Northside School of Echocardiography - Starting Fall 2026

The Program will start on: August 10, 2026

The Northside School of Echocardiography is an accredited one-year, full-time, highly specialized certificate program that trains students to become knowledgeable healthcare professionals who perform diagnostic procedures performed in an adult Cardiac echo lab setting.

• The program combines dedicated classroom education and hands-on clinical instruction, with a concentration in adult cardiac care
• Clinical training is conducted at Northside Hospital Forsyth, Northside Hospital Gwinnett, Northside Hospital Atlanta, and at our Cardiology Practices
• Multiple rotations provide students with a broad range of inpatient and outpatient clinical experiences
• The program is designed for applicants without ultrasound experience or credentials
• Class size is limited to ten students annually
• $21,000 program tuition includes clinical rotations, national registry fees and a 1 year membership to the American Society of Echocardiography
• $50 application fee will be collected within a week of applying for the program.

To be considered, please submit your resume/CV to this posting. Within one week after you submit your application, you will receive an emailed Task List where you'll be able to submit submit your $50 application fee, and attach your required two letters of recommendation and a copy of your educational/college transcripts. Letters of Recommendation can either be a combination of 1 professional (does not need to be from a medical professional) and 1 personal OR 2 professional. Click here to review educational requirements needed that should be included on your educational transcripts.

**Current Northside Employees, please use your personal email address when applying.

Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.

An Echo Tech / Cardiac Sonographer performs 2-D, M-mode, color flow mapping and cardiac Doppler echocardiography tests on the adult and geriatric patient population. Responsible for maintaining performance improvement documentation in cardiac and ultrasound in accordance with IAC.

Program participants should have one of the following:

• Two year American Medical Academy (AMA) Allied Health Degree
• Bachelor's degree in health science
• Bachelor's degree in non-health science field with the following pre-requisites:
  • Human Anatomy and Physiology I and II (8 College Credits)
  • Medical Terminology
• Graduate of a degree-granting, accredited Paramedic program
• Other domestic or foreign clinical or medical degree programs will be considered.