Principal Pediatric Echocardiography Technician

Description

With your passion for solving

clinical mysteries and our comprehensive imaging capabilities and sophisticated

technology, you can experience an exciting and rewarding imaging career at UCLA

Health. You’ll be able to elevate your skills, expand your knowledge, and grow

your career within an inclusive, supportive, and empowering workplace. Come see

for yourself!

The Pediatric Echocardiographic

Technician, under the supervision of the UCLA Cardiac Imaging Medical Director,

Operations Director and Manager, performs various echocardiographic studies,

including 2-D, M-mode, Doppler, stress, fetal and assists with transesophageal

echocardiograms. They work independently, performing and interpreting these

studies, while notifying physicians of urgent results and preparing preliminary

reports. Duties also include maintaining records and ensuring accurate charge

capture for echo studies. Technicians assist in additional patient care tasks

and must be available for on-call duty, with responsibility for patient safety

and communication with medical staff.

Seniority Levels and requirements are as follows

• Echo

Tech: ARDMS-RDCS (PE) or attainment within 6 months of hire (must have CCI

until ARDMS is attained). Pediatric/Fetal echo tech experience preferred. Salary Range: $51.22 - $67.63 Hourly

• Sr. Echo Tech: ARDMS-RDCS (PE) and 3 years of

Pediatric/Fetal echo tech experience required. Salary Range: $61.46 - $81.12 Hourly

• Principle Echo Tech: ARDMS-RDCS (PE) and ARDMS-RDCS

(FE). 7 years of Adult or Pediatric/Fetal echo tech experience required.

Salary Range: $64.55 - $85.14 Hourly

Salary Range:

$51.22 - $85.14 Hourly

Qualifications

• ARDMS or attainment of ARDMS within 6 months of hire (must have and maintain CCI until ARDMS is attained)
• Graduate of cardiac echocardiography technology program or registered under prior ARDMS certification rules – required
• BCLS from American Heart Association or American Red Cross – required
• At least 2 years of Pediatric sonography experience – preferred
• Ability to scan in appropriate fashion, depicting all views of areas consistent with appropriate diagnostic requirements for appropriate age of patient
• Ability to detect lethal diagnostic information that should be considered emergent and communicate with the appropriate entities
• Ability to push heavy equipment to do portable studies
• Ability to adhere to infection control initiatives as they pertain to the use of all equipment including TEE probes