Principal Pediatric Echocardiography Technician

UCLA Health

Salary: $51 – $68 per hour

Job description and requirements

General Information Press space or enter keys to toggle section visibility Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA Onsite or Remote Fully On-Site Work Schedule Monday - Friday, 8am to 5pm with On-Call responsibilities Posted Date 06/02/2026 Salary Range: $68.46 - 90.29 Hourly Employment Type 2 - Staff: Career Duration Indefinite Job # 23233 Primary Duties and Responsibilities Press space or enter keys to toggle section visibility With your passion for solving clinical mysteries and our comprehensive imaging capabilities and sophisticated technology, you can experience an exciting and rewarding imaging career at UCLA Health. You’ll be able to elevate your skills, expand your knowledge, and grow your career within an inclusive, supportive, and empowering workplace. Come see for yourself! The Pediatric Echocardiographic Technician, under the supervision of the UCLA Cardiac Imaging Medical Director, Operations Director and Manager, performs various echocardiographic studies, including 2-D, M-mode, Doppler, stress, fetal and assists with transesophageal echocardiograms. They work independently, performing and interpreting these studies, while notifying physicians of urgent results and preparing preliminary reports. Duties also include maintaining records and ensuring accurate charge capture for echo studies. Technicians assist in additional patient care tasks and must be available for on-call duty, with responsibility for patient safety and communication with medical staff. Seniority Levels and requirements are as follows: • Echo Tech: ARDMS-RDCS (PE) or attainment within 6 months of hire (must have CCI until ARDMS is attained). Pediatric/Fetal echo tech experience preferred. Salary Range: $51.22 - $67.63 Hourly • Sr. Echo Tech: ARDMS-RDCS (PE) and 3 years of Pediatric/Fetal echo tech experience required. Salary Range: $61.46 - $81.12 Hourly • Principle Echo Tech: ARDMS-RDCS (PE) and ARDMS-RDCS (FE). 7 years of Adult or Pediatric/Fetal echo tech experience required. Salary Range: $64.55 - $85.14 Hourly Salary Range: $51.22 - $85.14 Hourly Job Qualifications Press space or enter keys to toggle section visibility • ARDMS or attainment of ARDMS within 6 months of hire (must have and maintain CCI until ARDMS is attained) • Graduate of cardiac echocardiography technology program or registered under prior ARDMS certification rules – required • BCLS from American Heart Association or American Red Cross – required • At least 2 years of Pediatric sonography experience – preferred • Ability to scan in appropriate fashion, depicting all views of areas consistent with appropriate diagnostic requirements for appropriate age of patient • Ability to detect lethal diagnostic information that should be considered emergent and communicate with the appropriate entities • Ability to push heavy equipment to do portable studies • Ability to adhere to infection control initiatives as they pertain to the use of all equipment including TEE probes As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer. Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review. • Back to Search Results
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General Information

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Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA Onsite or Remote Fully On-Site Work Schedule Monday - Friday, 8am to 5pm with On-Call responsibilities Posted Date 06/02/2026 Salary Range: $68.46 - 90.29 Hourly Employment Type 2 - Staff: Career Duration Indefinite Job # 23233

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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With your passion for solving clinical mysteries and our comprehensive imaging capabilities and sophisticated technology, you can experience an exciting and rewarding imaging career at UCLA Health. You’ll be able to elevate your skills, expand your knowledge, and grow your career within an inclusive, supportive, and empowering workplace. Come see for yourself!

The Pediatric Echocardiographic Technician, under the supervision of the UCLA Cardiac Imaging Medical Director, Operations Director and Manager, performs various echocardiographic studies, including 2-D, M-mode, Doppler, stress, fetal and assists with transesophageal echocardiograms. They work independently, performing and interpreting these studies, while notifying physicians of urgent results and preparing preliminary reports. Duties also include maintaining records and ensuring accurate charge capture for echo studies. Technicians assist in additional patient care tasks and must be available for on-call duty, with responsibility for patient safety and communication with medical staff.

Seniority Levels and requirements are as follows:

Salary Range: $51.22 - $85.14 Hourly

Job Qualifications

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  • ARDMS or attainment of ARDMS within 6 months of hire (must have and maintain CCI until ARDMS is attained)
  • Graduate of cardiac echocardiography technology program or registered under prior ARDMS certification rules – required
  • BCLS from American Heart Association or American Red Cross – required
  • At least 2 years of Pediatric sonography experience – preferred
  • Ability to scan in appropriate fashion, depicting all views of areas consistent with appropriate diagnostic requirements for appropriate age of patient
  • Ability to detect lethal diagnostic information that should be considered emergent and communicate with the appropriate entities
  • Ability to push heavy equipment to do portable studies
  • Ability to adhere to infection control initiatives as they pertain to the use of all equipment including TEE probes

As a condition of employment
, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.
Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.

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