Responsibilities/Job Description:

Fairview Health Services is hiring a Pediatric Echocardiography Technician (Pediatric Sonographer) to join our team in the Pediatric Echo Lab at our M Health Fairview Masonic Children’s Hospital locations in Minneapolis, MN. $15,000 Sign on Bonus available!

The Echocardiographer performs non-invasive cardiac diagnostic imaging using ultrasound technology to aid the physician in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac diseases. As a Pediatric Echocardiographer, you will need to have the ability to evaluate pediatric patients with sophisticated congenital heart disease.

The Pediatric Heart Center consists of a comprehensive team of cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, sophisticated practitioners, nurses and healthcare professionals committed to providing lifesaving care to people with heart disease. Our heart specialists and their teams have built upon a 60-year legacy of clinical care, research and innovation, including the world’s first open-heart surgery. We’ve transformed lives with major advances in valve replacements, transplants, cardiac resuscitation, and other techniques to treat heart disease. We bring together a deep understanding of academic medicine and sophisticated clinical care to tailor our therapies to each patient’s individual condition.

Schedule: This position will be working 1.0 FTE (80 hours every two weeks).

Job Responsibilities:

Demonstrating the ability to evaluate the cardiac status by using a logical and systematic approach to analyze the heart and related structures segmentally.
Evaluating pediatric patients with complex congenital heart disease
Providing relevant echocardiographic data, making quantitative calculations and communicating the impressions for the physicians.
Accurately Document a preliminary echocardiogram report
Demonstrating extensive knowledge of the incidence, causes, inheritance patterns, and pathologic consequences of congenital malformations

Qualifications

· Associate of Applied Science Degree in Non-Invasive Imaging

· 5 years of Pediatric Echocardiography experience

· Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) – adult, pediatric

· BLS Certification within 3 months of hire

Preferred

· Bachelor of Applied Science Degree in Non-Invasive Imaging

· 10 years of Pediatric Echocardiography experience

· Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) – fetal