Implantable Device Specialist

Intermountain Health•La Canada Clinic, NM

4d•$29 - $45

About The Position

This position provides clinical, educational, research, and administrative support for the implantable device program. It coordinates interrogation of implantable devices, including data gathered during onsite interrogations and information patients submit remotely to an Internet-based database. The role also supports ongoing research studies and maintains multiple databases. The specialist works with patients during routine and emergency clinic visits, before and after implant procedures, to ensure devices are programmed and functioning appropriately and to answer patient and parent questions. The role collaborates with physicians and vendors, analyzes device and EKG data, supports device programming and complication screening, and provides device-related education to patients and clinical staff. Additional duties include coordinating device implants and remote monitoring, maintaining device and lead records and equipment, supporting outreach clinics and implant procedures, and coordinating EP-related research projects and quality-assurance reporting. The position is located at La Canada Clinic and Siena Cardiology Clinic in Las Vegas, Nevada, and is scheduled for 40 hours per week.

Requirements

BLS or current PALS certification (for Children's Hospital employees) within six months of hire.
Experience in cardiology or with implantable device technology.
Cardiovascular system proficiency.
Cardiac rhythm interpretation skills.
Communication skills.
Interpretive analysis skills.
Digital proficiency.
Attention to detail.
Critical thinking skills.
Data synthesis skills.
Patient evaluation skills.
Patient instructional skills.
Ability to see and read information and labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, and identify equipment and supplies.
Ability to communicate verbally and hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly in emergencies.
Manual dexterity to manipulate complex and delicate equipment precisely, including frequent computer use and typing.
Ability to lift and move patients and supplies, bend, carry items up to heavy weights, walk, assist with patient transport and ambulation, and push or pull gurneys and portable equipment.
Ability to stand in a stationary position for extended periods may be required.
For roles requiring driving, ability to drive and read signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in a related field.
IBHRE (International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners) certification.
Experience with device interrogation software.

Responsibilities

Meet with patients during routine follow-up appointments and emergency situations, including before and after implant procedures, to ensure devices are optimally programmed and functioning and to address patient and parent questions.
Respond to calls from patients, physicians, and vendors; serve as a liaison between vendors and physicians and be available during procedures to answer questions.
Compare baseline and non-device-dependent EKG data, analyze and summarize findings for physicians, help optimize device settings, document findings in the device database, screen for device complications, and reprogram devices as indicated.
Continue education in implantable device procedures and processes offered by vendors.
Maintain device databases, including device and lead information, patient demographics, diagnoses, implanting physicians, and other pertinent information; generate and screen reports and provide information to physicians.
Schedule remote device checks and ensure that they are completed and transmitted remotely.
Educate patients about devices, coordinate implants, enroll patients in remote monitoring, and respond to device-related inquiries from patients, parents, device companies, outside nurses, physicians, and dentists.
Assist physicians during device implantation by preparing and coordinating data, testing leads, collecting printed lead data, and programming devices at optimal settings before patients leave the EP lab.
Coordinate clinic needs by arranging service for pacemaker equipment, ordering supplies, creating a coverage call schedule, maintaining the device-company advisory and recall database, and assisting with Outreach Pacemaker Clinics.
Educate fellows, NP/PAs, and other staff about implantable devices, interrogated device data, and the devices’ role in managing arrhythmia patients.
Coordinate EP-related studies and research projects, including obtaining patient or parent consents, explaining study procedures, and handling study-related calls.
Work with the Principal Investigator to collect data for EP-related studies and prepare data and reports for monthly QA and other department meetings.