Job Description
Description
With your passion for solving nclinical mysteries 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 Pediatric Echocardiographic nTechnician, under the supervision of the UCLA Cardiac Imaging Medical Director, nOperations Director and Manager, performs various echocardiographic studies, nincluding 2-D, M-mode, Doppler, stress, fetal and transesophageal nechocardiograms.
They work independently, performing and interpreting these nstudies, while notifying physicians of urgent results and preparing preliminary nreports.
Duties also include administering IV contrast, inserting IV catheters, nmaintaining records, and ensuring accurate charge capture for echo studies.
nTechnicians assist in additional patient care tasks and must be available for non-call duty, with responsibility for patient safety and communication with nmedical staff.
The role is suitable for new graduates with less than three nyears of experience.
Salary Range : n$48.78 - $64.41 Hourly
Qualifications
- ARDMS or nattainment of ARDMS within 6 months of hire (must have and maintain CCI until nARDMS is attained)
- Graduate nof cardiac echocardiography technology program or registered under prior ARDMS ncertification rules required
- BCLS nfrom American Heart Association or American Red Cross required
- At nleast 2 years of Pediatric sonography experience preferred
- Ability nto scan in appropriate fashion, depicting all views of areas consistent with nappropriate diagnostic requirements for appropriate age of patient
- Ability nto detect lethal diagnostic information that should be considered emergent and ncommunicate with the appropriate entities
- Ability nto push heavy equipment to do portable studies
- Ability nto adhere to infection control initiatives as they pertain to the use of all nequipment including TEE probes