Ultrasound Tech
Bakersfield, CAJob$59.69–71.53/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Ultrasound Technologist uses sonographic equipment to capture diagnostic images and support diagnosis and prenatal care. The role involves preparing and caring for patients, operating equipment, selecting and reviewing images, and presenting preliminary findings to physicians. The technologist also performs bedside emergency exams and verifies patient identity. Required qualifications include sonography education and specified credentials upon hire; radiography credentials are preferred.
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Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Ultrasound Technologist (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.
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Performs digital, color and duplex scanning.
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Selects the proper transducer, frequency and diameter for performance of the examination.
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Performs emergency exams at bedside. Demonstrates ability to recognize a diagnostic scan and render an initial interpretation to the Radiologist for interpretation.
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Verifies correct patient using two patient identifiers.
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Follows standard patient identifier of name and date of birth.
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Evaluates patient condition to see if they are capable of answering questions necessary for proper identification.
Job Requirements
Required
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Graduate of accredited school of sonography and Experience gained thru an accredited school of sonography or BE, upon hire
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Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and
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Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer, upon hire or
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Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer, upon hire or
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Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer Adult Echo, upon hire or
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Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer Fetal Echo, upon hire or
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Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer Pediatric Echo, upon hire or
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Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Abdomen, upon hire or
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Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Breast, upon hire or
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Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Neurosonology, upon hire or
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Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer OB/GYN, upon hire or
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Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Pediatric Sono, upon hire and
Preferred
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Medical Radiographer: CA, upon hire and
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Registered Technologist Radiography ARRT, upon hire
Where You'll Work
Founded in 1910, Dignity Health - Mercy Hospital is a 229-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Bakersfield, California. Serving nearly 90,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including Level II NICU, cancer care, women’s health, and orthopedics. Additionally, Mercy Hospital Downtown & Mercy Hospital Southwest have been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. They are both Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Centers. Mercy Hospital Downtown offers the only inpatient Oncology Unit in Bakersfield while Mercy Hospital Southwest has the only Obstetric Emergency Department in Bakersfield.
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Pay Range
$59.69 - $71.53 /hour
We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,014 open Ultrasound Technologist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 15, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$59.69–71.53/hr
- US median$37–55/hr474 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $65.61/hr, is 44% above the US median midpoint ($46/hr) — in the top quarter of Ultrasound Technologist hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 29 open Ultrasound Technologist jobs in California and 1,014 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Kaiser Permanente9 open
- Dignity Health (this employer)5 open
- UCLA Health4 open
- Experience
- Ultrasound Technologist postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (409 postings).
- Education
- 3 of the 1,014 open Ultrasound Technologist jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 15, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.
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