Medical Instrument Technician (Ekg)

Summary This position is located at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and is organizationally aligned within the Emergency Department. The position functions as a non-licensed member of the nursing care team in the Emergency Department and combines the responsibility and selected aspects of a productive team member carrying out and ensuring quality and timely delivery of care. Responsibilities Major Duties: Interprets cardiac rhythms, heart rate and arrhythmias and communicates them to the appropriate staff promptly. Reports all changes in heart rate/rhythm to appropriate nursing staff via verbal or phone communications. Monitors patient's rhythm and records strips per unit standard Monitors invasive and non-invasive waveforms (including but not limited to telemetry, pulse oximetry, end-tidal CO2, central venous pressure, arterial line readings, etc.) - demonstrates competence in waveform knowledge and calls appropriate staff promptly for changes in wavefo...