Req ID: 202096
Location: Central Zone, Dartmouth General Hospital
Department: OPCZ Electrocardiography DGH
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly PT (40%) x 1
NSGEU Healthcare Position
Posting Closing Date: 13-May-25
Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres, and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators, and creative thinkers today.
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About the Opportunity
The Registered Cardiac Stress Technologist evaluates and aid in the diagnosis of patient's cardiac status through the use of various testing procedures such as directing patients through a progressive walking protocol on a treadmill, monitoring patients who have received a drug injection to simulate the effects of exercise, position patients on a bed which is capable of tilting forward and backward to reproduce syncopal (fainting) symptoms, and prepare and instruct patients on the use of ambulatory cardiac monitoring to be done on an outpatient basis. Working directly and indirectly with cardiologists and the nuclear medicine department as part of the cardiac investigation team to carry out these procedures. Exercise testing is a delegated medical function performed by a technologist who is certified as competent to perform the procedure by a physician or delegate.
About You
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:
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Two years of BCIT or Registered Technologist with Certified Stress Tech certification
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Formal exercise testing national exam
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2 years of related experience required
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Basic Cardiac Life Support Annual Recertification
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Medical Terminology
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Basic Keyboarding/computer skills
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Effective communication and interpersonal skills
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Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred
Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.
Hours
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Permanent, part-time position; 30 hours biweekly
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Shifts include days, nights and weekends
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Travel to various sites is required
Compensation and Benefits
$32.35 - $37.56 hourly
Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.
Once You've Applied
Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
This is a Healthcare bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units, or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.
Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.
