Sonographer
Operate ultrasound equipment and conduct sonographic examinations
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What's it like to be a Sonographer?
Sonographers are medical imaging professionals who operate ultrasound equipment to capture, interpret and selectively file anatomical images based on requests from Doctors. Ultrasound imaging and the outcome of a sonographic examination is highly dependent on the Sonographer’s level of technical skill and medical knowledge. In Australia, Sonographers may practice across a range of ultrasound imaging disciplines, including: abdomen and chest, breast, cardiac, musculoskeletal, obstetric and gynaecological, paediatric, small parts, and vascular.
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Tasks and duties
- Explaining procedures to patients, answering questions and ensuring patient welfare throughout the exam.
- Examining referrals from Doctors and ensuring they are current.
- Operating ultrasound equipment to ensure the interior images are clear.
- Positioning patients, equipment and screens for maximum exposure and clarity.
- Selecting the images needed for diagnostic purposes.
- Writing reports for Doctors.
How to become a Sonographer
To become a Sonographer, you will need to complete a relevant postgraduate qualification.
- Complete an undergraduate degree in a related field, such as medical radiation science or medical imaging. These courses will take between 3-4 years to complete full-time.
- Complete a Graduate Diploma of Medical Ultrasound. This will take around 2 years part-time, and you’ll need to have an undergraduate degree to enter this course. Alternatively, you can complete a Master of Medical Sonography and choose to specialise in general, cardiac or vascular sonography.
- Apply to become an Accredited Medical Sonographer with the Australian Sonographer Accreditation Registry (ASAR). You will need to complete Continuing Professional Development (CPD) each year to maintain your registration.
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Latest Sonographer reviews
May 2021
Reviewer's Qualification
Bachelor of Radiography and Medical Imaging
Experience
10+ years
Organisation size
Large (200+ employees)
Specialisation
Ultrasound
The good things
Being a part of a multidisciplinary health team and giving doctors the answers they need to treat a patient properly. Also the close patient care and sharing in some really wonderful parts of their li...
The challenges
Mentally exhausting, very sad at times, physically demanding.
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May 2021
Reviewer's Qualification
Postgraduate Diploma in Health
Experience
10+ years
Organisation size
Medium (20-199 employees)
Specialisation
Cardiac Ultrasound
The good things
The Good Things
Challenging and hugely rewarding career in the medical imaging field. It is well complimented by other imaging modalities in the department.
The challenges
Challenges
Professional sensitivity and compassion is required at times with people in compromised states of health
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