Cardiac Monitor Tech

WVU Medicine

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Performs clerical duties in support of the patient care department and monitors cardiac telemetry and hard-wire monitored patients. From a centralized location, the role also monitors specified patients receiving pulse oximetry and capnography. The position supports accurate patient and department documentation, equipment readiness, and communication among patients, visitors, clinical staff, and departments. It is scheduled for 40 hours per week on the night shift at United Hospital Center in Bridgeport, West Virginia.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Obtain Heartsaver or Basic Life Support certification within 30 days of hire.
Complete a Basic Dysrhythmia course as established and administered at the department level.
Ability to troubleshoot technology with biomedical engineering and clinical staff.
Ability to work cooperatively as a focused team player, take direction, and maintain a positive attitude when working with patients, nursing staff, and physicians.
Basic computer knowledge and ability to operate standard office software.
Knowledge of medical terminology.
Good verbal, writing, and mathematical skills.
Manual dexterity to operate standard office equipment.
Ability to sit for long periods.
Corrected vision and hearing within normal limits.
Ability to visually monitor multiple computer screens displaying cardiac rhythms, pulse oximetry, and capnography waveforms for sustained periods.

Nice To Haves

Graduate of a technical education program or medical assistant program.

Responsibilities

Monitor cardiac telemetry and hard-wire monitored patients, identify rhythm changes and alarms, and report rhythms and life-threatening cardiac events to medical and nursing staff.
As applicable, analyze, interpret, and measure ECG strip waveforms; document patient rhythms and changes and report them according to established guidelines and protocols.
Upload patient cardiac rhythms and events to the corresponding EPIC chart using Wave Strip Export.
Monitor pulse oximetry for the assigned patient population, as applicable.
Use the Epic/Telemetry Dashboard to ensure patient admission, discharge, and transfer information is accurate.
Assemble telemetry packs, batteries, and electrodes for nursing staff and maintain clean pack inventory and battery availability.
Monitor equipment and help troubleshoot malfunctions, notifying appropriate personnel such as the Healthcare Technology Supervisor and Nurse Manager.
Greet patients and perform admitting functions when they arrive at the department.
Perform routine clerical operations, including intrahospital communications, admission, transfer, discharge, and follow-up-care information, mail distribution, and office-supply maintenance.
Organize and maintain patient and department records to support accurate and complete documentation.
Coordinate ongoing communication to support efficient intradepartmental and interdepartmental operations.
Welcome visitors and respond courteously and helpfully to requests for assistance or information.
Provide physicians and others with requested patient or department-routine information in accordance with hospital policy on release of patient information.
Coordinate communication to support timely and efficient intradepartmental and interdepartmental patient transportation.
For facilities with specialty accreditation requirements, complete annual education required by accreditation standards, which may include computer-based learning, training, in-services, and competency validation.