Cardiac Monitor Technician Full-time

LCMC Health•New Orleans, LA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Cardiac Monitor Technician is responsible for observing the central cardiac monitor display, documenting and reporting rhythms. Ensures reporting equipment problems, maintaining supplies and workstation as necessary. LCMC Health is a community. Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinary. University Medical Center, a world class academic medical center in LCMC Health’s incredible community of care, is the largest medical training center for healthcare professionals in Louisiana and has long served as the region’s safety net hospital for poor and underserved communities for 300+.

Requirements

Completion of Cardiac Monitor Training course or 1 year experience as an EKG tech or monitoring cardiac rhythms
American Heart Association Basic Life Support Health Care Provider

Responsibilities

Performs cardiac monitoring by continuously observing the monitor screen for proper waveform on each telemetry patient, prevent the loss of signal and to ensure accurate capture of potential cardiac events.
Assigns the telemetry transmitter to the patient, assists the staff in establishing/maintaining electrode placement using proper skin preparation and electrode placement.
Selects the lead for monitoring and insures an acceptable tracing for monitoring purposes.
Ensures battery function/replaces batteries as necessary.
Identifies and notifies the nursing staff of baseline cardiac rate and rhythm and documents with a rhythm strip.
Investigates loss of signal or apparent lead disconnection with the nursing staff in a prompt manner.
Provides continuous surveillance of the cardiac rhythm and in accordance with the algorithm established in the central monitoring policy.
Notifies the staff nurse of a rhythm change, activates the rapid response or code blue team, as indicated.
Maintains rhythm strips, monitoring logs in accordance with the central cardiac monitoring policy and as evidence by random audits of the logbooks.
Performs EKG interpretation by analyzing and recording atrial and ventricular rates and rhythms.
Participates in unit initiatives and quality improvement as evidenced by attendance at staff meetings and verbalizing understanding of unit initiatives.
Answers phones in a timely manner as evidenced by lack of staff, patient and visitor complaints and direct observation.