Non-invasive Cardiovascular Technician - Cardiopulmonary Services - Multiple Locations

Roper St. Francis Healthcare • Mount Pleasant, SC

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About The Position

The Non-invasive Cardiovascular Technician provides technical skills in obtaining electrocardiograph tracings, performing routine exercise stress testing and exercise testing with nuclear medicine, and applying and scanning Holter monitors when applicable. The position serves adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients and requires knowledge of age-appropriate care and lifespan growth and development. Work is scheduled for 40 hours per week on day/afternoon shifts in the Cardiopulmonary Services—Electrocardiography department. The role involves patient contact and may include high-stress periods and fluctuating workloads, exposure to limited hazardous substances or body fluids, and exposure to blood and other potentially infectious materials. Universal precautions and personal protective equipment are required.

A high school diploma and current American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification are required. No prior work experience or additional training is required. The position requires skills including critical thinking, communication, active listening, collaboration, patient care and management, physiologic data acquisition, inventorying equipment and supplies, attention to detail, and working within an interdisciplinary team.

Requirements

• High school diploma.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• No prior work experience required.
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide age-appropriate care to patients served on the assigned unit.
• Understand lifespan growth and development and assess and interpret patient-status information to identify age-specific care needs.
• Skills in critical thinking, effective communication, active listening, collaboration, patient care, physiologic data acquisition, patient management, inventorying equipment and supplies, attention to detail, and interdisciplinary teamwork.
• Ability to perform shift work and meet the position’s physical requirements, including manual dexterity, maneuvering patient weight, hearing alarms and telephone/audio recordings, reaching above shoulder level, repetitive arm and hand movements, finger dexterity, color vision, and near and far acuity.

Responsibilities

• Gather relevant personal information from patient records.
• Prepare patients and instruct them on the procedures to follow.
• Transport portable electrocardiograph equipment to hospital units and perform electrocardiograms for inpatients or outpatients in the lab.
• Perform treadmill stress and nuclear stress tests, observing tracings for abnormalities.
• Scan Holter monitors and observe tracings for abnormalities when applicable.
• Place test results in the appropriate physician reading box for interpretation.
• Maintain proper record keeping, data storage, and retrieval.
• Keep equipment clean and the lab area clean and orderly.
• Notify appropriate personnel when lab supplies are needed.
• Communicate professionally with lab personnel and staff in other hospital areas.
• Train hospital staff on the EKG process and equipment.
• Attend staff meetings as scheduling permits, or read meeting minutes when unable to attend.
• Follow universal precautions, use personal protective equipment and devices, and learn infection-control policies.

Benefits

• Competitive pay, incentives, referral bonuses, and a 403(b) with employer contributions when eligible.
• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage; HSA/FSA options; life insurance; mental health resources; and discounts.
• Paid time off, parental and FMLA leave, and short- and long-term disability.
• Tuition assistance, professional development, and continuing education support.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED