Sonographer - PRN - Pediatric Echo

ummc; Missouri; On-site; USD 41,000 - 76,000; Part time

Job summary

Peds Cardiology Echo Main Campus seeks a Part-time Sonographer to perform ultrasound diagnostic procedures, schedule patients, and maintain imaging equipment. Requires BLS and ARDMS/CCI credentials. The role emphasizes patient comfort, safety, and high-quality imaging to support pediatric cardiovascular diagnoses.

Responsibilities include image acquisition, data handling, and coordination with physicians to ensure timely, accurate results. Day shift, on-site at Main Campus Jackson.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of anatomy and physiology.
• Knowledge of ultrasound physics and instrumentation.
• Patient management skills. Verbal and written communication skills.
• Interpersonal skills. Ability to maintain records. Ability to allay patient anxiety.

Responsibilities

• Performs clinical assessment and diagnostic sonography examinations utilizing special equipment and devices.
• Explains testing procedures to patient, obtains and records medical history relevant to the condition being viewed, selects appropriate equipment settings, and positions the patient to facilitate optimum diagnostic results.
• Views, records and analyzes images on screen; judges whether images are satisfactory for diagnostic purposes; communicates findings to appropriate personnel; maintains imaging data records, data tracking, and scheduling information.
• Maintains adequate supplies, equipment, and work area; reports equipment failures to supervisor.
• Assumes responsibility for patient safety; provides physical and psychological comfort to patient.
• Promotes continuous improvement in workplace safety, environmental, exposure control, and/or infection control practices.

Skills

Anatomy & physiology

Ultrasound physics

Patient management

Verbal & written communication

Interpersonal skills

PC software & record keeping

Patient anxiety management

Education

BLS certification

Sonographer (S) credential

CCI Congenital Cardiac Sonographer

Job description

Job Requisition ID:

R00050948

Job Category:

Allied Health

Organization:

Peds Cardiology Echo Main Campus

Location/s:

Main Campus Jackson

Job Title:

Sonographer - PRN - Pediatric Echo

Job Summary:

To utilize equipment to perform ultrasound diagnostic procedures, making use of sonic energy to produce visual images of organs, tissues, or blood flow inside the body for interpretation and diagnosis by a physician. To schedule patients, maintain equipment, report equipment failures, and perform quality assurance.

Education & Experience

Certifications, Licenses or Registration Required:

Basic Life Support (BLS) from American Heart Association required post-hire within 90 days. Sonographer (S) from American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers or Registered Congenital Cardiac Sonographer from Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI).

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of anatomy and physiology. Knowledge of knowledge of ultrasound physics and instrumentation. Patient management skills. Verbal and written communication skills. Interpersonal skills. Skill in the use of personal computers and related software applications. Ability to maintain records. Ability to allay patient anxiety.

Responsibilities

• Performs clinical assessment and diagnostic sonography examinations utilizing special equipment and devices.
• Explains testing procedures to patient, obtains and records medical history relevant to the condition being viewed, selects appropriate equipment settings, and positions the patient in a manner to facilitate optimum diagnostic results.
• Views, records and analyzes images on screen; judges whether images are satisfactory for diagnostic purposes; communicates findings to appropriate personnel; maintains imaging data records, data tracking, and scheduling information.
• Maintains adequate supplies, equipment, and work area; reports equipment failures to supervisor.
• Assumes responsibility for patient safety; provides physical and psychological comfort to patient.
• Promotes continuous improvement in workplace safety, environmental, exposure control, and/or infection control practices.
• The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.

Physical and Environmental Demands
Requires occasional handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment, constant exposure to biohazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations, occasional working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours, constant work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality, frequent bending, occasional lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds, occasional climbing, occasional crawling, frequent crouching/stooping, occasional driving, occasional kneeling, occasional pushing/pulling, frequent reaching, occasional sitting, frequent standing, frequent twisting, and frequent walking. (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more)

Time Type:

Part time

FLSA Designation/Job Exempt:

No

Pay Class:

Hourly

FTE %:

0

Work Shift:

Day

Grant Funded:

No

Job Posting Date:

08/3/2026