Senior Sonographer or Sonographer - Pediatrics

The Stead Family Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology intends to hire for one position at either the Sonographer or Sr. Sonographer, based on the qualifications of the successful candidate. Please indicate in your cover letter the position you wish to be considered for or indicate both. 

Within the Pediatric Graphics Laboratory, perform complex ultrasound procedures at an advanced level that requires independent judgment and initiative in order to obtain information for use by physicians in diagnosing and treating patient illness; participate in teaching, evaluating, and advising cardiology fellows, residents, and medical students. 

Duties to include: 

Sonographer: 

• Perform and analyze pediatric cardiac ultrasonography studies including M-mode, 2D, Color Doppler, 3D echocardiograms and fetal echocardiograms. Present fetal echocardiogram experience is not a requirement.
• Provide and maintain quality diagnostic ultrasound scans as accepted by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC)
• Effectively apply knowledge base of complex congenital heart lesions to echocardiographic imaging of patients from neonates, older children and adults, and fetal echocardiograms.
• Responsible for performing 3D echo studies of complex pediatric cardiac abnormalities.
• Responsible for delicate and careful handling of imaging sessions with very premature infants and critically ill children, including patients with imaging challenges – such as uncooperative or active children.
• Participate in tele-echo services.
• Determine equipment malfunctions and report to appropriate person.
• Perform equipment calibration and sterilization as prescribed by standard accepted methods of operation.

Senior Sonographer:

• Obtains and documents a comprehensive medical, psychosocial, and developmental health history; performs and documents complete, system-focused, or symptom-specific physical examination, assessment, and plan of care.
• In collaboration, provides healthcare services for primary, acute, and complex care of patients and manages patient's overall care, initiates appropriate referrals and consultations, and identifying expected outcomes for diagnoses.
• Orders, performs, interprets, and collects data using appropriate assessment techniques, relevant supporting diagnostic information and diagnostic procedures where indicated.
• Forms differential diagnoses and treats acute and chronic conditions.
• Prescribes therapeutic interventions both pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic and surgical/procedural, needed to achieve expected outcomes.
• Utilizes evidence-based, approved practice protocols in planning and implementing care.
• Provides specialty specific consultation services upon request and within specialty scope of practice.
• Facilitates the patient’s transition between and wi