Electrocardiograph Technician Staffing (EKG Tech)

Overview

Ansible Government Solutions, LLC (Ansible) is currently seeking Electrocardiograph Technicians (EKG) to support operations at the Department of Veterans Affairs VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System located at 11301 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90073. The normal tour of duty of 8 hours per day is from 0730-1600 Monday through Friday. If you accept employment with Ansible, you must also acknowledge that any assigned schedule is subject to change at the direction of either Ansible or its customers. 

Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) providing Federal customers with solutions in many arenas. Our customers face wide-ranging challenges in the fields of national security, health care, and information technology. To address these challenges, we employ intelligent and committed staff who take care of our customers’ success as if it is their own.

Responsibilities

• Be assigned to the VA Medical Center located in West Los Angeles or the Sepulveda Amulatory Care Clinic, serving both inpatient and outpatient veteran populations.
• Operate and monitor electrocardiographic equipment to perform specialized examinations and studies involving resting ECG, exercise stress testing, and ambulatory ECG monitoring of arrythmias on both inpatients and outpatients. 
• Carry a pager in line with ECG Tech duties; responds to pages immediately; communicates the needs of ECG support to team members. ECG Techs may be called to provide ECG service on both outpatients and inpatients in West Los Angeles and/or in the Sepulveda Ambulatory Care clinic.
• Evaluate test results to determine appropriate machine adjustments and use alternative techniques and procedures when established procedures do not accomplish acceptable results and communicate with physician of any abnormal or questionable results.
• Monitor patients' blood pressure and heart rate using electrocardiogram (ECG) equipment during diagnostic or therapeutic procedures and notify the provider if something appears abnormal.
• Attach electrodes to the patients' chests, arms, and legs, connect electrodes to leads from the electrocardiogram (ECG) machine, and operate the ECG machine to obtain a reading. 
• Check, test, and maintain cardiology equipment, making minor repairs to ensure proper operation and inform Biomedical Engineering, when necessary.

Qualifications

• Completion of an Electrocardiogram (EKG) Technician program. 
• Must be able to operate instruments used to record electrocardiograms and exercise tolerance tests, and support ambulatory ECG monitoring.
• Must be knowledgeable of typical patient reactions and signs of medical/physical/psychological distress including ability to recognize report and treat potentially lethal arrhythmias. 
• Must be knowledgeable of common ECG equipment settings and standardized operating procedures plus knowledge of common errors and corrective measures.
• Must have ability to demonstrate proper ECG lead placement. 
• Must have ability to modify procedure/lead positioning to obtain correct results with patients with complicated conditions such as amputations, Parkinson's disease, and structural defects (e.g. scarred tissue).
• Experienced in Operation Monitoring - Watches gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. 
• Has and maintains current AHA Basic Life Support (BLS) certification 

Pay Range: $38.81 - $47.62 hourly

All candidates must be able to:

• Sit, stand, walk, lift, squat, bend, twist, and reach above shoulders during the work shift
• Lift up to 50 lbs from floor to waist
• Lift up to 20 lbs
• Carry up to 40 lbs a reasonable distance
• Push/pull with 30 lbs of force

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Salary : $39 - $48