Cardiac Physiologist
What the work is
Provides a range of clinical, technical and scientific services to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Prepares patients and performs non-invasive cardiac tests and procedures
- Monitors and records cardiac output and blood flow during cardiac catheterisation procedures
- Assists with cardiac procedures such as balloon pump insertion and structural heart procedures
- Conducts comprehensive ultrasound examinations of the heart to assess overall anatomy and function of cardiac chambers, valves and large vessels
- Assists doctors during surgery by programming and testing pacemakers, defibrillators and heart rhythm monitors
- Offers technical support, advice, and recommendations to Health Professionals involved in managing cardiac device patients
- Works with doctors during electrophysiology studies to set up the diagnostic and interventional equipment
- Measures various heart signals, performs diagnostic protocols and creates maps of the heart to identify arrhythmia
- Operates equipment required for cryo and radio-frequency ablation
- Provides long-term follow up to ensure optimal performance of cardiac devices
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a hearing clinic with a soundproof testing booth, in a suburban medical centre. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A man hears his granddaughter's voice clearly for the first time in years
- A baby's screening result is checked, and a family gets answers early
- A client who dreaded the first appointment books their next one with a smile
Hard days
- Someone who has been sent in by their family and does not believe there is a problem
- Trying to explain a result to a person who is upset about it
- A day of testing in a small quiet booth, with the same instructions repeated again and again
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
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Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 263932, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.