Cardiac Job Description
Cardiac
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Cardiac Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective cardiac job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included cardiac job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Analysis, building, testing and implementation of computer systems in an Imaging Informatics setting
The system support may involve changes or new functionality within a site&rsquo
Utilizes technological tools (registries, patient lists, ) to manage populations
Educates about managing a specialty condition, including prevention and health maintenance tasks
Under the direction of the Department Manager and Lead Cardiac Sonographer, be expected to work independently performing a variety of echocardiography procedures for use in the diagnosis of heart disorders
Independently perform transthoracic echocardiograms on adult, children and neonatal patients and prepare a preliminary echo report for review by the interpreting cardiologist
Also be responsible for acquiring Transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) images on anesthetized patients in the surgical setting under the direct supervision of a cardiac surgeon, cardiologist or qualified anesthesiologist
Assume responsibility for the completeness and accuracy of all exams performed and the effective communication of this information to the cardiologist or cardiac surgeon for final interpretation
Travel to our outreach clinics in Moses Lake, Lewiston, Post Falls, Omak, Pullman, Moscow, Tri-Cities and Walla Walla
Participate in all procedures performed in the Cath Lab
Cardiac Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Cardiac
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: BLS, CPR, EKG, BCLS, RCS, RVT, RDCS, ACLS
Education for Cardiac
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the cardiac job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Associate and Bachelor's Degree in Associates, Cardiovascular Technology, Education, Nursing, Computer, Keyboard, Graduate, Technology, Allied Health, Technical
Skills for Cardiac
Desired skills for cardiac include:
Medical terminology
Human growth and development
Assessment
Medical terminology and the medical device industry
Central station and bedside monitors
Legal issues
Range of treatment
RN scope of practice
Applies safety principles as identified within the institution
Families
Desired experience for cardiac includes:
Assesses images during exam to identify complex heart structure or congenital defects
Two years of patient care experience with prior computer experience preferred
Must be registered or registry eligible by either ARDMS or CCI
Use diagnostic and interventional radiology imaging equipment
Set up and operate monitoring equipment and vital sign recording
Scrub and assist the physician as needed during cardiac and peripheral catheterization procedures
Cardiac Examples
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Cardiac Job Description
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Our company is looking to fill the role of cardiac. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for cardiac
- Stress echo experience preferred
- Must be willing to obtain ACLS certification for cross training in Stress Test Technician role
- Provides quality patient treatment for inpatient Cardiac Rehab patients that is individualized and consistent with the results of evaluations and plan of care
- Cardiac Physiologist involves patients, significant others and other care givers in treatment planning implementation and revision of treatment program
- Performs evaluations on patients seen by Cardiac Rehab that are thorough, efficient and patient centered
- Physiologists record on an ongoing basis, treatment rendered, progress and changes in status relative to care
- Performs adult and pediatric cardiac ultrasound
- Documents echocardiography studies/images/measurements utilizing digital structured report image management system
- Prepares patients and equipment for procedures
- May be asked to be cross-trained to perform non-invasive vascular diagnostic procedures
Qualifications for cardiac
- Graduate of approved school of Radiologic Technology with Associate or Bachelor's Degree
- Current ARRT and State of Texas license
- AHA BLS and AHA ACLS required
- Knowledge of basic office and computer functions and best practices
- Knowledge of acute care technical and administrative functions
- Knowledge of electrocardiography and arrhythmias and conduction disturbances
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Our company is looking for a cardiac. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for cardiac
- Has good working knowledge of ECG and Echocardiographic interpretations
- Basic understanding of scheduling of patients, transcription, filing, and distribution of reports
- Contacts physicians/offices with preliminary results/critical test results, as required
- Maintains a current knowledge of the abstracting guidelines, guidelines for data entry, and specification manual updates and revisions for the NCDR and CMS data elements
- Determine class of case through review of source documents according to the New York Heart Association classification system
- Utilizes computer expertise in several different computer systems to access information necessary for case completion, including but not limited to MUSE, Care Manager, HPF, HBI, Excel, and the Centricity data base
- Reviews all MI alerts, compiles "door to balloon" time and sends outcome reports to the appropriate campus leaders
- Sends emails and makes phone calls to obtain complete diagnosis and treatment information from the physicians
- Maintains a working knowledge of the computer systems and keeps current on all updates
- Electronically submits inclusive data to the NCDR for the Cath/PCI data and the EP data on a quarterly basis
Qualifications for cardiac
- Ability to recognize and report equipment problems and malfunctions
- Ability to carry out basic clerical activities
- Nowledge of all procedures performed in the Cardiology Noninvasive Laboratory
- Establish work priorities and effectively balance varying workloads
- Compiles reports and sends an Executive Summary to the Cardiac Service Line directors and selected administrators
- Attends cardiac-related educational activity annually
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Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of cardiac. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for cardiac
- Prepare patients for procedures, explain procedures to patients
- Documentation of procedures as necessary
- Proficient in the performance of ultrasound procedures
- Other Cardiac Sonographer duties as assigned
- Perform direct and indirect patient care in accordance with departmental guidelines
- Develop and expand programs
- Assists in the rehabilitation of patients with primary cardiovascular and pulmonary disease
- Is responsible for the use and functioning ability of the Axiom Artis x-ray equipment
- Is knowledgeable of all procedures being performed in the cath lab to include but not limited to the equipment needed for each stated procedure
- Will be able to demonstrate the ability to pre and post process a patient on the computer while accurately obtaining an EF% post LV inj
Qualifications for cardiac
- Functions as a clinical expert on these three treatment modalities for the PICU nursing staff
- Bachelor's degree in Perfusion Technology
- American Board of Clinical Perfusion certification as Cardiac Perfusionist (CCP) or ABCP eligible within 1 year of hire date
- Missouri Board of Healing Arts license as Cardiac Perfusionist (provisional or full) required within 90 days of hire date
- Requires communication skills in order to work with the wide variety of specialties wherein perfusion services are utilized
- Must be able to function at a managerial level to oversee capital equipment expenses, equipment maintenance, personnel training, purchase of disposable supplies and data collection
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Our company is looking for a cardiac. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for cardiac
- Initiates and sets-up equipment for each stated procedure
- Is able to multi task and function as a table operator and circulate for needed equipment during the procedure
- Maintains radiation safety at all times using the safe distance rule
- Maintains a balance of supplies for utilization during procedures while being cost conscious
- Is a customer service representative and meets or exceeds all of tenets customer service skills
- Performs a variety of technical procedures, utilizing specialized angiographic equipment for the diagnosis and identification of cardiovascular and peripheral vascular disease entities, , the therapeutic intervention to treat the disease process
- Travel to out of town clinics on regular basis and/or to provide coverage as needed
- Ensures all ECMO and VAD systems are functional and set up for emergency use
- Schedules ECMO staff to ensure 24/7 coverage of in-house ECMO Specialists in conjunction with the departmental managers of the NICU, PICU, CICU, and Respiratory Therapy
- Reviews all ECMO and VAD related policies and procedures on an annual basis and ensures compliance with these procedures for all ECMO Specialists
Qualifications for cardiac
- Current Virginia medical license and DEA
- Ability to work under moderate amounts of pressure for
- Applicant must successfully complete the monitor technician credentialing process within the first three weeks of employment
- Cardiovascular certified required
- Knowledge of all procedures performed in the Cardiology Noninvasive Laboratory
- Current RDCS registry by the ARDMS or Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCCS)
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a cardiac. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for cardiac
- Specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of electrical activities in the heart
- Provide clinical care, design, manage, and perform surgical procedures, and monitor results for patients who have abnormal electrophysiological heart rhythms and other cardiac rhythmic disorders
- Participate and share in outreach efforts and on-call coverage including weekends and holidays with the Electrophysiology team of HVI
- Procedures and document results
- Acquire electrocardiograms in a manner compatible with the electrocardiographic management system for the nursing units
- Recognizes and resolves computer error messages generated by the electrocardiographic carts
- Adjust equipment and controls according to the physician's orders to established protocol
- Attach electrodes to the patient's chests, arms and legs, connect electrodes to leads from the electrocardiogram (EKG) machine and operate the EKG machine to obtain a reading
- Interact with electrocardiographic management, Clinicpac and Medipac systems via terminal to cancel/complete patient charges as appropriate, verify and/or correct patient demographic information and retrieve EKGs for staff members as requested
- Keep the patient physically and emotionally relaxed during the recording of the electrocardiogram
Qualifications for cardiac
- This position also requires skills to provide advanced ECG interpretation
- The ability to interpret advanced hemodynamic and perform arterial venous hemostasis
- Troubleshoot and sterilize equipment
- Instruct patients
- Defibrillate patients
- Draw lab samples, act testing, and create charts