any of the specific projects undertaken by the Global Health Division. There will be several protocols that will start and evolve over time. Use of an ultrasound machine and various other FDA approved devices for the purpose of capturing prenatal images is the main purpose of this role.

The position includes patient recruitment, consenting, performance of a prenatal ultrasound for research purposes, data collection and organization. The person in this position will multitask and learn new procedures according to the protocol. This multi-site project will focus on recruiting pregnant women early in their first trimester to participate in a randomized trial of ultrasound follow-up exams to increase the information gathered in a previous trial. We will be comparing our research ultrasounds, including novice scans with a hand-held probe, to those obtained by a certified sonographer.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

Associate’s degree in medical sonography, cardio/vascular sonography, or related discipline; or equivalent combination of training and experience. Some positions may require additional training, certifications, or licenses.

Special Physical/Mental Requirements

Ability to perform ultrasound for 8 hours per day, with or without accommodation.

Office of Human Resources Contact Information

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