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Medical Instrument Technician (Diagnostic Ultrasound)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 46 days ago
On-site Martinsburg, WV $75K – $97K Apply by Aug 7, 2026 Medical Instrument Technician ESTJESTPISFPISTP Trades
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The Medical Instrument Technician (MIT) Diagnostic Ultrasound position is located within Diagnostic Imaging service at the Martinsburg West Virginia VA Medical Center. The MIT coordinates a variety of technical procedures that require independent judgment, ingenuity, and initiative in the application of non-ionizing high frequency ultrasonic waves to humans for diagnosis of disease in the clinic or on the inpatient unit.
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Duties may include but are not limited to; Controls technical factors on ultrasound unit, which will affect time, gain, amplitude, velocity, frequency, attenuation, absorption, reflection, scattering, refraction, and diffraction.
- →Selects between non-focused, fixed-focus, linear phased array, and annual phased array.
- →Sets up and adjusts all equipment and manually maneuvers the transducer to perform the exam.
- →Receives and identifies patients, explains methods of procedures, assists movement of patients to and from wheelchairs, carts and tables, positions the patient and performs examination requested.
- →Evaluates the nature of critical and emergency procedures and rearranges priorities to accommodate them.
- →Performs ultrasonography studies, records as well as prepares the processed media for interpretation by Staff Radiologist.
- →Maintain records of patients in the Vista radiology package.
- →Schedules and prepares patient for exams and explains procedures to patient white performing the studies.
- →Obtains pertinent diagnostic examinations for the physician, which may be necessary for correlation between the ultrasound scan and the clinical history.
- →Performs diagnostic ultrasound examination on multiple areas of body, including, but not limited to, the abdomen, pelvis, transvaginal, chest, small parts, thyroid, breast, and scrotum.
- →Routinely performs vascular studies carotid duplex, ABI, arterial duplex, venous duplex, renal artery duplex and visceral vascular exams of the abdomen.
- →Regularly performs preoperative upper and lower extremity vein mappings, as well as chronic venous insufficiency studies.
- →Assists radiologist with biopsy procedures determining the location, depth, and required needle angle for the lesion to be sampled.
- →Assists in surgical procedures and fluid aspirations.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
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Job ID: 60cba206-9206-4ac9-931f-aeba89561ada
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