Per Diem Cardiac Ultrasound Tech - Cardiology Laboratory

Per Diem opportunity in the Cardiology Laboratory department at the Texas Medical Center location.

About the role

Competitive flexibility + premium pay: Enjoy a $45/hour per diem rate while maintaining schedule flexibility that fits your lifestyle. Gain advanced cardiac imaging experience across full-spectrum echocardiography modalities including TEE, stress, and Doppler, strengthening high-level clinical and diagnostic expertise. Play a key role in critical cardiac assessment, real-time decision support, and quality-driven patient care at a world-renowned cancer center.

Responsibilities

• Performs all modalities of echocardiography:
  • Echocardiographic assessment: 2D, M-Mode, Color flow, and continuous wave doppler
  • Stress echocardiography
  • Pharmacological stress echocardiography
  • Transesophageal echocardiograms
• Analyzes the patient's clinical history, identifies the purpose of the examination, and expands the examination as necessary to answer clinical questions
• Performs quantitative analysis of Echocardiographic studies, including:
  • Systolic function (ejection fraction and wall motion analysis)
  • Diastolic function
  • Pulmonary pressure
  • Hemodynamic assessment
  • Assessment of valvular abnormalities
  • Changes in gradients and critical values
• Prepares, cleans, and disinfects equipment following patient use; maintains equipment cleaning logs
• Participates in quality assurance by collecting and documenting quality assurance information; reports critical values immediately once identified
• Performs high-level disinfection of TEE probes according to vendor recommendations

Requirements

• High School Diploma or Equivalent (required)
• Graduation from an accredited cardiac sonography program (preferred)
• 2 years of experience performing echocardiography testing (required unless holding preferred degree)
• Current CPR certification (required upon hire)
• Current RDCS (Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer) certification from ARDMS or RCS (Registered Cardiac Sonographer) certification from CCI (required upon hire)
• Must pass pre-employment skills test as required and administered by Human Resources

Benefits

• Medical and dental coverage
• Paid time off
• Retirement benefits
• Tuition benefits and educational opportunities
• Individual and team recognition programs

Pay

$45.00 per hour (per diem rate).

Schedule

Per Diem, flexible schedule with work week consisting of days.