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Echo Tech Cardiac Sonographer Pediatrics

Location: Decatur, Illinois Specialty: Radiology / Cardiology Employment Type: Travel/Contract Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Day shift, mix of 4x10-hour and 5x8-hour days (7:00 start, 0700-0800 start times). 10 hours per day, 40 hours per week.

Role Overview

Echo Tech with adult and pediatric echo responsibilities
Procedures include TEEs and stress echos
Anesthesia and nursing students rotate through occasionally for job shadowing

Schedule and Call

Holidays are rotated.
Call frequency: every 4-5 weekends per the description, and listed elsewhere as every other or every third weekend plus 1 weekday, depending on department needs and vacations.
Usually one evening or night call per week.
Open to a block schedule; schedule requests are discussed with the manager.
Will float within scope to meet facility needs.

Required Qualifications

Echo Technologist with 2 years of experience
Echo Technologist experience within the last year
One completed travel assignment
BLS issued by American Heart Association or RQI
ARDMS
RDCS
Experience working with adult patients
Experience working with pediatric patients
Experience in an Emergency Department setting
Required adult echo skills/experience: bubble study
Required adult echo skills/experience: imaging with contrast agents
Required adult echo skills/experience: M-Mode
Required adult echo skills/experience: pharmacologic stress echo
Required adult echo skills/experience: portable studies
Required adult echo skills/experience: right ventricular inflow tract (RVIT)
Required adult echo skills/experience: right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT)

Hospital Details

Acute care hospital
Level II trauma center
372 staffed beds
Scrub color provided
Parking permit required at no cost; completed during orientation

Pre-Start Requirements

Must be physically in Illinois 3 business days before start to complete fingerprinting, which cannot be done out of state.
Illinois Healthcare Worker Registry results required for clinical candidates without an Illinois state license.
Background check within 30 days of start covering the past 7 years, including all aliases; updated annually. Includes SSN trace, county, state, national criminal, national sex offender, and FACIS Level 3.
EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG checks within 30 days of start, including all aliases.
Education verification (highest degree for midlevel practitioners; unofficial or official transcript accepted if verification is pending).
Illinois state searches within 30 days of start: Department of Corrections inmate search, Most Wanted search (must show all 20 fugitives), and child murderer/violent offender registry search.
Valid US driver's license or state ID copy.
Badge photo due by the Monday before start; code of conduct signed within 7 days of contract signing.
Computer-based learning modules due by 4pm CST on the first day of orientation. Candidates must log in on the first day of orientation even if all modules are complete.

Health and Compliance Requirements

Physical exam within 1 year of start, signed by an eligible provider, with labs completed or scheduled within 7 days of contract signing.
9-panel drug screen within 30 days of start; dilute results require a repeat screen.
TB screening (2-step PPD, TSPOT, or Qgold) within 1 year of start; TB questionnaire required annually.
Measles, mumps, rubella: 2 MMR vaccines, positive titer, or signed declination.
Hepatitis B vaccine series, positive titer, or signed declination.
Varicella: 2 vaccines, positive titer, or signed declination.
Fit test and acceptable N95 mask (3M 1860 small or regular, 1870, or 1870+); PAPR users do not need clearance documentation.
Flu vaccine documentation due by 11/30 for the 2026-27 season; declinations are not accepted. Religious or medical exemptions are allowed with approval, and a new exemption is needed each year.
2 professional references.
Skills checklist and competency exam required.