Echo Sonographer

We are looking for a Pediatric Echocardiography Sonographer to join our Nemours Children's Health team in Wilmington, Milford, and Selbyville, DE.

This Echo Sonographer will be performing pediatric and fetal echoes.

Position is 40 hours per week.

Primary Function:

Serve as a Health Care Professional with primary responsibility of patient focused echocardiography service providing high quality patient care.

Essential Functions:


* Perform pediatric cardiac ultrasound exams (TTE) following a set protocol according to guidelines and standards set by IAC and the American Society of Echocardiography.


* Provides age and developmental appropriate care to infants, children and adolescents.


* Provides clinical assistance to cardiology fellows and students.


* Loads images into Echo PACS system and completes preliminary reports.


* Chooses appropriate procedure code for billing purposes.


* The availability/flexibility to provide on call coverage during weekend hours, weekday off hours and holiday coverage.

Requirements:


* Graduate of an accredited ultrasound training program.


* Successful completion of the physics and technology exams from American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS).


* Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI), or registry eligible.

If registry eligible, registration must be obtained within one year of hire.


* American Heart BLS certification, required.


* Registered ARDMS (PE) or CCI required.


* Registered ARDMS (FE) preferred.


* Must be available to travel to satellite locations bases on patient need.

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About Us

Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized children's health system.

With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children's hospitals - Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida.

Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals.

We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I.

DuPont Trust, as well as other income.

As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we're on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children's health.

Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child's world a place to thrive.

It's a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.

Inclusion and belonging guide our growth and strategy.

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