Cardiac Electrophysiology Technologist

Banner Health

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Are you passionate about cutting-edge cardiac care and making a direct impact on patients' lives? As a Cardiac Electrophysiology Technologist, you'll be at the heart of our innovative Electrophysiology Program, playing a crucial role in patient assessment and cardiac device optimization. You'll work with state-of-the-art technology, evaluating and programming advanced cardiac implanted devices including pacemakers, AICDs, OLRs, and cardiac resynchronization devices across all major manufacturers. This position offers the unique opportunity to combine clinical expertise with technical precision, following best-practice guidelines while analyzing critical cardiac functional data. Your specialized skills will directly contribute to improving patient outcomes and quality of life through expert device management and monitoring. If you're ready to advance your career in a dynamic, patient-focused environment where your technical expertise truly matters, we want to hear from you! Candidates with degrees in Exercise Physiology, Kinesiology or 5 years of Cardiology Medical Assistant will be favored. The Cardiac Electrophysiology Technologist will help schedule patients, coordinate patient visits with reps, request records, answer phones and pools messages, remotes- pull information from website, scanning, monitor alerts on websites. This position is 40 hours a week within the hours of 7am-5pm. The schedule will move to four 10 hour shifts after training period. The role requires 7 day a week coverage from the team so there will be rotating schedules. The position will housed at our Main Campus but expected to travel to our South Campus and North Campus clinics. University Medical Center Tucson PBCs Banner - University Medical Center Tucson is nationally recognized for providing exceptional patient care, teaching future health-care professionals and conducting ground breaking research. Also located on the campus is Diamond Children's - recognized for its specialized pediatric services including neonatal and intensive care, emergency medicine and cancer therapies. Banner - University Medical Center Tucson is a Level 1 Trauma Center, meaning we care for the most critically injured patients. The hospital is consistently listed among the nation's top hospitals in the prestigious Best Hospitals ranking by U.S. News & World Report. The hospital's physicians are full-time faculty of the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson. Our specialty services include comprehensive heart and cancer care, advanced neuroscience techniques and a multi-organ transplant program. POSITION SUMMARY This position is integral to the Electrophysiology Program as is responsible for the clinical assessment of EP patients and evaluation and optimization of their cardiac device when present. This includes following clinical practice guidelines in combination with analysis and programing of all manufacturers’ cardiac implanted devices (i.e., pacemaker, AICD, OLR), cardiac resynchronization devices and event monitoring devices using specific manufacturers’ proprietary programmers to obtain cardiac functional data with clinical scenario.

Requirements

High school diploma/GED or equivalent working knowledge.
Candidate must possess knowledge as typically obtained through 2 years of experience in Cardiology.
BLS Certification is required.
Must have excellent oral and written communication skills and highly developed interpersonal skills.

Nice To Haves

Associate’s degree in Business, Healthcare, or related field preferred.
International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners (IBHRE) Certification preferred.
Additional related education and/or experience preferred.
Candidates with degrees in Exercise Physiology, Kinesiology or 5 years of Cardiology Medical Assistant will be favored.

Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist, is directly responsible for the remote monitoring, program creation, maintenance and compliance for multiple clinics, according to clinical standards.
Identifies the need for and is a resource and educator for equipment education. Provides user (physician, nursing, other allied health staff, families) education on medical equipment specific to the EP program.
May program/reprogram devices based on interrogated data of PPM/AICD under the direction and protocol of electrophysiologist.
Performs scheduled/preventive maintenance, electrical safety inspections, and quality assurance on all patient care equipment in a timely manner consistent with regulatory standards.
Provides customer relations and resolves equipment service problems by ensuring that clinical capability is restored as quickly as possible. Maintains communication with customers regarding the status of equipment repairs. Proactively solves technology issues when appropriate. Coordinates/schedules service (self, vendor and, when appropriate, other technicians) via management of customer expectations. Performs device investigations related to regulations and/or incident reporting.
Responsible for alignment of cardiac device billing and coding with current guidelines and industry standards to optimize reimbursement and operational success.
May act as coordinator for the Cardiac Device support group, if applicable to the department.
Liaison with clinical research team on research protocol conduct.
This position has a service responsibility in several departments in multiple facilities. Customers are internal and external (including physicians, nurses, families, other hospitals). This position receives direction from the Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist.