Echocardiography Specialist

Penn Medicine is a leading academic medical center dedicated to providing exceptional patient care, conducting innovative research, and educating future healthcare professionals.

As an Echocardiography Specialist, you will play a critical role in our Cardiac Care team, working closely with top clinical, technical, and business professionals across all disciplines.

Our employees are passionate about making a difference in the lives of our patients, and we are committed to creating a work environment that supports their growth and well-being.

• Perform highly skilled, specialized non-invasive tests used to diagnose cardiological abnormalities and participate in research activities using sophisticated mechanical and electronic instruments and microcomputers.
• Arrange schedules for patient echocardiography studies, prioritizing requests and securing additional information from referring physicians when necessary.
• Conduct M-Mode, 2-D, Doppler echocardiogram, and color flow Doppler studies in various settings, including inpatient/outpatient laboratories, patient rooms, intensive care units, ER, and OR, without physician supervision.
• Determine appropriate views, modify studies according to cardiac abnormalities detected, conduct primary readings, and notify attending physicians of EKG changes or Doppler/echo findings requiring immediate action.
• Assist physicians with transesophageal echocardiograms performed under conscious sedation in the laboratory and in the OR.
• Perform exercise stress and pharmacologic stress echocardiograms.
• Coordinate daily operations of the echo laboratory to ensure studies are performed with optimal quality.
• Maintain daily logs of all patients and assist managers with preparation of monthly statistics.
• Edit and copy videotapes, maintain files on tests performed, and create teaching tapes.
• Responsible for marking all M-Mode echocardiography measurements on the worksheet and accurately completing demographic information on each patient.
• Log each patient examined in lab logbooks and update orders as needed if patient studies are changed or cancelled.
• Perform minor maintenance on instruments.

Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer (Required)

Associate's Degree in Cardiovascular/Cardiopulmonary Technology and 2+ years of Echocardiography experience. Registry required. Significant years of experience could be considered in lieu of degree, registry still required.

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy.

Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together, we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by applicable law.