Sonographer | Mt Rushmore Clinic | RCMC Division
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; fold minor metadata into short
or drop it. Preserve all substantive info; do not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions. Include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it — never emit heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. Prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones.
We need to parse the posting.
Key info:
- Primary Location: Rapid City, SD USA
- Department: MHMC-RC Mt. Rushmore MIS Ultrasound
- Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
- Starting Pay Rate Range: $34.77 - $43.46 (Determined by knowledge, skills, experience)
- Up to $20,000 Sign On Bonus for Qualified Candidates
- Job Summary: paragraph(s)
- Job Description: Essential Functions list (multiple bullet-like sentences)
- Required Additional Requirements: Education, Certification, Preferred Education, Experience, Policy Number, Scheduling Requirements, Physical Requirements, Job Category, Job Family, Shift, Employee Type, etc.
- Benefits list: Supportive work culture, Medical, Vision and Dental Coverage, Retirement Plans, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account, Instant pay is available for qualifying positions, Paid Time Off Accrual Bank, Opportunities for growth and advancement, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, Excellent pay differentials on qualifying positions, Flexible scheduling.
We need to decide sections. Likely sections: About the role (Job Summary), Responsibilities (Essential Functions), Requirements (Education, Certification, Experience), Qualifications (maybe combine with Requirements?), Skills (maybe not explicit), Benefits (list), Pay (pay range + sign on bonus), Schedule (Scheduled Weekly Hours 40, maybe shift info). Also maybe location? Not required as heading; could be in a short
meta.
We must not create sections with filler. Ensure each section has substantive content.
We need to avoid duplication. Also remove boilerplate like "Monument Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer..." etc. Also remove "Current Employees If you are a current Monument Health employee, please apply via the internal career site..." (application instructions). Also remove "Policy Number: MIS-7040-115 - Caregivers must be BLS certified upon employment or within their 90-day probation period." That's maybe part of Requirements? Could be included under Requirements as a note.
We need to preserve all substantive info. So we need to include location, department, weekly hours, pay range, sign on bonus, job summary, essential functions, requirements (education, certification, preferred education, experience), benefits list, maybe schedule (weekly hours 40). Also physical requirements maybe part of Requirements? Could be under Requirements or a separate section? The instruction says use headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Physical requirements could be part of Requirements or maybe Qualifications? Probably Requirements.
We need to avoid creating sections with placeholder text. So if we include Schedule, we need actual content: Scheduled Weekly Hours 40, maybe shift requirement: "Requires the ability to work assigned schedules and hours as determined by the department." That's substantive.
Pay: we have Starting Pay Rate Range $34.77 - $43.46 and Up to $20,000 Sign On Bonus. That's substantive.
Benefits: list as above.
Now we need to decide which sections to include. Likely: About the role (Job Summary), Responsibilities (Essential Functions), Requirements (Education, Certification, Experience, Policy, Physical Requirements), Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We could combine Requirements and Qualifications but we have both headings allowed; we can choose to use Requirements for mandatory quals and maybe Qualifications for preferred? But we have limited content; maybe just Requirements covering both required and preferred. Or we could have Requirements and Qualifications separate if we have content for each. Let's see: Required: Education - HS Diploma/GED, Certification - BLS, ARDMS or ARRT within timeframes. Preferred Education - Associates Related Field. Experience - 1+ years Sonographer Experience; 1+ years Staff Technologist Experience. Policy Number etc. Physical Requirements. So we could put all under Requirements.
Qualifications maybe not needed.
Skills: not explicitly listed; maybe we could infer from responsibilities but better not to create a Skills section if no explicit skills list.
Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
Now we need to format.
- About the role:
About the role
then with job summary paragraphs (maybe combine into one or two paragraphs). The job summary includes: "It starts with heart...." plus the paragraph about vision etc. We'll combine.
- Responsibilities:
Responsibilities
then - each essential function. The essential functions are a list of sentences starting with "Able to consistently determine..." etc. We'll turn each into
- .
- Requirements:
Requirements
then maybe we need sub-sections? Not required; we can just put paragraphs for each requirement, or
- for list items. Since it's a list of items, better to use
- . Items: Education - High School Diploma/GED Equivalent: General Studies Graduate - Radiology Program with additional ultrasound training or Sonography program; Certification - Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider Certification - American Heart Association (AHA) - Within 60 days of hire or transfer; ARDMS - American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography - Within 6 months of hire or transfer or ARRT with Advanced Ultrasound Certification - Within 6 months of hire or transfer; Preferred Education - Associates Related Field; Experience - 1+ years of Sonographer Experience; 1+ years of Staff Technologist Experience; Policy Number: MIS-7040-115 - Caregivers must be BLS certified upon employment or within their 90-day probation period.; Scheduling Requirements: Requires the ability to work assigned schedules and hours as determined by the department.; Physical Requirements: Heavy work - exerting up to 25 pounds of force constantly (67-100% of the time), and/or up to 50 pounds frequently (34-66% of the time), and/or up to 100 pounds of force occasionally (up to 33% of the time), and or up to 100 pounds of force seldomly to move objects. Possible exposure to radiation and frequent exposure to contaminated needles and infectious body substances.; Job Category: Diagnostics; Job Family: Technical Radiology; Shift: Requires the ability to work assigned schedules and hours as determined by the department.; Employee Type: Regular; Location: Primary Location Rapid City, SD USA; Department: MHMC-RC Mt. Rushmore MIS Ultrasound; Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 (maybe schedule section). Actually weekly hours could go under Schedule.
We need to avoid duplication: Scheduling Requirements and Shift both similar; we can combine.
We also have "Employee Type Regular". That's substantive.
We also have "Job Category Diagnostics" and "Job Family Technical Radiology". Could be included.
We need to ensure we don't create sections with filler. All these are substantive.
Now Benefits: list as
- each benefit.
Pay:
Pay
then Starting Pay Rate Range $34.77 - $43.46 (Determined by the knowledge, skills, and experience of the applicant.) Up to $20,000 Sign On Bonus for Qualified Candidates. Could be two sentences.
Schedule:
Schedule
then Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40. Requires the ability to work assigned schedules and hours as determined by the department.
Now we need to ensure we don't include boilerplate like EEO, application instructions, etc.
Also remove duplicated lines: The posting had "Make a difference. Every day." repeated? At end there is "Make a difference. Every day." and also earlier "It starts with heart...." and "You will make a difference. Every day." We'll keep only one occurrence? The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove duplicated lines. So we should deduplicate repeated sentences. The phrase "Make a difference. Every day." appears twice: once in Job Summary? Actually Job Summary includes: "You will make a difference. Every day." At the very end after Employee Type there is "Make a difference. Every day." That's likely a duplicate. We'll keep only one instance.
Also "It starts with heart. That is what you will do each day." appears only once.
Now we need to ensure we don't include navigation etc.
Now produce HTML fragment.
Let's craft.
First, About the role:
It starts with heart. That is what you will do each day. As a Sonographer at Monument Health, you will be valued as an essential team member providing compassionate patient focused care. You will discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, mutual respect, and— most importantly— a life-changing career. You will make a difference. Every day. As a Sonographer, you will perform ultrasound examinations on patients of all ages utilizing a variety of technical aspects that require judgement, ingenuity, and initiative in applying sonographic principles to obtain diagnostic images. Our vision at Monument Health is to be one team, to listen, to be inclusive, and to show we care. To do the right thing. Every time. If you share this philosophy, we hope you’ll join us.
That seems good.
Now Responsibilities: list each essential function.
Essential Functions list from posting:
- Able to consistently determine and present high quality exams to the radiologists.
- Applies sonographic sectional anatomy knowledge to assess for disease processes or other pathology and displays images using proper ultrasound scanning techniques.
- Competently works within required computer programs (i.e. PACs, RIS, Vrad) as well as manual downtime processes.
- Consistently demonstrates a thorough knowledge of patient positioning, quality control and quality assurance, specialized techniques, and demonstrates the ability to plan own work.
- Assists the physician in performing procedures.
- Performs all ultrasound examinations in a competent and professional manner.
- Consistently performs clinically proficient sonographic procedures using principles of ultrasound physics and human anatomy and physiology.
- Develops and maintains teamwork.
- Demonstrates willingness to learn new procedures and accepts additional responsibilities.
- Is on time and prepared to work scheduled hours.
- Reviews patients condition, history, and physicians order; consults radiologist with any questions.
- Determines area and method of scanning; properly positions the patient.
- Routinely prepares the patient and the equipment for the upcoming procedure.
- Educates the patient and/ or family regarding the procedure to be performed.
- Provides professional age-specific interaction with patients.
- Adheres to the standards outlined in the Monument Health Standards of Performance.
- All other duties as assigned.
We'll put each as - .
Now Requirements: we need to list items.
Let's create
- for each requirement.
Items:
- Education: High School Diploma/GED Equivalent: General Studies Graduate - Radiology Program with additional ultrasound training or Sonography program
- Certification: Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider Certification - American Heart Association (AHA) - Within 60 days of hire or transfer; ARD
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; fold minor metadata into short
or drop it. Preserve all substantive info; do not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions. Include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it — never emit heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. Prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. We need to parse the posting. Key info: - Primary Location: Rapid City, SD USA - Department: MHMC-RC Mt. Rushmore MIS Ultrasound - Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 - Starting Pay Rate Range: $34.77 - $43.46 (Determined by knowledge, skills, experience) - Up to $20,000 Sign On Bonus for Qualified Candidates - Job Summary: paragraph(s) - Job Description: Essential Functions list (multiple bullet-like sentences) - Required Additional Requirements: Education, Certification, Preferred Education, Experience, Policy Number, Scheduling Requirements, Physical Requirements, Job Category, Job Family, Shift, Employee Type, etc. - Benefits list: Supportive work culture, Medical, Vision and Dental Coverage, Retirement Plans, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account, Instant pay is available for qualifying positions, Paid Time Off Accrual Bank, Opportunities for growth and advancement, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, Excellent pay differentials on qualifying positions, Flexible scheduling. We need to decide sections. Likely sections: About the role (Job Summary), Responsibilities (Essential Functions), Requirements (Education, Certification, Experience), Qualifications (maybe combine with Requirements?), Skills (maybe not explicit), Benefits (list), Pay (pay range + sign on bonus), Schedule (Scheduled Weekly Hours 40, maybe shift info). Also maybe location? Not required as heading; could be in a short
meta. We must not create sections with filler. Ensure each section has substantive content. We need to avoid duplication. Also remove boilerplate like "Monument Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer..." etc. Also remove "Current Employees If you are a current Monument Health employee, please apply via the internal career site..." (application instructions). Also remove "Policy Number: MIS-7040-115 - Caregivers must be BLS certified upon employment or within their 90-day probation period." That's maybe part of Requirements? Could be included under Requirements as a note. We need to preserve all substantive info. So we need to include location, department, weekly hours, pay range, sign on bonus, job summary, essential functions, requirements (education, certification, preferred education, experience), benefits list, maybe schedule (weekly hours 40). Also physical requirements maybe part of Requirements? Could be under Requirements or a separate section? The instruction says use headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Physical requirements could be part of Requirements or maybe Qualifications? Probably Requirements. We need to avoid creating sections with placeholder text. So if we include Schedule, we need actual content: Scheduled Weekly Hours 40, maybe shift requirement: "Requires the ability to work assigned schedules and hours as determined by the department." That's substantive. Pay: we have Starting Pay Rate Range $34.77 - $43.46 and Up to $20,000 Sign On Bonus. That's substantive. Benefits: list as above. Now we need to decide which sections to include. Likely: About the role (Job Summary), Responsibilities (Essential Functions), Requirements (Education, Certification, Experience, Policy, Physical Requirements), Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We could combine Requirements and Qualifications but we have both headings allowed; we can choose to use Requirements for mandatory quals and maybe Qualifications for preferred? But we have limited content; maybe just Requirements covering both required and preferred. Or we could have Requirements and Qualifications separate if we have content for each. Let's see: Required: Education - HS Diploma/GED, Certification - BLS, ARDMS or ARRT within timeframes. Preferred Education - Associates Related Field. Experience - 1+ years Sonographer Experience; 1+ years Staff Technologist Experience. Policy Number etc. Physical Requirements. So we could put all under Requirements. Qualifications maybe not needed. Skills: not explicitly listed; maybe we could infer from responsibilities but better not to create a Skills section if no explicit skills list. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Now we need to format. - About the role:
About the role
thenwith job summary paragraphs (maybe combine into one or two paragraphs). The job summary includes: "It starts with heart...." plus the paragraph about vision etc. We'll combine. - Responsibilities:
Responsibilities
then- each essential function. The essential functions are a list of sentences starting with "Able to consistently determine..." etc. We'll turn each into
- .
- Requirements:
Requirements
then maybe we need sub-sections? Not required; we can just putparagraphs for each requirement, or
- for list items. Since it's a list of items, better to use
- . Items: Education - High School Diploma/GED Equivalent: General Studies Graduate - Radiology Program with additional ultrasound training or Sonography program; Certification - Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider Certification - American Heart Association (AHA) - Within 60 days of hire or transfer; ARDMS - American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography - Within 6 months of hire or transfer or ARRT with Advanced Ultrasound Certification - Within 6 months of hire or transfer; Preferred Education - Associates Related Field; Experience - 1+ years of Sonographer Experience; 1+ years of Staff Technologist Experience; Policy Number: MIS-7040-115 - Caregivers must be BLS certified upon employment or within their 90-day probation period.; Scheduling Requirements: Requires the ability to work assigned schedules and hours as determined by the department.; Physical Requirements: Heavy work - exerting up to 25 pounds of force constantly (67-100% of the time), and/or up to 50 pounds frequently (34-66% of the time), and/or up to 100 pounds of force occasionally (up to 33% of the time), and or up to 100 pounds of force seldomly to move objects. Possible exposure to radiation and frequent exposure to contaminated needles and infectious body substances.; Job Category: Diagnostics; Job Family: Technical Radiology; Shift: Requires the ability to work assigned schedules and hours as determined by the department.; Employee Type: Regular; Location: Primary Location Rapid City, SD USA; Department: MHMC-RC Mt. Rushmore MIS Ultrasound; Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 (maybe schedule section). Actually weekly hours could go under Schedule.
We need to avoid duplication: Scheduling Requirements and Shift both similar; we can combine.
We also have "Employee Type Regular". That's substantive.
We also have "Job Category Diagnostics" and "Job Family Technical Radiology". Could be included.
We need to ensure we don't create sections with filler. All these are substantive.
Now Benefits: list as
- each benefit.
Pay:
Pay
thenStarting Pay Rate Range $34.77 - $43.46 (Determined by the knowledge, skills, and experience of the applicant.) Up to $20,000 Sign On Bonus for Qualified Candidates. Could be two sentences. Schedule:
Schedule
thenScheduled Weekly Hours: 40. Requires the ability to work assigned schedules and hours as determined by the department. Now we need to ensure we don't include boilerplate like EEO, application instructions, etc. Also remove duplicated lines: The posting had "Make a difference. Every day." repeated? At end there is "Make a difference. Every day." and also earlier "It starts with heart...." and "You will make a difference. Every day." We'll keep only one occurrence? The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove duplicated lines. So we should deduplicate repeated sentences. The phrase "Make a difference. Every day." appears twice: once in Job Summary? Actually Job Summary includes: "You will make a difference. Every day." At the very end after Employee Type there is "Make a difference. Every day." That's likely a duplicate. We'll keep only one instance. Also "It starts with heart. That is what you will do each day." appears only once. Now we need to ensure we don't include navigation etc. Now produce HTML fragment. Let's craft. First, About the role:
It starts with heart. That is what you will do each day. As a Sonographer at Monument Health, you will be valued as an essential team member providing compassionate patient focused care. You will discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, mutual respect, and— most importantly— a life-changing career. You will make a difference. Every day. As a Sonographer, you will perform ultrasound examinations on patients of all ages utilizing a variety of technical aspects that require judgement, ingenuity, and initiative in applying sonographic principles to obtain diagnostic images. Our vision at Monument Health is to be one team, to listen, to be inclusive, and to show we care. To do the right thing. Every time. If you share this philosophy, we hope you’ll join us.
That seems good. Now Responsibilities: list each essential function. Essential Functions list from posting: - Able to consistently determine and present high quality exams to the radiologists. - Applies sonographic sectional anatomy knowledge to assess for disease processes or other pathology and displays images using proper ultrasound scanning techniques. - Competently works within required computer programs (i.e. PACs, RIS, Vrad) as well as manual downtime processes. - Consistently demonstrates a thorough knowledge of patient positioning, quality control and quality assurance, specialized techniques, and demonstrates the ability to plan own work. - Assists the physician in performing procedures. - Performs all ultrasound examinations in a competent and professional manner. - Consistently performs clinically proficient sonographic procedures using principles of ultrasound physics and human anatomy and physiology. - Develops and maintains teamwork. - Demonstrates willingness to learn new procedures and accepts additional responsibilities. - Is on time and prepared to work scheduled hours. - Reviews patients condition, history, and physicians order; consults radiologist with any questions. - Determines area and method of scanning; properly positions the patient. - Routinely prepares the patient and the equipment for the upcoming procedure. - Educates the patient and/ or family regarding the procedure to be performed. - Provides professional age-specific interaction with patients. - Adheres to the standards outlined in the Monument Health Standards of Performance. - All other duties as assigned. We'll put each as - .
Now Requirements: we need to list items.
Let's create
- for each requirement. Items: - Education: High School Diploma/GED Equivalent: General Studies Graduate - Radiology Program with additional ultrasound training or Sonography program - Certification: Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider Certification - American Heart Association (AHA) - Within 60 days of hire or transfer; ARD
- each benefit.
Pay:
- . Items: Education - High School Diploma/GED Equivalent: General Studies Graduate - Radiology Program with additional ultrasound training or Sonography program; Certification - Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider Certification - American Heart Association (AHA) - Within 60 days of hire or transfer; ARDMS - American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography - Within 6 months of hire or transfer or ARRT with Advanced Ultrasound Certification - Within 6 months of hire or transfer; Preferred Education - Associates Related Field; Experience - 1+ years of Sonographer Experience; 1+ years of Staff Technologist Experience; Policy Number: MIS-7040-115 - Caregivers must be BLS certified upon employment or within their 90-day probation period.; Scheduling Requirements: Requires the ability to work assigned schedules and hours as determined by the department.; Physical Requirements: Heavy work - exerting up to 25 pounds of force constantly (67-100% of the time), and/or up to 50 pounds frequently (34-66% of the time), and/or up to 100 pounds of force occasionally (up to 33% of the time), and or up to 100 pounds of force seldomly to move objects. Possible exposure to radiation and frequent exposure to contaminated needles and infectious body substances.; Job Category: Diagnostics; Job Family: Technical Radiology; Shift: Requires the ability to work assigned schedules and hours as determined by the department.; Employee Type: Regular; Location: Primary Location Rapid City, SD USA; Department: MHMC-RC Mt. Rushmore MIS Ultrasound; Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 (maybe schedule section). Actually weekly hours could go under Schedule.
We need to avoid duplication: Scheduling Requirements and Shift both similar; we can combine.
We also have "Employee Type Regular". That's substantive.
We also have "Job Category Diagnostics" and "Job Family Technical Radiology". Could be included.
We need to ensure we don't create sections with filler. All these are substantive.
Now Benefits: list as
- for list items. Since it's a list of items, better to use