Cardiac Monitor Technician - TEMPORARY
Northwell Health•Norwalk, CT
•Onsite
About The Position
The Cardiac Monitor Technician is responsible for continuously monitoring cardiac rhythms of patients, identifying and reporting arrhythmias, and supporting clinical staff in maintaining patient safety and care. This role ensures timely recognition and communication of changes in cardiac rhythm to the healthcare team.
Requirements
- Successful completion of the t2-day EKG interpretation class.
- Must obtain a passing score of 80% or higher on the EKG interpretation exam within 90 days of higher
Nice To Haves
- Previous experience in a hospital setting or Cardiac Monitoring
- Experience with interpretation of cardiac rhythms
- Education of the Philips monitoring system
Responsibilities
- Continuously observes and analyzes cardiac rhythms on telemetry monitors for assigned patients.
- Identifies and records patient's rhythm every 8 hours.
- Recognize arrhythmias, heart blocks, and other cardiac irregularities, promptly reporting significant changes to the nursing staff.
- Accurate documentation of rhythm interpretations, noting changes, maintaining patient records, and notifying nursing staff of the changes.
- Documenting forms for the patient's record, cardiac tracings, and measurements.
- Communicates to nursing staff as necessary in regards to proper lead placement, battery changes, verifying of cardiac rhythms and need for escalation of care.
- Ability to call code/RRT when a life threatening dysrhythmia is identified.
- Troubleshoot telemetry equipment issues and escalate as necessary to biomedical support.
- Maintains and Models the Organization's values.
- Demonstrates regular, reliable and predictable attendance.
- Performs other duties as required.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
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