SATO - ECG Technician inKettering inKettering PUBLISHED MON 4 NOV 2024

A great opportunity has opened up within Cardiac investigations! We are looking for a new ECG Technician. The preferred candidate would have experience in performing ECG's and knowledge of how the department works, this is desirable but not essential as full training will be given.

Main duties involve performing Electrocardiograms (ECG's), fitting Ambulatory Holter and Blood pressure monitors, assisting in Exercise Tolerance Testing (ETT), assisting in Rapid Access Chest Pain clinic which will involve taking patient history, and helping prepare patients for Cardiac MRI tests which involves cannulation. There may be times where you are to assist with other clinical duties.

You will be based in Cardiac Investigations and Cardiac MRI but you may be required to perform these tests across the whole of the KGH site.

You will be required to work autonomously and learn to recognise cardiac arrhythmias and escalate appropriately.

You will be responsible for accurate data input into local databases

This is a great opportunity to build a strong foundation within Cardiology with full training given, there is the possibility for further opportunities within the department.

Cardiac Investigations is a Physiologist led service; we are continuously improving the services we offer which will open opportunities for the role of the ECG technician to change to meet the needs of the developing services

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Main duties involve performing Electrocardiograms (ECGs), fitting Ambulatory Holter and Blood pressure monitors, assisting in Exercise Tolerance Testing (ETT), assisting in Rapid Access Chest Pain clinic which will invole taking patient history, and helping prepare patients for Cardiac MRI tests which involves cannulation.

You will be based in Cardiac Investigations and Cardiac MRI but you will be required to perform these tests across the whole of the KGH site when required.

You will be responsible to updating and maintaining local databases, inputting patient information into equipment, downloading results ready for analysis.

You will work closely with Cardiac Physiologists, assisting them in their clinical duties.

This is a great opportunity to build a strong foundation within Cardiology with full training given, there is the possibility for further opportunities within the department.