Ultrasonographer, Fetal Card - Echocardiogram
Rady Children's Hospital San Diego
San Diego, CAJob$60.06–83.53/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Under general supervision, the Ultrasonographer performs advanced pediatric cardiac ultrasound procedures, including congenital, fetal, stress, and 3D imaging. The role serves as an expert resource for other cardiac sonographers, supports quality assurance and exam protocol consistency, and collaborates on echocardiography policies and procedures. It also maintains ICAEL accreditation requirements, updates staff on changes, and prepares accreditation applications.
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JOB SUMMARY:
Under general supervision, performs advanced pediatric cardiac ultrasound services and procedures to patients such as congenital, myocardial mechanics, 3D imaging, Kawasaki, fetal, and stress utilizing independent judgment. Functions as an expert resource, to instruct other cardiac sonographers with in-services and education regarding performance and preliminary interpretation of these procedures. Performs quality assurance to ensure that all the necessary echocardiography data are obtained for the patient on the basis of clinical history and presentation. Formulating and ensuring consistent implementation of exam protocols. Collaborates with Technical Manager and Medical Director for review annually, or as necessary for revision of all clinical policies and procedures specific to Echocardiography.Ensures all ICAEL requirements are met and maintained. Ensures that CMEs, policies and procedures, protocols, etc. are updated annually to meet ICAEL requirements and that staff are updated on all ICAEL changes. Organizes and prepares ICAEL application to maintain an accredited status.
MINIMUM QUALIFICAITONS:
Associate's Degree
3 Years of Experience
BLS for Health Providers (American Heart Association)
Complete congenital heart disease competencies.
Successful completion of a 12-month CAA HEP approved school of Ultrasound Technology or equivalent.
Cardiac Ultrasound RDCS or CCI Certification required.
A minimum of 3 Years of Pediatric Experience in Sonography is required.
Fetal Echo Certification within 1 year of hire
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
5 Years of Experience
The current salary range for this position is $60.06 to $83.53
A candidate’s placement in the range will be determined based on the terms and conditions of the applicable collective bargaining agreement. Rady Children’s Hospital is committed to being externally competitive and internally equitable. We demonstrate this commitment by reviewing market data to remain competitive within the nonprofit, healthcare sector. This posting will remain open from the “date posted” until the hiring manager has determined there is a sufficient applicant pool or until the position is filled.
EOE including disability/vet
How this job compares
Set against the 497 open Cardiac Sonographer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$60.06–83.53/hr
- US median$39–57/hr227 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $71.80/hr, is 50% above the US median midpoint ($48/hr) — in the top quarter of Cardiac Sonographer hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 30 open Cardiac Sonographer jobs in California and 497 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Sutter Health9 open
- Cedars-Sinai5 open
- Kaiser Permanente3 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience — more than three in four Cardiac Sonographer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 2 years, across 248 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for an associate degree; 82 of the 497 open Cardiac Sonographer jobs (16%) ask for an associate degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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