Northside School of Echocardiography - Starting Fall 2025

Overview

The Program will start on: August 11, 2025

 

The Northside School of Echocardiography is an accredited one-year, full-time, highly specialized certificate program that trains students to become knowledgeable healthcare professionals who perform diagnostic procedures performed in an adult Cardiac echo lab setting.

• The program combines dedicated classroom education and hands-on clinical instruction, with a concentration in adult cardiac care
• Clinical training is conducted at Northside Hospital Forsyth, Northside Hospital Gwinnett, Northside Hospital Atlanta, and at our Cardiology Practices
• Multiple rotations provide students with a broad range of inpatient and outpatient clinical experiences
• The program is designed for applicants without ultrasound experience or credentials
• Class size is limited to ten students annually

To be considered, please submit your resume/CV to this posting. Soon after you submit your application, you will receive an emailed Task List where you’ll be able to submit your required two letters of recommendation and a copy of your educational transcripts.

 

Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.

Responsibilities

An Echo Tech / Cardiac Sonographer performs 2-D, M-mode, color flow mapping and cardiac Doppler echocardiography tests on the adult and geriatric patient population.  Responsible for maintaining performance improvement documentation in cardiac and ultrasound in accordance with IAC.

Qualifications

Program participants should have one of the following:

• Two year AMA Allied Health Degree
• Bachelor’s degree in health science
• Bachelor’s degree in non-health science field with the following pre-requisites:
  • Human Anatomy and Physiology I and II (8 College Credits)
  • Medical Terminology
• Graduate of a degree-granting, accredited Paramedic program
• Other domestic or foreign clinical or medical degree programs will be considered.

Work Hours:

7a - 330p