electrocardiograph technician (EKG tech), Part-time, PM/Days
Company: Advocate Health
Location: Park Ridge
Posted on: April 19, 2024
Job Description:
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 transmitted but not yet reconciled/assigned to an inbox and
equipment status. Follow-up on identified issues and communicate to
next shift as appropriate.
- 8)Facilitates the timely completion of ECG's on floors or
departments with NCT's or RN's trained to perform.
- Provides clerical functions necessary for physician
interpretation & confirmation, department record-keeping & patient
billing
- 4)Maintains printers, department equipment and supplies; able
to change cartridges or initiate call to obtain service for all
printers and equipment. Communicates to secretary with supply
orders before depletion
- 1)Insures that appropriate procedure has been ordered and
reconciled
- 2)Collects all information for the interpreting physician &
prepares the study to be read within 2 hours of completion
- 3)Properly distributes all studies to cardiologists for review
and interpretation
- Participation in professional development & process improvement
teams by attending inservices, meetings & continuing education
programs appropriate to the goals & needs of the department
- 1)Attends & participates in department meetings
- 2)Attends department inservice programs to insure technical
competence
- 3)Completes annual mandatory safety and infection control
requirements by given deadline
- 4)Maintains BLS requirements
- 5)Reads and responds to Advocate and LGH email on a consistent
basis, in a timely manner
- 6)Actively demonstrates all customer service initiatives,
including AIDET, on a consistent basis
- 7)Works as a team member with the floor staff and fellow EKG
technicians in the completion of all ordered ECG's
- Provides training assistance to associates and physicians
- 1)Provides education & troubleshooting assistance
- 2)Assists with the training of new associates to the EKG
department
- 3)Mentors NCT's/new EKG techs/RN's and provides education and
hands-on experience to perform necessary supervised ECG's to
complete training
- Maintains a safe, organized & efficient work environment
- 1)Complies with safety standards & infection control
practices
- 2)Reports equipment malfunction immediately to clinical
engineering, operational problems & inventory depletion immediately
to Heart Station leadership
- 3)Maintains the cleanliness of the department & equipment
- 4)Maintains the functioning of the EKG department phones and
pagers
- 5)Insures all phones and pagers are answered/calls forwarded
appropriately
Education/Experience Required:
- HS Grad, GED, or equivalent experience. 1-2 years hospital
related experience or CNA or EMT This position will need to
recognize the needs & behaviors of a variety of age groups treated
i.e., understand child growth & development, normal patterns of
adolescent behavior & look for signs of normal aging; prior
experience with various age groups is preferred
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:
- Ability to work well with others Good organizational skills
Good time management Good documentation/record keeping skills Good
communication skills
- BCLS
Physicial Requirements and Working Conditions:
- Ability to work weekends, holidays and STAT for call-ins in
order to accommodate staffing needs Ability to perform a medium
amount of lifting & transferring related to patient care (i.e.,
lifting up to 20-50 lbs occasionally) Exposure to ill/trauma
patients, may be exposed to blood & urine samples Ability to
transcribe medical information Ability to push equipment (i.e., ECG
machine) Ability to communicate with patients Ability to stand and
walk for extended periods of time
- If position has direct patient care or direct patient contact
the following lifting requirement supersedes any previous lifting
requirement effective 06/01/2015. Ability to lift up to 35 pounds
without assistance. For patient lifts of over 35 pounds, or when
patient is unable to assist with the lift, patient handling
equipment is expected to be used, with at least one other
associate, when available. Unique patient lifting/movement
situations will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
This job description indicates the general nature and level of work
expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a
comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities
required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform
other related duties.
Keywords: Advocate Health, Schaumburg , electrocardiograph technician (EKG tech), Part-time, PM/Days, Professions , Park Ridge, Illinois
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