EKG Technician

4-hour shifts, 5 days a week routinely to perform scheduled and walk-in outpatient EKG's; will also flex/rotate to cover holidays or as needed on the inpatient/ED side.

Major Responsibilities:
Responsible for performing routine and STAT request for ECG procedures
1)Identifies patient correctly and obtains relevant patient history.

2)Responds to STAT requests, code blue, outpatient requests and inpatient routine requests in a timely manner. Rotates to the Emergency Department according to schedule.

3)Able to enter/edit data entered in ECG machine before transmission of data to mainframe

4)Performs Holter Monitor applications/removals, including preparing the holter for application, properly prepping the patient for good contact and a quality study and returning the monitor to the Heart Station upon removal

5)Prepares patient for procedure, respects patient's privacy in an empathetic & gentle manner

6)Able to troubleshoot problems associated with performing ECG’s and rhythm strips, i.e., calming anxious patients, distracting pediatric patients

7)Provide, receive and seek out shift-to-shift updates, including a review of the ECG carts, orders, outstanding ECG's, ECG's …