{"id":5867,"date":"2024-04-16T13:50:34","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T20:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/?page_id=5867"},"modified":"2025-05-06T14:43:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T21:43:50","slug":"ekg-tech-in-house-cert","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/classified-staff\/ekg-tech-in-house-cert\/","title":{"rendered":"EKG Tech In House Cert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>21328 (NE H SEIU 1199NW UWMC Northwest Service and Maintenance)<br \/>\n22965 (NE H NI SEIU 1199NW UWMC Northwest Service and Maintenance)<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLASS SERIES CONCEPT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Perform non-invasive cardiac diagnostic procedures and prepare related documentation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BASIC FUNCTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prepare patients for and conduct resting electrocardiograph examinations; prepare recordings for diagnostic analysis; clean and maintain recording and associated laboratory equipment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Under general supervision, conduct routine resting electrocardiograph examinations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TYPICAL WORK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Operate electrocardiograph equipment to obtain diagnostic readings on resting electrocardiograms;<\/p>\n<p>Prepare and instruct pediatric and adult patients for test procedures in ambulatory, intensive care, and nursing units;<\/p>\n<p>Recognize typical cardiac rhythms and dysrhythmias; notify appropriate medical staff person;<\/p>\n<p>Recognize patient or electrical artifact; determine source and attempt to eliminate interference;<\/p>\n<p>Cut and mount paper recordings selecting portions of the record with the least technical artifacts or errors, yet preserving clinically relevant information, such as premature beats, for diagnostic analysis; measure necessary ECG intervals;<\/p>\n<p>Maintain patient documentation file for all recordings;<\/p>\n<p>Complete patient charge slips for completed electrocardiograph procedures;<\/p>\n<p>Clean and maintain laboratory supplies and equipment;<\/p>\n<p>Maintain sterile techniques;<\/p>\n<p>Contact patients to test pacemaker functioning;<\/p>\n<p>May prepare and apply holter recorder;<\/p>\n<p>Perform and\/or assist in cardiopulmonary resuscitation;<\/p>\n<p>Perform related duties as required.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>High school graduation or equivalent AND certified in Cardio-pulmonary Resuscitation OR completion of training and certified in CPR within 4 months from date of hire.<\/p>\n<p>Equivalent education and\/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and\/or registration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLASSIFICATION HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>01\/03\/1973: New Class<br \/>\n10\/12\/1973: Revise Title and Class<br \/>\n10\/21\/1985: Revise Class\/Title<br \/>\n09\/15\/1995: Revise Class\/Title\/MQ<br \/>\n06\/01\/2005: CSR Class Conversion<br \/>\n01\/01\/2020: SEIU 1199NW UWMC-NW job profiles added effective 01\/01\/2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP 21328 (NE H SEIU 1199NW UWMC Northwest Service and Maintenance) 22965 (NE H NI SEIU 1199NW UWMC Northwest Service and Maintenance) CLASS SERIES CONCEPT Perform [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"parent":12,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5867","page","type-page","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5867"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8933,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5867\/revisions\/8933"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}