Principal Pediatric Echocardiography Technician

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. Youll 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

• 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