Summary
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City (SSMC) is seeking an ECG Technician for its Cardiology Services in Abu Dhabi. The role performs ECGs, Holter and event monitoring, stress testing, telemetry monitoring, and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring across clinical settings. Duties include educating patients, assisting physicians with stress studies, reporting critical results, maintaining equipment, and documenting findings in the electronic patient record. Applicants need two years of post-certification experience and either a one-year ECG certificate or a one-year Medical Sciences or Allied Health diploma with formal ECG training.
The posting
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Performs ECG Procedures including ECG, Holter/Event Monitoring, Stress Testing and Telemetry Monitoring.
Responsibilities
- Expected to manage ECGs in critical care, wards, emergency and outpatients.
- Manages ECG recordings and appropriately annotates lead positions
- Manages Holter and ambulatory Blood Pressure monitoring – preparation of patients and patient education.
- Assists physicians in stress studies. (treadmill, echo, nuclear and tilt)
- Partners with colleagues on monitoring of continuous ECG telemetry services.
- Provides timely reports within the electronic patient record.
- Effectively participates in departmental improvement projects under the guidance of senior technicians, supervisors and managers.
- Appropriate reporting of defective or broken equipment in line with facility policy.
- Ensures equipment is ready for use with appropriate levels of consumables.
- Correct and immediate escalation of critical ECG results as per critical results policy
- Awareness of time sensitive procedures in line with key performance indicators.
Qualifications
Experience :-
Required:
• Two years of experience post certification in the related field.
Desired:
• N.A.
Educational Qualification: Required:
• 1 year certificate in ECG Program OR
• 1 year Diploma program in Medical Sciences or Allied Health with evidence formal ECG training
Desired:
• N.A.