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Echo Lab Quality Improvement Specialist
Houston, TX, US
We’re searching for an Echo lab Quality Improvement Specialist, someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position you will be the Cardiology Echo lab's technical director. This includes the orientation, monitoring, and ongoing training/development of the technical competence of staff, contributing feedback and on-going review of sonographers for hiring decisions and performance evaluations, informal oversight of technical operations including the trouble shooting of technical issues, and coordination of sonographer and trainee schedules and rotations for the lab to appropriately
perform studies. To perform high quality and complex echocardiographic exams on patients that range in age from neonates to adults including both inpatients and outpatients. To partner with the Medical Director and departmental leadership to achieve improvements in study quality in the lab.
Think you’ve got what it takes?
Job Duties & Responsibilities
• Performs echocardiographic exams by participating in daily and on-call staffing.
• Performs high quality echocardiographic exams and collaborates with the cardiology staff to make accurate diagnoses of complex congenital and acquired pediatric heart abnormalities.
• Recognizes, and understands complex anatomy and physiology, diagnosing dextrocardia, heterotaxy syndrome etc.
• Performs complex quantification analysis, clinical research following TCH lab guidelines, three-dimensional echo reconstruction and analysis and analyzes strain rate and strain imaging for advanced function studies.
• Prepares equipment and the patient rooms (stocks linen and supplies) for operational use.
• Maintains Echo Lab equipment and systems.
• Support the Technical Operations of the Echo Lab.
• Support the ongoing quality improvement initiatives of the Echo Lab.
Skills & Requirements
• Required Technical diploma from a school of ultrasound (e.g., Diagnostic Medical Sonography) OR a bachelor's degree
• Required Licenses/Certifications, Need one of the following:
o RDCS - Cert-Reg Diag. Cardiac Sono by the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) OR
o RCS - Cert-Registered Cardiac SONO by the Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI) OR
o RCCS - Cert-Reg Congenital Cardi Sono by the Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI)
• Required 5 years of experience as an echo sonographer with a preferred 3 years' experience in a pediatric environment or quality assurance role
About Texas Children’s
Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S.News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city’s Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years.
Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Center for pediatric research; Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children’s care for communities north of Houston. We have also created the nation’s first HMO for children, established the largest pediatric primary care network in the country and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children’s Hospital is also academically affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation.
To join our community of 14,000+ dedicated team members, visit
texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities. You can also learn more about our amazing culture at
infinitepassion.org.
Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.
