Conducts tests on patients to record heart activity using specialised equipment, recording devices and laboratory instruments in support of Cardiologists and other Medical Practitioners engaged in diagnosing, monitoring and treating heart disease.
Occupation description
Conducts tests on patients to record heart activity using specialised equipment, recording devices and laboratory instruments in support of Cardiologists and other Medical Practitioners engaged in diagnosing, monitoring and treating heart disease.
Occupations considered suitable under this ANZSCO code:
1. Cardiac Technologist
2. Electrocardiographic Technician
Cardiac Technician is a VETASSESS Group E Occupation
Qualification & Employment Criteria
Qualification
Highly relevant major fields of study include:
• Cardiac Technology
• Diagnostic Radiography
• Health Science
• Medical Science
• Nursing
• Physiotherapy
• Exercise Physiology
• Biophysics
• Exercise and Sport Science
This occupation requires a qualification assessed as comparable to the education level of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Diploma or higher, and in a field highly relevant to the nominated occupation.
Employment Criteria
Highly relevant tasks include, but are not limited to:
- Electrocardiography (ECG) - recording the electrical activity of the heart, from which the heart rate is measured and its pattern and rhythm are interpreted
- Ambulatory monitoring - fitting a portable ECG monitor to record the ECG over a 24-hour period, and replaying and analysing the tape on a computerised system
- ECG stress testing - assessing a patient's cardiac response to exercise using a treadmill or stationary bicycle and ECG recording
- Pacemaker implant testing - testing and, if necessary, reprogramming implanted cardiac pacemakers with computerised equipment
- Cardiac catheterisation - monitoring and recording ECG and blood pressure data during interventional procedures
- Electrophysiology studies - using computerised systems to record ECG data from within the heart in order to diagnose and treat abnormal heart rhythms
- Echocardiography - operating ultrasound equipment to scan the heart from the chest wall, obtaining and measuring images of the heart to assess blood flow and valve abnormalities
- Cardiac research - studying the effects of cardiovascular drugs and diseases using many of the above techniques.
Additional tasks may include
- Recording the electrical activity of the heart, from which the heart rate is measured and pattern and rhythm interpreted
- Setting up, checking and maintaining operating theatres, anaesthetic workstations, life support machines and associated equipment
It is essential for applicants to meet the following employment criteria:
- at least one year of post-qualification employment at an appropriate skill level,
- undertaken in the last five years,
- working 20 hours or more per week, and
- highly relevant to the nominated occupation.
Please note in order to achieve a successful Skills Assessment Outcome, a positive assessment for both qualifications and employment is required.
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