Cardiology Tech - 24 Hours/Week - Days

Cardiology Technician

Why work for Nebraska Methodist Health System? At Nebraska Methodist Health System, we focus on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and people we employ. We call it The Meaning of Care a culture that has and will continue to set us apart. It's helping families grow by making each delivery special, conveying a difficult diagnosis with a compassionate touch, going above and beyond for a patient's needs, or giving a high five when a patient beats a disease or conquers a personal health challenge. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and a great work environment where all employees are valued! Most importantly, our employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in.

Location: Methodist Hospital

Address: 8303 Dodge St, Omaha, NE

Work Schedule: Tuesdays from 6:00am to 6:30pm and Fridays from 5:00am to 5:30pm

Cardiology technician assists Cardiologists scheduling appointments, reviewing patient files, monitoring testing and assists in diagnosis of cardio and/or vascular diseases.

Responsibilities:

Essential Functions

• Provides appropriate care specific to the age of the customer/patient, to ensure understanding and comfort level of treatment, as outlined in the Age Specific Criteria.

Schedule patients for stress tests and assists physician's pr mid-level practitioners with performance of the stress tests (including nuclear stress tests).

• Receives call from emergency room and coordinates chest pain patients for early morning stress tests.
• Assists coordination of add-on patients to the Heart Station or Nuclear Department.
• Communicates add-on patients with the mid-level practitioners or physicians for the procedure.

Prepares patient for a stress test.

• Checks patient wristband for two identifiers (full name, medical history number, and/or date of birth).
• Educate patient regarding lead placement, how to walk on a treadmill, what to expect from the increased heart rate, and the importance of exciting off the treadmill quickly for the echo sonographer.
• Prior to the stress test, obtain accurate patient history, have appropriate indications for the procedure and obtain BP's for physicians or mid-level practitioners.
• Monitor patients' heart rate after stress test to ensure it is within a normal range.
• Log each patient in to Cerner and charge for the procedure.

Work professionally with all members of the cardiac team.

• Works well with Emergency Room, Nuclear, Echo staff and Registered Nurses when coordinating stress echos.

Collaborates in the maintenance of proper inventory.

• Works with Bio-med for all first respond maintenance for EKG carts or treadmill needs.
• Shares the responsibility of ordering supplies for the department.

Demonstrates ability to access environment of care policies on computer.

• Can speak to code red. How to rescue patients and evacuate the department.
• Can speak to code triage. What is responsibility with a code triage?
• Is knowledgeable of the hazardous materials in the area and can identify the chemical diamond.
• Demonstrates competency in accessing all hospital policies.

Competent in putting on and taking off Holter Monitors and Event Monitors.

• Knows who makes the appointment for the Holter Monitor or Event Monitors.
• Give instructions to the patient for the Holter Monitor and Event Monitors.
• Appropriately charges for putting on and taking off the monitors.

Job Requirements:

Education

• High School Diploma or General Educational Development (G.E.D.) required.
• Participates in mandatory in-services and continuing education programs as mandated by policies and procedures, external agencies, or as directed by supervisor or manager.

Experience

• Previous experience with electrocardiogram (EKG) and cardiac stress testing preferred.

License/Certifications

• Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) strongly preferred at time of hire, required within 3 months of hire.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Requires the ability to read, write, speak and understand the English language well enough to communicate at a level normally acquired through a high school education.
• Requires the ability to recognize cardiac arrhythmia's normally acquired through on the job training and/or courses in EKG interpretation.

Physical Requirements:

Weight Demands

• Medium Work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force.

Physical Activity

• Occasionally Performed (1%-33%):
• Climbing
• Crawling
• Kneeling
• Sitting
• Frequently Performed (34%-66%):
• Balancing
• Carrying
• Crouching
• Distinguish colors
• Keyboarding/typing
• Lifting
• Pulling/Pushing
• Repetitive Motions
• Standing
• Stooping/bending
• Twisting
• Walking
• Constantly Performed (67%-100%):
• Grasping
• Hearing
• Reaching
• Seeing/Visual
• Speaking/talking

Job Hazards

• Not Related:
• Explosives (pressurized gas)
• Electrical Shock/Static
• Radiation Alpha, Beta and Gamma (particles such as X-ray, Cat Scan, Gamma Knife, etc)
• Radiation Non-Ionizing (Ultraviolet, visible light, infrared and microwaves that causes injuries to tissue or thermal or photochemical means)
• Rare (1-33%):
• Chemical agents (Toxic, Corrosive, Flammable, Latex)
• Mechanical moving parts/vibrations
• Occasionally (34%-66%):
• Biological agents (primary air born and blood born viruses) (Jobs with Patient contact) (BBF)
• Physical hazards (noise, temperature, lighting, wet floors, outdoors, sharps) (more than ordinary office environment)
• Equipment/Machinery/Tools

About Methodist:

Nebraska Methodist Health System is made up of four hospitals in Nebraska and southwest Iowa, more than 30 clinic locations, a nursing and allied health college, and a medical supply distributorship and central laundry facility. From the day Methodist Hospital was chartered in 1891, service to our communities has been a top priority. Financial assistance, health education, outreach to our diverse communities and populations, and other community benefit activities have always been central to our mission.

Nebraska Methodist Health System is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by Federal, state or local law.