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The Stead Family Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology intends to hire for one position at either the Sonographer or Sr. Sonographer, 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 apply 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 patient's 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 patient’s 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 Department’s 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 Children’s Hospital. UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital is one of the nation’s top ranked pediatric care and research institutions, and Iowa’s only comprehensive children’s 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. 

The University of Iowa is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment free from discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth and related conditions), disability, genetic information, status as a U.S. veteran, service in the U.S. military, sexual orientation, or associational preferences.

Persons with disabilities who need assistance or accommodations with the application or interview process may contact University Human Resources/Faculty and Staff Disability Services, (319) 335-2660 or [email protected].  For jobs in UI Health care, please contact UI Health care Leave & Disability Administration at 319-356-7543.

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