EKG Tech

CommonSpirit Health•Omaha, NE

2d•Onsite

About The Position

At CHI Health Midlands, we proudly serve Sarpy County and surrounding areas in Nebraska with patient-focused care. Our facility was designed with the patient viewpoint in mind, setting a tone for a more comfortable, less stressful hospital stay. We provide our patients with some of the highest quality scores in the country in heart and vascular, emergency, and surgical care. We also offer high-quality care in diagnostics/radiology, women's care, home care, orthopedics, and sleep and breathing disorders. As an EKG Tech, you will perform diagnostic electrocardiograms (EKGs) to assess cardiac function. Every day, you will prepare patients, explain procedures, and accurately operate EKG machines to record heart activity, ensuring patient comfort and high-quality readings. To be successful, you will demonstrate strong technical proficiency, meticulous data collection, and excellent patient communication, contributing to accurate cardiac diagnostics. You will also assist physicians with electromyography, place patients on the examination table and explain procedures, perform standard and complex electroencephalographic recordings, keep equipment in clean operating condition, troubleshoot and repair minor malfunctions, initiate repair of malfunctioning equipment, practice strict ethical enforcement of protected medical and employee confidentiality, use confidential information only as needed to perform legitimate duties, and transport patients while maintaining safety and comfort. You are authorized to make entries in the medical record, consistent with and limited to the scope of the job duties and any applicable licensure.

Requirements

Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire

Responsibilities

Perform diagnostic electrocardiograms (EKGs) to assess cardiac function.
Prepare patients for EKG procedures.
Explain procedures to patients.
Accurately operate EKG machines to record heart activity.
Ensure patient comfort and high-quality readings.
Assist physician with electromyography.
Place the patient on the examination table and explain procedure.
Perform standard and complex electroencephalographic recordings.
Keep equipment in a clean operating condition.
Troubleshoot and repair minor malfunctions in the equipment.
Initiate repair of malfunctioning equipment.
Practice strict ethical enforcement of protected medical and employee confidentiality.
Use confidential information only as needed to perform legitimate duties.
Transport patients, maintaining safety and comfort.
Make entries in the medical record, consistent with and limited to the scope of the job duties and any applicable licensure.