Cardiology Technician I, Cardiology, 32-Hour, Days, No weekends or holidays
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Job Location:
Gardner, KS - USA
Hourly Salary:
$ 23 - 30
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Overview
You Matter Here!
Heywood Healthcare values our employees! We offer competitive wages great benefits and generous earned time off. Come work where you will matter!
Hours: 32-Hour Days No weekends or holidays
Hourly Rate: $23.00-$30.35 per hour.
Responsibilities
Essential Functions
- Greeting and checking in patients. Reviewing the testing orders and printing schedules
- Reminder calls to the patients as needed
- Clerical work copying filing faxing and scanning tests
- Systematically gathers and evaluates relevant information and data from the patient interview and/or from patient information sources.
- Assures that the patient exams tests and/or procedures are consistent with the nature of patients needs and orders.
- Identifies variations from expected findings and/or test values.
- Takes appropriate actions when variations are identified.
- Plans for and provides patient teachings.
- Identifies situations when it is appropriate to involve the family and/or significant other and/or friends in patients education.
- Prioritizes requests based on the nature of request and the condition and/or situation of the patients.
- Assesses and reassesses the patients condition.
- Coordinates and communicates with other healthcare professionals to provide comprehensive patient service and care.
- When appropriate delegates to other healthcare professionals.
- Works together to complete assignments with departmental and healthcare team members.
- Places electrode in correct positions to obtain a quality EKG recording and inputs patient demographic information into the machine.
- Performs non-routine EKGs such as fifteen and eighteen lead and EKGs with magnets.
- Inputs patient demographic information into machine.
- Reports abnormal patterns to physician or nurse.
- Attaches electrodes in correct position to maximize quality tracing.
- Instructs patients in the use of recorder and diary.
- Correctly sets up monitor.
- Prints two copies of EKGs (one marked as preliminary and the second for interpretation).
- Copies reports and directs them to ordering physicians.
- Files report per department procedure.
- Operates equipment per department policy and manufacturers recommendations.
- Reports malfunctioning equipment to the Clinical Engineer.
- Effectively troubleshoots problems.
- Performing routine EKGs applying and downloading holter monitors.
- Assisting the providers with stress testing.
- Setting up Echocardiogram patients as needed and taking blood pressures.
- Checking in the Cardiology testing patients.
- Copying scanning and filing of the tests.
- Editing and downloading the EKGs from the machines
- Cleaning equipment after each use.
Statement of Other Duties
This document describes the major duties and responsibilities for this job and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood therefore that employees may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described.
Functional Demands
Physical Requirements
Exerts 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Frequently reaches (extending hands and arms in any direction) and handles (seizing holding grasping turning or working with hands). Occasionally stoop (bending the body downward and forward by bending the spine at the waist) crouches (bending the body downward and forward by bending legs and spine).
Organizational Expectations
Behavioral Attributes
The following behavioral attributes are required: achievement motivation concern for order flexibility initiative self-confidence customer service oriented interpersonal effectiveness teamwork analytical thinking and information seeking.
Qualifications
Job Requirements
Minimum Education
- High School graduate or equivalent.
Minimum Licenses and Certifications
- EKG certification or experience doing cardiac testing is preferred
- Curent BLS certification required.
Required Skills
- Basic computer skills.
- Moderate written and verbal skills.
- Ability to use cardiology equipment.
Required Experience:
IC
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About Company
About Heywood Healthcare Heywood Healthcare is an independent, community-owned healthcare system serving north central Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire, comprised of Heywood Hospital, a 134-bed acute care community-owned non-profit hospital in Gardner, MA; Athol Hospital, a 25 ... View more
