Sr. Pediatric Echo Technician - Children's Heart Center

Job Description

Description\n

With your passion for solving clinical\nmysteries and our comprehensive imaging capabilities and sophisticated\ntechnology, you can experience an exciting and rewarding imaging career at UCLA\nHealth. You’ll be able to elevate your skills, expand your knowledge, and grow\nyour career within an inclusive, supportive, and empowering workplace. Come see\nfor yourself!

The\nPediatric Echocardiographic Technician, under the supervision of the UCLA\nCardiac Imaging Medical Director, Operations Director and Manager, performs\nvarious echocardiographic studies, including 2-D, M-mode, Doppler, stress,\nfetal and assists with transesophageal echocardiograms. They work\nindependently, performing and interpreting these studies, while notifying\nphysicians of urgent results and preparing preliminary reports. Duties also\ninclude maintaining records and ensuring accurate charge capture for echo\nstudies. Technicians assist in additional patient care tasks and must be\navailable for on-call duty, with responsibility for patient safety and\ncommunication with medical staff.

Internal candidates will be hired at their current level.

Seniority Levels\nand requirements are as follows:

• Echo Tech: ARDMS-RDCS (PE) or attainment within 6\nmonths of hire (must have CCI until ARDMS is attained). Pediatric/Fetal echo\ntech experience preferred. Salary Range: $51.22 - $67.63\nHourly
• Sr. Echo Tech: ARDMS-RDCS (PE) and 3\nyears of Pediatric/Fetal echo tech experience required. Salary Range: $61.46 -\n$81.12 Hourly
• Principle Echo Tech: ARDMS-RDCS (PE) and\nARDMS-RDCS (FE). 7 years of Adult or Pediatric/Fetal echo tech experience\nrequired. Salary Range: $64.55 - $85.14 Hourly

Salary Range: $51.22 - $85.14 Hourly

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• ARDMS or attainment of ARDMS within 6 months of hire (must have and maintain CCI until ARDMS is attained)

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• Graduate of cardiac echocardiography technology program or registered under prior ARDMS certification rules – required

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• BCLS from American Heart Association or American Red Cross – required

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• At least 2 years of Pediatric sonography experience – preferred

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• Ability to scan in appropriate fashion, depicting all views of areas consistent with appropriate diagnostic requirements for appropriate age of patient

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• Ability to detect lethal diagnostic information that should be considered emergent and communicate with the appropriate entities

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• Ability to push heavy equipment to do portable studies

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• Ability to adhere to infection control initiatives as they pertain to the use of all equipment including TEE probes

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