Walk-in || TMT Technician

• Perform the ECG test /2D Echo/TMT/Holter
• Prepare the patients and diagnostic equipment for the procedure - Explain the procedure to the patient before the start of the process
• Handover of the reports to the patients after Physicians reporting - Participation in the departmental quality initiatives
• To adhere to the safety norms of the hospital and follow both patient safety and staff safety rules
• Producing recordings of electromotive instant variations in heart muscle of patient, using electrocardiograph to provide information for diagnosis of all heart ailments.
• Scheduling appointments, monitoring heart rates of patients, and reviewing physicians’ renditions of patient files.
• Prepares for examinations by checking equipment, taking inventory of supplies, replenishing stock as needed, reviewing physician orders and patient schedules, readying recording equipment and inputting patient information.
• Manages patient stress by patiently explaining exam procedures, answering questions and providing ambulatory assistance.
• Positions patients, applies medical gels and electrodes, connects and adjusts equipment and verifies wave signals.
• Produces high-quality imaging by accurately positioning transducer, monitoring display, listening to signals, adjusting beam strength and focus, detecting artifacts that mimic abnormalities, and recording images.
• Records examination details by printing data and graphics, producing measurements of heart wall, chamber size, and blood flow direction and velocity and comparing measurements to established norms.
• Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by following established procedures to safeguard confidential information and advising others regarding possible breaches.
• Produces recordings of electromotive variations in action of heart muscle, using electrocardiograph, while patient walks on treadmill, under direction of physician, to provide data for diagnosis of heart ailments: Attaches electrodes to patient's arms, legs, and chest area, according to specified pattern, and connects electrode leads to electrocardiograph, to obtain electrocardiogram.
• Explains testing procedures to patient and obtains consent form.
• Starts treadmill at speed directed by physician.
• Starts electrocardiograph and records data, such as angle and speed of treadmill, patient's indications of pain, and measurements of blood pressure.
• Informs physician of wave abnormalities on electrocardiogram.
• Stands alongside patient during test to lend support if necessary.
• Removes recorder strip printout from machine upon conclusion of test to obtain permanent record of test.
• Edits and mounts representative samples of tracings for patient's record, indicating time of test measurement and bodily factors that could have affected recording.
• May conduct electrocardiograph test of resting patient.
• Fixing appointments with the patients for conduction of the test
• Explaining the patients about the Holter test
• Monitoring patients Blood pressure before, after and during the test

Senior Technician is responsible for making the roster of technicians and ensuring no absenteeism of staff in delivering patient care services.