EKG Technician
Full Time
San Jose, CA
Posted
Job description
Description
Under general supervision, to operate electrocardiograph (EKG) and other cardiac monitoring equipment and to provide clerical support to the electrocardiography department.
COVID Risk Level - High Risk
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Typical Tasks
- Receives requisitions for electrocardiograms and other cardiac monitoring examinations;
- Performs inpatient and outpatient routine and Short Turn Around Time (STAT) EKG's, including walk-in patients referred from other clinics;
- Prepares and assists patients prior to examinations, attaches electrodes, and operates the electrocardiograph;
- Verifies valid physician order or requisition for EKG study, verifies patient identifiers and inputs patient demographics into EKG machine;
- Monitors the recording procedures to discern artifact or abnormalities;
- Prepares EKG and other cardiac tracings for upload into EKG Data Storage System and assigns studies to be read by physicians;
- Prepares, sets up, and instructs patients for the 24 hour ambulatory Holter cardiac monitoring procedure;
- Prepares appropriate EKG charges for data entry by department billing personnel;
- Cleans and performs light maintenance on EKG equipment and notifies internal biomedical equipment repair staff or equipment vendors for more difficult repairs;
- During daily inpatient rounds, performs checks on unit EKG carts to verify accuracy of time, date and other settings;
- Maintains records of daily EKG processes; edits and transcribes functions for lead EKG attachments, Holter reports and 30 day Event reports;
- Maintains files, prepares new file folders in accordance with established protocols and procedures, searches for and pulls files;
- Performs Quality Control by verifying all hard copy data has been transferred to EKG Data Storage System;
- Collects EKGs from all inpatient and outpatient sources on all shifts (such as emergency department and health clinics) in electronic format or via regular delivery system; verifies accuracy of data and uploads studies to EKG Data Storage Systems;
- Makes copies of EKG tracings and reports upon request of other departments and
- agencies;
- Orders departmental supplies;
- May be assigned as a Disaster Service Worker, as required;
- Performs related duties as assigned.
Employment Standards
Training and experience sufficient to enable a candidate to demonstrate possession of the knowledge and abilities listed below.
Certification in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) issued by the American Heart Association is required for all positions.
Experience Note:
A candidate would normally acquire the knowledge and abilities through attainment of one of the following:
A Certificate of Achievement or Certificate of Completion from an accredited EKG Technician training program, Laboratory Assistant/EKG Technician program, or Phlebotomy Technician/EKG Technician program consisting of 144 quarter hours (or equivalent) of classroom training in EKG and an externship of at least 160 hours that included any of the following: Holter monitoring, event monitoring, stress testing, or treadmill training;
OR
Two (2) years of recent patient care experience within the past four (4) years in an acute care hospital, one (1) year of which was performing EKG procedures.
Knowledge of:
Ability to:
Knowledge of:
- Basic principles of patient care and general hospital organization;
- Basic electrocardiogram (EKG) and related cardiac monitoring examinations;
- Basic medical terminology;
- Basic techniques of anatomical placement of electrodes for EKG and related examinations;
- Operation of electrocardiograph and other basic cardiac diagnostic machines;
- Normal and abnormal wave patterns and their variants;
- Artifacts in tracing and methods to eliminate or correct;
- Basic computer operations and software programs.
- Apply techniques and anatomical placement of electrodes for EKG and related examinations;
- Operate electrocardiograph and other basic cardiac diagnostic machines;
- Apply techniques for anatomical placement of electrodes for EKG and related examinations;
- Distinguish between normal and abnormal wave patterns and their variants;
- Recognize artifact in tracings and correct or eliminate it;
- Deal tactfully and empathetically with persons under stress;
- Perform basic computer operations and data entry;
- Maintain files and records and write brief reports;
- Establish effective working relationships with patients, hospital staff, the public and others.
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