Medical Diagnostic Specialist

OBGYN-Global Health - 412490

Research Professionals

09/24/2025

10/13/2025

Temporary Staff (SHRA)

Medical Diagnostic Specialist

20073191

S026164

Part-Time Temporary

20

Monday – Friday

North Carolina, US

$25.00 - $43.00/per hour

09/08/2025

6 months not to exceed 11 months

Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research.

Patient care: We promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

Education: We prepare tomorrow`s healthcare professionals and biomedical researchers from all backgrounds by facilitating learning within innovative and integrated curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education to ensure a highly skilled workforce.

Research: We develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers and resources. We provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our university to support outstanding research. We foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic and population research.

This is a research ultrasound position – to perform and/or annotate prenatal ultrasounds as part of a research study. Responsibility is to any of the specific projects undertaken by the Global Health Division. There will be several protocols that will start and evolve over time. Use of an ultrasound machine and various other FDA approved devices for the purpose of capturing prenatal images are the main purpose of this role. The position includes patient recruitment, consenting, performance of a prenatal ultrasound for research purposes, data collection and organization. The person in this position must be able to multitask and learn new procedures according to the protocol. This multi-site project will focus on recruiting pregnant women early in their first trimester to participate in a randomized trial of ultrasound follow-up exams to increase the information gathered in a previous trial. We will be comparing our research ultrasounds, including novice scans with a hand-held probe, to those obtained by a certified sonographer. The candidate will also be responsible for additional research-related responsibilities as needed by the research team.

Associate’s degree in medical sonography, cardio/vascular sonography, or related discipline; or equivalent combination of training and experience. Some positions may require additional training, certifications, or licenses.

Must be expert in MS Office; very strong interpersonal skills; excellent written and verbal communication skills, must be able to work independently; must be able to analyze and interpret policy and procedural guidelines and apply those guidelines appropriately, must be skilled in organizing workflow and coordinating multiple priorities.

Very strong interpersonal skills; excellent written and verbal communication skills