Per Diem Sr EKG Tech

NYU Langone Health • New York, NY

101d • $30 - $30

About The Position

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Per Diem Sr EKG Tech. In this role, the successful candidate is responsible for performing electrocardiograms on all in-and out-patients utilizing appropriate recording machines, including Holter monitoring. Performs Holder scanning duties and interprets arrhythmias from scanner.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or the equivalent.
• Certificate of completion from a licensed EKG school required.
• Minimum three years of experience as an EKG Technician in an acute care facility.
• Good communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Some college preferred.
• Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Prepares patients for testing.
• Gathers and sets up equipment and supplies according to established departmental procedures.
• Calibrates and warms up equipment prior to procedures, ensuring its proper functioning for procedures.
• Interacts with patients by identifying self to patient and verifies the identity of patient by checking the patients ID bracelet.
• Explains the procedure and equipment to the patient.
• Provides for patient privacy at all times.
• Preps patient using proper departmental criteria and technique to insure the best quality recording.
• Schedules patients, if necessary, and notifies floor for holter removals and applications.
• Provides training and technical guidance to new and current personnel.
• Orients existing employees to new procedures and/or changes in existing procedures.
• Teaches new employees establishing procedures.
• Remains available all duty hours to provide technical advice or assistance to junior personnel.
• Maintains scanning documentation according to departmental procedures.
• Prepares reports which include representative documentation of ECG abnormalities using standard nomenclature of nature and pattern sequence of abnormality.
• Makes verbal reports of ominous arrythmias detected during analysis to physician.
• Completes documentation in a clear and timely manner.
• Reports poor quality tracings in order to improve hook-up techniques.
• Differentiates between normal and abnormal cardiac rhythms and uses deductive reasoning with ambiguous arrhythmias.
• Performs all aspects of Holter monitoring scanning.
• Demonstrates familiarity with the effective operation of Holter recorders, operating principle of playback system, and basis maintenance of playback system.
• Demonstrates familiarity with various types of artificial pacemakers and is able to recognize possible malfunctions.
• Utilizes techniques of high speed scanning including recognizing the effects of arrhythmias on various portions of the cardiac cycle during superimposition.
• Distinguishes artifact from actual ECG changes, and causes of the artifact.
• Utilizes the patient diary to correlate ECG changes with time, symptoms, and activities.
• Selects ECG strips which give representative documentation of each abnormality and appropriate documentation for correlation with any patient-reported symptom.
• Maintains equipment in proper functioning order.
• Interacts with Biomedical Engineering regarding resolution of problems with equipment.
• Cleans and prepares equipment for patient application.
• Sterilizes equipment after each isolation patient in accordance with nursing and departmental policy.
• Performs predetermined, preventative maintenance to ensure equipment is operating efficiently.
• Documents the electrocardiogram according to departmental procedures.
• Selects segment of electrocardiogram for documentation.
• Properly identifies patients name, lead placement, time, date, and if copy made on patient.
• Documents delivery of EKG by entering completion into H.I.S. System.
• Demonstrates a working knowledge of the electrocardiogram.
• Carries out assignment within realistic time frame.
• Removes electrodes and jelly, cleans patient and equipment.
• Assists patients with gown.
• Administers test by operating electrocardiogram to record and label various leads reflecting the electrical current emanating from the heart muscle.
• Operates equipment accurately and monitors course of procedures to ensure quality diagnostic results are obtained; makes modifications as needed.
• Assesses electrocardiogram by comparing it against established standards of practice and against previous electrocardiogram to monitor changes; alerts appropriate staff of any abnormalities that might need immediate attention.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and wellness package.
• Access to financial security benefits.
• Generous time-off program.
• Employee resources groups for peer support.
• Holistic employee wellness program focusing on physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive care.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: High school or GED