EKG Tech II

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EKG Tech II (Full Time)','Full-time','Professional Clinical/Allied Health','Full TIme','Full TIme','80','80','Occasional','Occasional','TEXAS-HOUSTON-ST. LUKE'S','','!*!Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center A quaternary care facility that is home of the Texas Heart® Institute, a world-class cardiovascular research and education institution founded in 1962 by Denton A. Cooley, MD–consistently ranked as one of the nation’s best in Cardiovascular Services & Heart Surgery.The first hospital in Texas and the Southwest designated a Magnet® hospital for Nursing Excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, receiving the award four consecutive times. Baylor St. Luke’s is home to three freestanding community emergency centers (Holcombe, Pearland, and San Felipe) offering adult and pediatric care–treating more than 51,000 patients annually.The hospital holds a collaborative partnership with Baylor College of Medicine and affiliations with The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, The University of Texas Medical Branch (Galveston), Houston Baptist University, and Prairie View A&M University.Position SummaryPerforms EKG's; charges and edits EKG's after physician interpretation; Assists with EKG training; connects and disconnects holter and event monitors; Performs signal average EKG's; and Bio-Z testing. Performs tests on adolescents, adults, and elderly patients.','!*!Minimum Job Qualifications Minimum Education: 1. High School Diploma/GED2. Successfully completed a basic EKG course and passed the required examination3. CPR certified4. Advanced Care Life Support (ACLS)5. High quality tests performed as monitored through Quality Enhancement ProgramMinimum years in field prior to employment: One (1) year of experiencePosition Responsibilities 1. Performs routine EKG's and rhythm strips in all patient care areas2. Responds to and Performs STAT EKG's and attends CODE BLUE situations3. Observes and reports potentially lethal arrhythmias to the charge nurse or physician4. Performs special electrocardiography procedures, such as signal average EKG, and esophageal lead tracings5. Completes preparation of 12 lead EKG tracings for processing and physician interpretation6. Edits EKG's interpreted by the cardiologist and Prepares for distribution to the patient's medical record7. Charges for tests completed8. Prepares connects and disconnects holter and event monitoring equipment9. Assists in orientation and training of staff to perform EKG's10. Maintains equipment by daily checking, stocking and cleaning11. Investigates minor equipment malfunction and Implements corrective action, reports major malfunction to Biomedical Engineering12. Will participate in the Quality Enhancement Process13. May be asked to perform other related dutiesMinimum Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: Minimum of (6.months in performing EKG's monitoring EKG's, or holter monitoring scanning','We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.','2017-R0144128','CHI St. Luke's Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center','EKG Tech II (Full Time)

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