What are the responsibilities and job description for the Electrocardiogram (ECG) Technician position at Kansas Heart Hospital?
Full-time position - Monday - Friday - 8am - 5pm
Job Title: Electrocardiogram (ECG) Technician
Department: Clinic
Job Function: Electrocardiogram (ECG) technicians use special equipment and medical techniques to record the electrical impulses transmitted by a patient's heart.
Job Qualifications:
- Education:
- High school diploma.
- Minimum of two years in a cardiology practice preferred
- Professional certificates preferred
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provides patient care as an EKG Technician to patients in assigned facility
- Communicates report to appropriate healthcare workers in accordance with the hospital policy
- Adapts and adheres to all facility policies and procedures
- Uses an electrocardiogram machine to record the activity transmitted by the patient's heart.
- Hooking the patient up to the EKG machine with electrodes and making sure the machine properly records the heart's performance
- Gather information from the patient as to their medical history as well as explain the different procedures and results to the patients
- Maintaining the EKG equipment and supply levels will also be required.
- Knowledge of:
- Anatomy and physiology
- Computer programs, spread sheets and applications
- Ultrasound equipment and use
- Medical terminology, office procedures.
- Skilled in:
- Exercising a high degree of initiative, judgment, discretion and decision making
- Analyzing situations accurately and seeking appropriate advice/help
- Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with employees, policy-making bodies, third party payers, patients and the public.
- Organizing work, achieving goals and objectives.
- Ability to:
- Process patient and public inquiries and respond with poise and efficiency
- Recognize, evaluate, solve problems and correct errors
- Establish and maintain quality control standards.
- Conceptualize work flow, develop plans, and implement appropriate actions
- Maintain confidentiality of sensitive information
- Other duties as assigned.
Job Relationships:
Supervises: N/A
Supervised by: Clinic Nurse Manager
Promotion from:
Promotion to:
This job description is not an employment contract. Employment at Kansas Heart Hospital is at-will. KHH reserves the right to alter this job description at any time without notice.