Ultrasound Technician RVT PRN

Job Summary

The Ultrasound Technician (RVT PRN) performs a variety of technical procedures that require independent judgment, ingenuity, and initiative in performing ultrasounds and radiology procedures while supporting basic departmental functions and goals.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates competency in ultrasound transducers, construction and properties, crystal thickness, wavelength, frequency spectrum, resonance, and damping.
• Demonstrates competency in transducer beam configuration, near and far field, focal zone, and beam profile.
• Demonstrates competency in pulse characteristics, pulse repetition frequency, pulse repetition period, and spatial pulse length.
• Demonstrates competency in technical factors for diagnostic quality images, including focal zone, depth, amplitude, dynamic range and compression, analog‑to‑digital and digital‑to‑analog conversion, brightness, and contrast.
• Demonstrates competency in various display modes, real‑time imaging, echogenicity of reflectors, echotextures, and artifacts.
• Demonstrates competency in obstetrics, first‑trimester standard measurements (e.g., heart rate, CRL, MSD), maternal anatomy (uterus, cervix, adnexa), and embryonic anatomy.
• Demonstrates competency in high‑risk and complicated pregnancy, multiple gestations (including chorionicity, amnionicity, twin‑to‑twin transfusion syndrome, conjoined twins), and fetal biophysical profile.
• Demonstrates accuracy in Meditech training by sending work requests and displaying/printing a variety of reports.
• Demonstrates competency with critical behaviors and age‑specific care.

Qualifications

• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer (RDMS) credential.
• Associate Degree (RVT) Registered Vascular Technician, or Registered Vascular Specialist (RVS).
• Minimum one year of experience preferred.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine coverage.
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
• Paid time off, paid family leave, long‑ and short‑term disability, and other leaves of absence.
• 401(k) plan with 100 % match on 3 %–9 % of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, and retirement readiness tools.
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts.

About Valley Regional Medical Center – Harlingen

Valley Regional Medical Center, founded as Valley Community Hospital in 1975, is a licensed 215‑plus‑bed facility serving Brownsville, TX and the surrounding Rio Grande Valley. The hospital offers 25+ specialties with over 200 physicians, including an Advanced Level III Trauma Center, Advanced Primary Stroke Center, comprehensive heart and vascular services, a women’s department with labor, delivery, and a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and a 24‑hour C‑section operating room.