EKG Associate, Pre-Admission Testing - Hourly/Per Diem

The Department of Perioperative Services at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking an hourly/per diem EKG Associate, Pre-Admission Testing. The successful candidate will:

• Be responsible for assisting the Registered Nurse in the observation, analyzing and documentation of rhythm strips on all telemetry patients.

• Ensure the monitoring equipment is clean and functional at all times.

• Coordinate repairs with the Associate Director of Nursing/Nurse Practitioner and SMIC.

• Communicate pertinent information about a patients current medical status and changes in rhythm by continuous interaction with nurses and other relevant disciplines.

• Collaborate with the registered nurses, instruct patients, family members, hospital personnel regarding the purpose and function of the procedures and equipment being utilized.

• Participate in patient care activities under the direction of the registered nurse.

• Perform quality assurance glucometer checks as a protocol for unit assignment and complete finger stick as instructed by the registered nurse staff.

• Assist with phlebotomy sticks as instructed by the registered nurse staff.

• Participate in continuing staff development activities.

• Transport patients to procedural areas with the registered professional staff and return patients to their admission unit.

• Identify and order necessary unit supplies based upon patient care needs.

• Prepare and complete 12-lead EKG's on patients, as instructed by the registered nurse.

Required Qualifications:

• Certification in Phlebotomy and EKG.

• 2+ years of experience in a hospital setting, preferably in an Ambulatory Surgery Unit.

• Must be able to perform EKG's.

• Employees must complete BCLS certification within 6-months of employment.

Preferred Qualifications:

Work Schedule:

Variable Days; Variable Hours

Salary Grade/Rank:

SL-2

Salary Range:

Commensurate with experience and qualifications

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement:

An approved COVID-19 vaccination.

Executive Order:

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor's Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

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