Cardiac Monitor Associate Full-time Days

LCMC Health•New Orleans, LA

About The Position

Your job is more than a job Why a Great Place to Work: On the front line of heart health care, as a Cardiac Monitor Associate, your training has prepared you and compassion motivates you. Observing, listening, and detecting, you're amazed by the heart and the technology that keeps it going. Spotting that “needle in a haystack” comes in handy as you analyze data and detect outliers from your patients' cardiac monitors, documenting and reporting abnormal patterns, addressing telemetry equipment issues, and maintaining supplies. Technology without heart is just an empty canvas. You love being the artist that completes the picture and makes a difference in patients’ lives every day. And we love that you about you. Your experiences, your knowledge, your skills, your empathy, your compassion, and your personality, all of it adds up to you. And we’re excited to get to know you and find out what you’ll bring to this essential nursing support role. Your extras Deliver healthcare with heart. Give people a reason to smile. Put a little love in your work. Be honest and real, but with compassion. Bring some lagniappe into everything you do. Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care. See opportunities, not problems – it’s all about perspective. Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other. Love what makes you, you - because we do You are welcome here. LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary. Simple things make the difference. 1. To get started, take your time to fully and accurately complete the application for employment. Incomplete applications get bogged down and are often eliminated due to missing information. 2. To ensure quality care and service, we may use information on your application to verify your previous employment and background. 3. To keep our career applications up-to-date, applications are inactive after 6 months and, therefore, require a new application for employment to be completed. 4. To expedite the hiring process, proof of citizenship or immigration status will be required to verify your lawful right to work in the United States. About LCMC Health One-of-a-kind care comes from one-of-a-kind people. At LCMC Health, our people are the magic ingredient that makes our care so extra-extraordinary. We are compassionate, driven, and dedicated to bringing a little something extra to healthcare and to the people of New Orleans and beyond. If you’re the kind of person who believes that our community deserves the best and that healthcare needs a little more heart, we want you to be a part of our family. From medical roles to administrative positions, every person on our team plays a part in our mission: to provide health, care, and education beyond extraordinary. Let’s make every day extraordinary, together.

Requirements

High School Diploma/GED
Completion of cardiac monitor training course or 1 year experience as an EKG tech or monitoring cardiac rhythms
American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification (CPR, BLS)

Responsibilities

Observe cardiac monitor for proper waveform on each telemetry patient, prevent the loss of signal and ensure accurate capture of potential cardiac events.
Assign telemetry transmitter patients and assist the staff in establishing/maintaining electrode placement using proper skin preparation.
Select the lead for monitoring and ensure an acceptable tracing, check battery function/replacement batteries.
Identify and notify the nursing staff of baseline cardiac rate and rhythm, document with a rhythm strip, investigate loss of signal or apparent lead disconnection with the nursing staff.
Provide continuous surveillance of cardiac rhythm in accordance with the algorithm established in the central monitoring policy, notify the staff nurse of a rhythm change, activate the rapid response or code blue team, as indicated.
Maintain rhythm strips, monitoring logs in accordance with the central cardiac monitoring policy and as evidence by random audits of the logbooks.
Interpret EKG by analyzing and recording atrial and ventricular rates and rhythms.
Participate in unit initiatives and quality improvement.
Ensure continuity of care, efficient throughput, consistent communications, and an exceptional experience for every patient.
Contribute to the team by assisting others without being asked.