Glamorous leisure-wear blonde reveals the sonographer job paying her $95 an hour – but is DESPERATE for workers
A young English woman has revealed how her obscure job as a specialist medical sonographer pays almost $100 an hour but has a ‘huge shortage’ of workers.
The woman, who dropped by Sydney’s Bondi Beach for a social media street interview for a recruitment agency, said she had “no trouble” finding a job in the area.
“I’m a cardiac sonographer, I scan hearts for a living,” she told the Jobs App Go forwardadding that her wages were “$85 to $95 an hour.”
That rate would mean she earns almost $200,000 a year.
“I did a three-year course and then two years to specialize in ultrasound,” she added.
‘I’ve been doing it for ten years, I love it, I wouldn’t want to change jobs.’
The woman said the job was little known and most people didn’t even know it was an option.
“Not enough people know because we only had eight people in my program,” she said. ‘Everyone just thinks that there are doctors and nurses in a hospital.
“There’s a huge shortage. I’ve literally had no trouble finding a job here.”
The woman, who stopped at Bondi Beach, said she had “no problems” finding a job in the area
A typical salary for a sonographer in Australia is $120,000 and the role is expected to grow by 14.7 percent over the next five years
She admitted that she faced stress because her patients depended on her to do the job well.
“It’s a weird stress because you’re obviously dealing with people’s lives,” she said.
“So if you have a bad day at work, it can be a really bad day because you could lose someone.
“But you’re there to help, and 9 times out of 10 you make people’s lives more positive.”
Sonographers use ultrasound equipment to create anatomical images based on doctors’ requests.
A typical salary for a sonographer in Australia is $120,000, and according to jobs website Seek, the position is expected to grow by 14.7 percent over the next five years.
Interns begin with a bachelor’s degree in a related field, which takes 3 to 4 years to complete.
They then complete a graduate diploma in medical ultrasound, which takes two years part-time.