Travel Echo Technician
Columbia, MO
Care Career
5x8 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Echo Technologist / Cardiac Sonographer

Shift: Days | 5x8s | 7:30 AM–4:30 PM
Contract: 13 weeks
Experience: 3+ years required
Travel Experience: Required
Locals: Not accepted within 50 miles
51–74 miles: Local rate may apply
Patient Population: Adults
Daily Volume: ~8 echos per 8-hour shift
Charting: Cerner preferred
 

Must-Haves

• 3 years' experience
• Previous travel experience
• Echo/Cardiac Sonography experience
• Required certification: ARDMS RDCS (AE), CCI, or RDCS
• Adult acute care and outpatient experience
• 2-D Echo
• Color Doppler
• M-Mode
• Simpson's Rule
• Portable studies
• Bubble studies
• ICU/ED procedures
• Ability to perform stress echo studies preferred

Preferred / Advanced Skills

• DSE – Dobutamine Stress Echo
• ESE – Exercise Stress Echo
• Diastology
• LV strain / LV volume
• Pharmacologic stress echo
• PISA
• Imaging with contrast agents
• Treadmill stress echo

Procedures

• Complete & limited echocardiograms
• Dobutamine Stress Echo
• Exercise Stress Echo

Equipment

• Siemens Origins
• GE Vivid
• Philips Epiq

Patient Population / Cases

All cardiac diagnoses plus:

• Stroke
• Chemo patients
• OB
• Pre-op
• Infectious disease
• Trauma
• ICU/ED patients

The facility also has a Structural Heart Program performing:

• TAVR
• TMVR
• TTVR
• TriClip
• TEER

Schedule

• 2 weekend days per month
• No holidays is stated in the opening description, but the Tier 3 compliance section says travelers must work 50% of holidays during the contract. This is a conflict in the JD and should be confirmed with the AM before submission.
• Call may be required according to the essential job functions.

🚨 Key Screening

Must have 3+ years of Echo experience, previous travel experience, ARDMS/CCI/RDCS certification, and hands-on adult 2-D Echo experience? Are you comfortable performing DSE/ESE.

Most important: This is not a local-friendly position — candidates residing within 50 miles cannot be submitted.