Ekg Technician (Prn/Occasional)

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WI-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison

Worker Type:

PRN

Job Summary:

Performs diagnostic electrocardiograms (EKGs).

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Identifies and corrects for artifacts. Edits and forwards results to attending physician for analysis and interpretation.
• Maintains EKG equipment and supplies.
• Reviews patient's record and instructs patients prior to procedures. Monitors patient during procedures and reports any abnormal findings.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Attaches, connects, and operates electrodes from specified body areas to leads from electrocardiograph machine.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• High school diploma or equivalent

EXPERIENCE

• No experience required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Occasional use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
• Occasional lifting/moving patients.
• Constant standing and walking.
• Occasional bending, stooping, crawling, kneeling, sitting, squatting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent reaching, gripping, and keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships.
• Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication.
• Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Occasional driving.

Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA), FUTURE - Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) within 90 days - American Heart Association (AHA)

Work Shift:

Variable Shift (United States of America)

Employee

Department:

3003000007 Cardiodiagnostics

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

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