Senior Sonographer or Sonographer Pediatrics
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30+ days ago
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1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Qualified candidates may be eligible for a sign-on incentive of $10000!
(Current UI employees are not eligible for incentive)
The Stead Family Department of Pediatrics Division of Pediatric Cardiology intends to hire for one position at either the Sonographer Pay Grade 5 or Sr. Sonographer Pay Grade 7 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 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 patients 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 patients transition between and within health care settings such as admitting transferring and discharging patients.
For a full job description please send an e-mail to the contact listed below.
About the Department of Pediatrics:
The Stead Family Department of Pediatrics is a national leader in pediatric medicine. The Departments mission is to provide outstanding care to the children of Iowa and beyond by being a leader in state-of-the-art clinical care to children performing cutting-edge research to find new treatments and cures for childhood illnesses and educating the next generation of pediatric health care providers. The Department comprises the medical and research staff of UI Stead Family Childrens Hospital. UI Stead Family Childrens Hospital is one of the nations top ranked pediatric care and research institutions and Iowas only comprehensive childrens hospital.
About the Division of Pediatric Cardiology:
The Division of Cardiology at the University of Iowa Stead Family Department of Pediatrics provides compassionate family-centered and state-of-the-art delivery of care to children and young adults with congenital and acquired heart disease. Patients are followed through the transition to adulthood. Dedicated staff have expertise in acquired heart diseases such as cardiomyopathies cardiac arrhythmias congenital heart disease cardiac dysfunction in malignancy and cardiac implications associated with pediatric obesity. The division provides the only expertise for electrophysiology diagnostic advanced imaging interventional and transplant services for children and youth in the state of Iowa. Skilled surgical support and exceptional critical care postoperative support has outcomes that have excellent results in national databases. The division has a multi-purpose diagnostic and interventional procedure lab which is constantly expanding and including state-of-the-art technologies.
Sonographer:
Required Qualifications:
- Completion of a two-year or more accredited health science program (i.e. Radiologic Technology Medical Technology Nursing etc.) plus completion of a twelve-month formal education program in Sonography or
o CAAHEP accredited or equivalent program in Diagnostic Medical Sonography Diagnostic Cardiac Sonography or Vascular Technology or
o Completion of a bachelors degree plus completion of a twelve-month formal education program in Sonography
Registration by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers within nine (9) months following the start of employment in the specialty area of Pediatric Cardiac Echocardiography - Demonstrated understanding of cardiac physiology.
- Willingness to travel to outreach clinics throughout the state of Iowa.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
Highly Desired Qualifications:
Bachelors degree in a healthcare or science related field. - Registration by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers in the specialty area of Fetal Echocardiography. Not a requirement during application
Desired Qualifications:
Experience in performing fetal echocardiograms. - Experience in performing pediatric echocardiograms.
Senior Sonographer:
Required Qualifications:
A Bachelors degree in Radiation Sciences or other Allied Health Sciences discipline or an equivalent combination of education and experience
o CAAHEP accredited or equivalent program in Diagnostic Medical Sonography Diagnostic Cardiac Sonography or Vascular Technology or
o Completion of a bachelors degree plus completion of a twelve-month formal education program in Sonography
Extensive (3-5 years) progressively responsible experience in diagnostic medical sonography diagnostic cardiac sonography or vascular sonography - Certification by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers or other nationally recognized accreditation organizations for primary specialty.
- Excellent written verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
- Experience providing clinical education to students and sonographers and residents.
Highly Desired Qualifications:
- A Bachelors degree in Radiation Sciences is highly desirable.
- Registration by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers in the specialty area of Fetal Echocardiography. Not a requirement during application
Desired Qualifications:
Experience in performing fetal echocardiograms. - Experience in performing pediatric echocardiograms.
Position and Application Details:
In order to be considered for an interview applicants must upload the following documents and mark them as a Relevant File to the submission:
- Resume
- Cover Letter
Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days and may be removed from posting and filled any time after the original posting period has ended.
Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification. Up to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process.
For additional questions please contact
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Aseptic Technique
- Hospital Experience
- Anatomy Knowledge
- Basic Life Support
- Computer Skills
- Physiology Knowledge
- Sonography
- Pediatrics Experience
- Medical Imaging
- Catheterization
- Epic
- Patient Service Experience
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