EP Lab

EP Lab Education Coordinator / Cardiovascular Specialist

This position may be based at either Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem or High Point Medical Center in High Point NC. The role offers scheduling flexibility to support either a four- or five-day workweek. (40 hours per week.) The position is designed as a hybrid role combining direct procedural staffing responsibilities with dedicated protected time to support education training and staff development coordination across the Wake Area.

Education Coordinator Key Responsibilities:

• Develop coordinate and implement comprehensive staff development programs including onboarding/orientation competency-based training in-service education and continuing education for all staff.
• Support the design and delivery of department-specific educational initiatives.
• Monitor and ensure compliance with orientation processes and initial and ongoing competency validation including tracking completion of required checklists and documentation.
• Plan coordinate and oversee vendor-led in-service training and continuing education programs to support clinical practice and evolving technologies.
• Partner closely with EP Lab leadership to design and implement educational programs that address individualized staff development needs and align with departmental goals and performance expectations.
• Collaborate as appropriate with hospital-based Professional Development Specialists to align educational efforts and leverage system resources.
• Support the ongoing development and effectiveness of clinical preceptors by evaluating teaching strategies providing feedback and offering guidance to strengthen preceptor performance.
• Provide orientation and serve as a clinical resource role model and preceptor for new and existing staff. Identify professional development needs and support staff in meeting role-specific expectations.
• Collaborate with EP education and professional development partners across the North Carolina/Georgia Division Heart & Vascular Service Line to promote consistency best practices and shared learning.
• Serve as a consultant on educational matters providing feedback and recommendations to enhance the overall educational strategy and effectiveness within the department.

Cardiovascular Specialist Key Responsibilities:

• The Cardiovascular Specialist will deliver exceptional and streamlined patient care during Electrophysiology Lab procedures by documenting circulating and scrubbing. You will work alongside a care team of electrophysiologists cardiologists cardiothoracic surgeons and other specialists to provide state-of-the-art therapies for patients with simple to complex arrythmias.
• Emergency Preparedness: Ensure emergency equipment and supplies are always ready Recognize and respond to potential emergency situations as needed.
• Ensure Safe & Therapeutic Environment: Promote safety practices & standards maintain knowledge of equipment operation adhere to equipment safety guidelines & report any malfunctions.
• Record Keeping: Complete & maintain accurate departmental records and logs in a timely manner by entering patient data and charges into electronic system and safeguard patient privacy & confidentiality.
• Communication: Maintain professional relationships with patients families and colleagues through effective communication and responsiveness sensitively address conflicts & concerns as needed.
• Patient Care: Monitor & evaluate patient stability during procedures administer medications & treatments under supervision and assist with advanced procedures.
• Education & Consultation: Offer mentorship and support to co-workers & trainees participate in Continuing Education & in-service opportunities and performs / maintains assigned point-of-care testing and annual competencies.
• Age-Specific Care: Provide age-appropriate care considering physical mental and developmental factors Regularly update knowledge on age-specific guidelines.

Our Commitment to You:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs competitive compensation generous retirement offerings programs that invest in your career development and so much more so you can live fully at and away from work including:

• Compensation
• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications skills relevant experience and/or training
• Premium pay such as shift on call and more based on a teammate's job
• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
• Benefits and more
• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical dental vision life and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g. full-time part-time per diem temporary etc.) please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit integrated health system in the United States created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois Atrium Health in the Carolinas Georgia and Alabama and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation health outcomes consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte North Carolina Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology neurosciences oncology pediatrics and rehabilitation as well as organ transplants burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1000 care locations and offers one of the nations largest graduate medical education programs with over 2000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all Advocate Health provides more than 6 billion in annual community benefits.