Echo / Cardiovascular Technologist

Job Description

• Reviews the quality of the cardiology diagnostic preliminary test reports after each patient's test procedure on all cardiology diagnostic tests. 
• Prepares all preliminary cardiology diagnostic test reports or machine-generated preliminary reports after each test procedure and submits a preliminary report copy to the Cardiology Consultants for immediate review, evaluation and final results. 
• Refrains from utilizing any medical equipment that failed functional calibration or bio-calibration and verbally reports the equipment problems to the Biomedical Engineers and through the iService electronic reporting system for immediate inspection and repair.  
• Disinfects all medical equipment after each patient's utilization following the Infection Prevention and Control clinical standards and as per hospital and department clinical policy and procedures.
• Disposes all soiled or used "single-patient-use" medical supplies after each patient's test procedure using the medical biohazard bin at bedside and following the Prevention and Control of Infection standards and the established clinical policy and procedures of the department.    
• Performs the monthly inventory of all medical supplies, reviews the medical equipment preventive maintenance requirement and replenishes all the requirements as applicable. 
• Performs the daily patient room safety checks, respiratory emergency box checks and the patient room temperature and humidity checks following the established clinical policy and procedures of the hospital and the department.
• Participates in the Key Performance Improvement projects and Clinical Measures requirement for specific sections of the department.  
• Performs a follow-up audit for the turnaround time final test resulting in specific Cardiology Consultants for all diagnostic test procedures performed as per hospital and department policy.
• Prepares a monthly statistical report of all physicians who review and finally results of all the cardiology diagnostic test procedures performed in the department.