Facility: 55 Whitcher Street

Job Summary:

The Cardiac Device Technician 1(CD-1) is an allied healthcare professional who provides direct patient care by optimizing individual therapy delivered by the patient's cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED). The Cardiac Device Technician works in partnership with the patient by assessing patient symptoms, analyzing heart rhythms, interrogating and basic reprogramming of cardiac implantable electronic devices.

The CD Technician provides direct patient care in-person and via remote monitoring and works with various brands of CIED's using the most up to date standards. Composes accurate report of device interrogation and reprogramming for final approval by the Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician. Documents pertinent clinical data in the electronic health record.

Required Minimum Education:

• High school diploma or equivalent from an accredited institution is required

• Successful completion of licensed practical nursing, EMT, paramedic or cardiovascular tech program is preferred.

• Successful completion of a full cardiac device educational program (i.e., ATI- Arrhythmia Technologies Institute or PrepMD) or a minimum of 1 year of experience in the field of cardiac pacing and/or electrophysiology with direct exposure to patient cases in the clinical or industry setting is preferred.

Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s):

• Basic Life Support or BLS - Instructor

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support-Preferred or ACLS - Instructor-Preferred or ACLS - Provisional-Preferred

Required Minimum Experience:

• Basic ECG/EKG and cardiac rhythm recognition is required

• Minimum 1 year Patient care experience with exposure to cardiology patients

• Minimum 1 year Patient care experience with exposure to implantable cardiac electrical devices, their programming and complex arrhythmia recognition is preferred.