Perinatal Sonographer III
- Common Spirit Health
- SANTA MARIA, CA, USA
- Nov 06, 2026
Job Description
Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Sonographer, you will utilize advanced sonographic equipment to record detailed images of blood, organs, tissues, and bodily masses, including unborn fetuses, providing critical visual data for diagnosis and prenatal care.
Every day you will directly interact with patients, explaining procedures, answering questions, and preparing them for scans. You will meticulously operate sonographic equipment, adjusting settings and patient positions to ensure clear, diagnostic images. You will monitor and care for patients to ensure their safety and comfort, select and examine images for pathologies, and present preliminary findings to Physicians.
To be successful in this role, you will possess excellent patient service and communication skills, sharp eyesight, and meticulous attention to detail. You will demonstrate strong technical proficiency, sound judgment, and advanced decision-making skills to effectively capture and interpret sonographic data, ensuring optimal diagnostic support.
- Performs diagnostic and therapeutic ultrasound procedures in accordance with department standards, and in keeping with the orders of the referring physician.
- Operates all ultrasound equipment, computers, and accessories.
- Demonstrates competency in imaging processing procedures (PACs).
- Identifies and initiates accurate assessment of life-threatening conditions. Troubleshoots equipment and cooperates with service personnel in order to maintain minimal down time.
- Maintains and updates the patient log on a daily basis.
- Responds to changes in work schedule and STAT exams, and demonstrates reliability and proximity when on-call.
Required
- Technical School Graduation from an accredited school of Ultrasound and 2-5 years experience performing Ultrasound procedures., upon hire and
- 2 years high-risk/level II OB Ultrasoundincluding Fetal Echo. and
- Experienced with US guided invasive fetal proceduresincluding amniocentesis and CVS and
- Basic Life Support - CPR (must be from the American Heart Association), within 30 Days and
- Registered Cardiac Electr, upon hire or
- Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist, upon hire or
- Registered Cardiac Sonographer CCI, upon hire or
- Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer, upon hire or
- Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Abdomen, upon hire or
- Registered Technologist Computed Tomography, upon hire or
- Registered Technologist Radiography ARRT, upon hire or
- Registered Vascular Specialist, upon hire or
- Registered Vascular Technologist, upon hire
Preferred
- Experience with AIUM certification process
Founded in 1940, Dignity Health - Marian Regional Medical Center is a 191-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Santa Maria, California. Serving over 250,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including Level II Trauma Center, Level III NICU, cancer care, orthopedics, and stroke care. Additionally, Marian Regional Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, and the only healthcare facility on the Central Coast to offer ECMO.
One Community. One Mission. One California
Qualifications
- Required
- Technical School Graduation from an accredited school of Ultrasound and 2-5 years experience performing Ultrasound procedures., upon hire and
- 2 years high-risk/level II OB Ultrasoundincluding Fetal Echo. and
- Experienced with US guided invasive fetal proceduresincluding amniocentesis and CVS and
- Basic Life Support - CPR (must be from the American Heart Association), within 30 Days and
- Registered Cardiac Electr, upon hire or
- Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist, upon hire or
- Registered Cardiac Sonographer CCI, upon hire or
- Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer, upon hire or
- Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Abdomen, upon hire or
- Registered Technologist Computed Tomography, upon hire or
- Registered Technologist Radiography ARRT, upon hire or
- Registered Vascular Specialist, upon hire or
- Registered Vascular Technologist, upon hire
- Preferred
- Experience with AIUM certification process
Work for Warriors is a no-cost employment program of the California Military Department for Service Members, Veterans, and military family members. The Veteran Staffing Consultant for Common Spirit Health is Tracey Huerta.
Qualifications
State
Immediate Fill
Job Reference
At CommonSpirit Health, we passionately care for the most vulnerable, relentlessly innovate how and where healing can happen and believe in uniting to benefit the common good. Our expansive network spans diverse communities, uniquely positioning us to meet their changing needs, improve population health and help chart the path to health equity.
Our mission, vision and values inform every aspect of our work each day and remind us that we serve our patients, their families, our communities – and each other. Our community health, research and home health programs help us address the primary barriers to healthier communities.
Our mission
As CommonSpirit Health, we make the healing presence of God known in our world by improving the health of the people we serve, especially those who are vulnerable, while we advance social justice for all.
Our vision
A healthier future for all – inspired by faith, driven by innovation and powered by our humanity.
Our values
Compassion | Inclusion | Integrity | Excellence | Collaboration