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**Facility:** Sharp Memorial Hospital

**City** San Diego

Department

Job Status

Per Diem

Shift

Day

FTE

0

Shift Start Time

Shift End Time

Other; AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association

Hours** **:

Shift Start Time:

7 AM

Shift End Time:

3:30 PM

AWS Hours Requirement:

8/40 - 8 Hour Shift

Additional Shift Information:

Weekend Requirements:

As Needed

On-Call Required:

Yes

Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum):

$32.350 - $40.440 - $48.520

This position is covered by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with SEIU-UHW. As part of the terms of employment, employees in this role are required to join the union within 31 days of hire and remain a member (e.g. dues paying, fee paying, religious exception contributor) for the duration of the collective bargaining agreement.

What You Will Do

Perform electrocardiograms, SAECG, treadmills, holter monitor and event recorders at a level not requiring constant supervision, and provide all department data management and computer records.

Required Qualifications

+ Completion of Cardiovascular Tech program (experience may substitute for education)

+ 5 Years Experience in all cardiology-related procedures

+ AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED

Essential Functions

+ Department statisticsMonitors appropriate CPT codes for all cardiology-related procedures.Assists with chargemaster maintenance for all Cardiology.Completes all daily billing procedures and audits.Identifies errors and corrects appropriately.Completes all department statistics and prepares reports as required.

+ EKG data managementRoutine adult/pediatric EKGs (knowledge of basic arrhythmias)Signal average EKGsRoutine pacemaker checksRetrieve EKGs from EKG Management SystemPrepare EKGs for physician readingEnsure proper ICD-9 codingEKG editing Completes/credits information systems billingEquipment maintenance

+ Education patient and familyIdentifies and trends learning needs of multi-disciplinary EKG staff and works with director and managers to assure needs are met.Assures that the treadmill/EKG standards of care are implemented, evaluated and updated in collaboration with director and managers.Assures delivery of quality staff education and training that meets all internal, accreditation and regulatory standards.Reviews, revises, develops and maintains safety and educational policies and procedures related to and in conjunction with management department activities and work environments.Reviews current operations and assesses appropriateness of and compliance with safety and educational policies. Works proactively with Bio-med, Risk Management and others to ensure ongoing compliance.

+ LeadershipActs as a change agent supporting unit, level of care and educational and organizational goalsMaintains a positive and productive relationship with the medical staff, peers, patients, families and management/administration.Identifies unit or organizational problems; develops and/or contributes to a plan to resolve problems.Implements and/or assists with plans to achieve resolution relevant to specialist role.Demonstrates effective team building.Leads and/or participates on task forces.Assumes management responsibilities in manager's absence.

+ Quality monitoringEnsures EKG/TM interpretations and documentation is completed within 24 hours of procedure and ordering physician is notified within 48 hours.Maintains quality patient outcomes through use of clinical expertise, CQI process, and effective teaching/leadership skills.Participates with management in the review of quality variance reports for designated units, identifies trends and develops action plans for resolution.

+ TreadmillsBruce, Mod-Bruce and NaughtenStress echosPersantine stressDobutamine stress (must have complete knowledge of treadmill programming and extensive knowledge of arrhythmias and vital sign significance)Holter monitor placement and readingsEquipment maintenance

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

+ Knowledge of cardiac procedures.

+ Effective interpersonal skills, both verbal and written.

+ Computer skills to include: IDXrad, WordPerfect, Quatro-Pro, Marquette Muse and Excel.

+ Ability to spend 100% of time standing, walking, sitting, bending and reaching.

+ Ability to use computer keyboard - manual dexterity.

+ Visual acuity.

+ Ability to meet deadlines.

Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class.