Pediatric Echocardiographer

What these technologists image

Infants through adolescents undergoing congenital and acquired cardiac imaging.

What the shift actually looks like

Congenital cardiac imaging in infants and children, technically the most demanding echo work there is, often with sedation and fetal cases.

Credentials and certifications

Typically required

ARDMS (PE) or CCI; BLS

Workload basis

Appointment-based

What to specify when you send the req

Congenital complexity, fetal echo, and whether the role supports the cath lab or OR.

Why this role is hard to fill

One of the smallest imaging pools in the country. Lead time should be measured in months.

What candidates ask before accepting

Answering these in the req itself shortens the process considerably, because they are the questions that otherwise surface at offer stage and cause declines: Congenital complexity, fetal echo, whether they support the cath lab or OR, and study volume.

Contract or permanent?

Contract restores scanner uptime immediately; permanent fixes the structural gap. Many facilities deliberately run both, so a traveller holds the schedule while a permanent search proceeds without pressure. Contract-to-hire works particularly well here because modality competence is obvious within weeks on your own equipment.

Licensure

Imaging licensure is state-by-state with no portability. Roughly eleven states do not license individual technologists at all, regulating instead at facility or equipment-operator level — where that applies, verification of registry status and continuing competency falls to you rather than a state board. ARRT is the primary registry across modalities.

How we work this req

Every candidate is spoken to before you see them, with licensure for your state, certifications and unit-specific competency confirmed before submittal. We screen to the credential the unit actually needs rather than the title on the posting. Rates sit inside the ranges on our published cost breakdown.