PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conducts and assists in ECGs, exercise tolerance, holters, BIOZ's, and Prime ECG procedures. Recognizes cardiac rhythmic abnormalities, especially cardiac or respiratory arrest, notifies appropriate personnel according to well-established procedures, and initiates CPR if necessary.
• Routinely checks status of EEG software, troubleshooting as necessary, and notifies appropriate service and user personnel when troubleshooting procedures fail.
• Maintain appropriate logs for statistical and accounting purposes, and perform calculations for required reports.
• Assist in Quality Assurance monitoring; environmental controls; infection control standards, and equipment selection, operation, application and inventory.
• Identifies and corrects for artifacts. Edits and forwards results to attending physician for analysis and interpretation.
• Maintain EEG equipment and supplies.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• High School diploma or equivalent or equivalent years of experience and education

EXPERIENCE

• One year experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication.
• Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent reaching, gripping, and keyboard use/data entry.
• Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Occasional bending, stooping, crawling, kneeling, sitting, squatting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Occasional lifting/moving patients.
• Occasional use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
• Occasional driving.