Cardiovascular Sonographer (Echo) 2

Inova; Virginia; On-site; USD 41,000 - 55,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Retirement match (first 5% of eligible

Student loan assistance up to $10,000

Mental health support for team and kin

Paid time off and flexible schedules

Job summary

Inova Cardiology Pediatrics is seeking a part-time pediatric Cardiac Sonographer to join our team. You will perform cardiology ultrasound exams on pediatric patients, ensuring high-quality images and patient safety in a fast-paced setting.

The role requires ARDMS/RDCS certification or equivalent, a valid BLS certificate, and graduation from an accredited sonography program. You will contribute to QA, coordinate with physicians, and support family-centered care.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited diagnostic medical sonography program.
• ARDMS RDCS certification or CCI RVT/V major equivalent; licensure or registry as required.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification per American Heart Association.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates ability to recognize clinical or emergent problems during exams and takes action to optimize outcomes.
• Performs injections of IV contrast or enhancing solutions per standard protocols and ensures supplies are ready for procedures.
• Accurately identifies patients and orders, maintains credential status, and participates in QA activities.
• Ensures patient safety through appropriate monitoring and aseptic cleaning of equipment per department policy.
• Troubleshoots and reports equipment needs to biomedical engineering or vendors; maintains echo vascular equipment.

Skills

Cardiac Sonography

Patient Care

Communication

Education

Accredited diagnostic medical sonography program

ARDMS RDCS or equivalent certification

BLS Certification

Job description

Inova Cardiology Pediatrics is looking for a pediatric Cardiac Sonographer. This role is part-time.

Featured Benefits

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and more!

Cardiac Sonographer 2 Job Responsibilities

• Demonstrates the ability to recognize clinical and/or emergent problems that may interfere with exams and takes appropriate action to resolve them while producing the most desirable outcome, as evidence by exam results and patient satisfaction. Communicates effectively with ordering and/or interpreting physicians to ensure appropriate use.
• Demonstrates proper technique for injection of IV contrast, or other test-enhancing solution, under the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography Standards. Ensures rooms are stocked with appropriate supplies and has required supplies readily available for procedures.
• Correctly identifies patients and appropriate orders, ensuring a high degree of accuracy, as evidenced by the lack of mismatched studies. Maintains active credential status by complying with continual education requirements. Attends at least 50 percent of QA conferences.
• Demonstrates patient safety in department by use of side rails, braking mechanisms and patient monitoring as demonstrated by risk management. Reports, documents and corrects any adverse, unsafe or unusual conditions, as evidenced by documentation in the tracking system. Demonstrates proper care and aseptic cleaning of all patient related equipment following established department policies to ensure the quality of care provided to patients.
• Troubleshoots equipment effectively and reports equipment to biomedical engineering/vendor, as evidenced by service reports. Performs/recognizes need for routine maintenance of echo vascular equipment for consistency of quality images, as evidenced by the physician and the exam results.

Minimum Requirements

• Education: Graduate of an accredited school/program of diagnostic medical sonography or five years of specialized training in a hospital/healthcare setting.
• License: ARDMS Registered with RDCS Certification or CCI Registered with RCS Certification for Echo, or ARDMS with RVT or CCI with the RVS Certification for Vascular.
• Certification: Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association
• Experience: One year of experience after acquiring registry in a hospital/healthcare environment in the performance of cardiac or vascular sonography care setting.

Preferred Requirements

• Experience as a cardiac sonographer