- Bend, Oregon, United States
- On-site
- Full-time · Senior
- $35–$52 per hour
- 4+ years
The Senior Cardiac Device Technician at St. Charles Health System is primarily responsible for performing device interrogations, interpretations and programming of pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators, loop recorders, and home monitor equipment.
Compensation
Pay range: $34.95 - $52.41
Responsibilities
- Creates a comprehensive database for all device patents to maintain proper follow up schedule
- Manages requests from hospice for deactivation of ICD devise patients
- Facilitates pre-procedural appointments for cardiac device generator replacements, new implants, and laser extraction
- Incorporates patient and family education, and the Surgical Site Infection (SSI) strategies reflective of Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) and Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) best practices
- Implements essential patient teaching elements and serves as a resource for patient concerns and questions intra-operatively, upon hospital discharge, device home monitoring and clinic follow up care throughout the device/patient lifetime
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree Exercise or Health Science, or related industry field
- High School Diploma/GED plus five (5) years' experience in cardiac telemetry, electrocardiogram, electrophysiology tech, monitor tech, device industry, or device monitoring