Cardiac Stress Technician

Description:

• Have excellent interpersonal skills

• Have excellent communications skills and ability to interact with staff and management

• Have proven ability to handle personnel actions and leading others

• Be familiar with standard concepts, practices and procedures within field

• Possessea strong work ethic and a high level of professionalism

• Have EHR experience

• Have prior experience with device management seeing patients through industry, hospital and or clinic setting

• Have knowledge EKGs

Delivers care to patients utilizing the Cardiac Device Technician Process

• Will perform device interrogation, interpretation, and reprograms cardiac devices using established protocols set by physicians, working independently.

• Provides Carelink, Merlin, Latitude (remote follow-up) enrollment, education and training to patients and staff to promote accurate and efficient checks.

• Troubleshoots cardiac devices and immediately takes steps to resolve problems, working with physicians as needed.

• Offers potential solutions as applicable to the patient and device programming.

• Document Device Analysis using the EMR system and works collaboratively with physicians and other health care providers to optimize the device for the patient's condition.

• Conducts post-op wound check by removing bandages following clean technique as outlined by protocol and following implanting physician discharge instructions.

• Educates patient on purpose of device, signs to look for if there is an issue or concern, and provide contract information so patient is informed on process to contact physician, APP and device clinic.

• Educates patient on purpose of device ID card, and keeping with them as provides information if hospitalized , traveling or in an emergency.

• Serves as an effective representative to physicians, APP's, hospital, device industry and clinic staff regarding devices that have been implanted in the THPG cardiology practices and also may come to us from other practices if patient has relocated.

• Stay current in the knowledge of each manufacturer's devices (Elective Replacement ( ERI), End of Life (EOL), device recall, and latest technology to check devices in clinic outpatient setting. Performs other duties as assigned.