Cardiac Cath Lab -ECG Technician - Bethesda North Hospital

Overview

Full Time Day Shift - Bethesda North Hospital

Job Overview:
Duties will be guided by Cath Lab Pre-Post, Cardiac Cath lab, Special Procedures and Electrophysiology leadership teams. This position performs assigned duties to assist the Cath Lab Pre-Post, Cardiac Cath lab, Special Procedures and Electrophysiology areas to provide care for their patients. Duties include, but are not limited to: performing environmental services between procedural cases, turnover of procedural rooms, assisting with transferring and transportation of patients, stocking needed supplies in all areas, transporting of sterile supplies to and from central sterile department, answering patient call lights, relief of unit coordinator as needed, completing patient care delegated by Registered Nurses and/or Radiology Technologist, and obtaining 12 lead ECG as directed.

• Performs supply, equipment, and environmental related tasks such as stocking rooms, cleaning equipment and patient and procedural rooms, transporting dirty and clean surgical supplies to and from central supply.
• Assist to drop sterile items onto sterile field. Recognizes and reports problems to leadership.
• Assist with patient preparation such as placing patient in gown, clipping procedural access sites, performing EKGs, performing surgical cleansing with wipes, and discharge of procedural patients under direct supervision of the RN.
• Answer patient call lights. Report patient related information to appropriate leader/RN.
• Interacts, communicates, and engages with team members routinely in the Tri Health Way of Serving.
• Maintain a safe environment, comply with infection control policies, report safety hazards, demonstrate knowledge of patient safety during transportation, and adhere to emergency policies and procedures.
• Perform clerical tasks as assigned and relieve unit coordinator when necessary; report completed tasks to the supervising RN.

• High School Degree or GED
• 1-2 years experience in a clinical patient care role
• Basic Life Support (BLS)

Will be trained to carry out verbal orders for ECG input and signing off. Will be trained in care aspects of adult patients.

• Bending - Frequently
• Climbing - Rarely
• Concentrating - Frequently
• Continuous Learning - Occasionally
• Hearing:
  Conversation - Consistently
• Interpersonal Communication - Consistently
• Kneeling - Frequently
• Lifting