Electrophysiology Tech II – Watson Clinic Lakeland Highlands Hospital | Lakeland, FL

Position Summary

4000 Lakeland Highlands Road, Lakeland, FL.

Orlando Health offers a great DAY ONE benefits package that includes:

• Medical, Dental, Vision & Prescription Drug Plans
• Flexible Spending Accounts & Health Savings Accounts
• Paid Time Off (accrued)
• Education Assistance:
  Preferred Education Program – 100% PAID Tuition, tuition reimbursement, and repayment of previous loans
• Disability and Life Insurance
• Retirement Savings Plan
• Family Care Benefits & so much more!

The Electrophysiology Tech II provides high-quality patient care by assisting physicians with diagnostic and interventional electrophysiology procedures. Responsibilities include preparing and operating specialized equipment, monitoring patient status throughout procedures, maintaining a sterile environment, and supporting the electrophysiology team to ensure safe, efficient, and exceptional patient care under the supervision of the department leadership.

Dayshift, Monday–Friday, 4 x 10-hour shifts. No weekends or on-call requirements. One weekday off each week on a rotating schedule.

• Provides direct patient care
• Delivers appropriate patient care and demonstrates competency while recognizing patient conditions, age specific needs while ensuring successful completion of procedures and protocols.
• Serves as a preceptor and/or charge if needed by the department.
• Demonstrates knowledge and proficiency in use of stimulator and physician EP protocols.
• Ensure the patient’s understanding of procedure performed, provides patient and family education while ensuring the patient’s needs, safety, and comfort are met while in the EP Lab.
• Acquires patient’s clinical history and assures that the information is accurately documented. Verifies report and records for completeness and accuracy of the patient involved in the study. Archives and amends demographic information to appropriate storage media.
• Positions patient, equipment, associated devices and manipulates technical factors to achieve high quality Images and signals for interpretation.
• Assesses processed images for technical quality and patient identification, ensuring that all relative anatomy is demonstrated.
• Applies principals of radiation safety and protection to minimize exposure to the patient, self, and others.
• Provides physiological and hemodynamic monitoring during diagnostic and interventional procedures.
• Supports the physician as a scrub assistant.
• Demonstrates knowledge of aseptic and sterile technique.
• Documents patient care as related to a procedural area in a knowledgeable, skillful, and consistent manner meeting all required and regulatory standards. Communicate any changes as necessary.
• Demonstrates competency to evaluate and obtain hemostasis of a vessel post procedure.
• Maintains clear and respectful communication with all staff, visitors, patients, and co-workers.
• Performs all duties as necessary to assure patient satisfaction.
• Ensures case turnover time to be within established department standards by maintaining proper workflow and prioritizing patient care.
• Must be a superuser on at least 2 of the department’s clinical systems or specific technologies.
• Delegates tasks and duties to team members in accordance with the patient’s needs and the team member’s capabilities and qualifications.
• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.
• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates awareness of legal issues, patients’ rights and compliance with the standards of regulatory and accrediting
  * agencies.
• Accountable for maintaining down time productivity.
• Notifies Bio Med and/or equipment company as…