Cardiac Device Specialist - Outpatient EP Cardiology

Responsibilities

• Perform Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device (CIED) interrogations, arrhythmia interpretation of ECG, measured data, evaluation of arrhythmia burden, interpretation of diagnostics, and programming of cardiac device.
• Manage patient’s diagnostics in manufacturer remote monitoring websites, analyze and manage transmission, enter data in the electronic medical record (EMR), maintain data integrity with the system.
• Have the judgment to direct to EP Providers, when appropriate.
• Support CIED management under the direction of supervising EP provider, Lead Cardiac Device Specialist and/or EP Manager.

Qualifications

• A certificate of completion from an approved cardiac device technical school that provides a formal curriculum of education and training in cardiac pacing, defibrillation, cardiac resynchronization therapy, and electrophysiology.
• Required or In Lieu of degree: Minimum of 2 years of experience in the field of cardiac pacing or electrophysiology in the ambulatory (outpatient) setting may be substituted for the formal education training program.
• Required Work Experience: 1 year of EP clinical experience as a Cardiac Device Specialist.
• Required Licenses and Certifications: CCDS - Certified Cardiac Device Specialist through Heart Rhythm Society within 24 months of hire, strongly preferred RCES - Registered Cardiac Electrophysiology Specialist.

Business Unit: Piedmont Heart Institute Physicians