• Cardiac EKG/Stress Technician

    Beth Israel Lahey Health (Plymouth, MA)


    **Job Type:** Regular

    **Time Type:** Full time

    **Work Shift:** Day (United States of America)

    **FLSA Status:** Non-Exempt

     

    When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

     

    full time

    Job Description:

    Duties/Responsibilities:

    + Explains procedure to patient prior to testing.

    + Assists in gathering patient assessment data for physician review.

    + Assures adequate equipment and supplies for testing.

    + Maintains accurate records.

    + Assists in monitoring patient EKG and vital signs during stress test and recovery period.

    + Assists in initiating emergency measures as required.

    + Performs EKGs, places holter and event monitors.

    + Connects patients to stress testing equipment.

    + Gathers patient history & lab values prior to testing for the cardiologist.

    + Participates in process improvement

    + Communicates interdepartmentally and house-wide as needed.

     

    _It is understood that this is a summary of key job functions and does not include every detail of the job that may reasonably be required._

    Education/Experience Required:

    + Minimum of a HS Diploma or equivalency

    + EKG Technician, Cardiology Technician, Exercise Physiologist, who have had the following:

    a. Cardiology Stress Testing, EKG, Holter & Event Testing

    b. Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS).

    c. Advanced Cardiac Life Support preferred

    + Capable of using Information Systems, e.g. Meditech, McKession

     

    As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more (https://www.bilh.org/newsroom/bilh-to-require-covid-19-influenza-vaccines-for-all-clinicians-staff-by-oct-31) about this requirement.

     

    More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

     

    Equal Opportunity** **Employer/Veterans/Disabled