Health Technician- Monitor Tech ICU

Veterans Health Administration • West Palm Beach, FL

8d • Onsite

About The Position

Patient Care Services is recruiting a Health Technician (Monitor Tech) in the Intensive Care Unit at the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center. The Health Technician provides support in a wide variety of basic clinical and intermediate level administrative functions. Ensures compliance with VA regulations, Joint Commission standards, other regulatory agencies. Improves the quality and timeliness of basic services that are delivered to patients by providing a wide variety of ancillary activities.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
• Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements
• Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
• As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
• Technician experience, which is experience that required application of the knowledge, methods, and techniques of the position to be filled.
• Cardiac Monitoring experience.
• Cardiac Rhythms interpretation class/training.
• EKG competency.
• Previous hospital acute care setting.
• One year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-05 grade level in the federal service); experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA's) and other characteristics to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled, in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.
• Performing both clerical and clinical duties in a medical/healthcare environment.
• Observing patients' cardiac rhythms.
• Notifying nursing/clinicians of any rate/rhythm changes according to clinician/provider orders.
• Operate and monitor equipment for both 12 lead and IS lead EKG readings.
• Measures and interprets patient's heart rhythm and documents on patient.
• Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
• Customer Service: Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services.
• Oral Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
• Security: Knowledge of the laws, regulations, and guidelines related to securing personnel, facilities, and information, including the requirements for handling, transporting, and protecting classified information and proper reporting of security incidents.

Responsibilities

• Provides continuous cardiac surveillance, interpretation, and reporting of monitor and telemetry tracing of patients within Patient Care Services.
• Maintain ongoing, high-level surveillance of patients' cardiac rhythms and notifies nursing/clinicians of any rate/rhythm changes according to clinician/provider orders.
• Measure and interprets patient's heart rhythm and documents on patient record per departmental standards.
• Initiate and discontinues monitoring equipment on admission, transfer, or discharge.
• Perform clerical duties related to admission, discharge, and documentation of patient information from Heartbeat Central station.
• Serve as a resource for training and troubleshooting to both Heartbeat Central station and clinical areas.
• Maintain and stocks all designated equipment, including telemetry, and transport monitors.
• Adhere to confidentiality of information acquired pertaining to patients, clinicians, employees, and visitors.
• Provide assistance of a technical, specialized, or support nature to health and medical personnel in the diagnosis or treatment of patient illnesses or medical conditions.
• Support medical and health care professionals in tests and procedures to diagnose and treat medical conditions.
• Perform a range of diagnostic support duties such as taking, recording and reporting to supervisor deviations in vital signs, taking specimens, labeling specimens for the laboratory.
• Perform and assists RN with personal care such as body and oral hygiene, dressing/undressing, and toileting/elimination always ensuring patient privacy.
• Answer call lights and if unable to independently assist, communicates patients' needs to assigned RN or Charge Nurse
• As directed, assist in postmortem care including disconnecting patients from monitors and other equipment, bagging up and labeling patients' personal items, and assisting in transferring patients to the morgue.
• Collect and sends routine urine, stool, blood, and sputum specimens per established protocol.
• Perform other duties as assigned including floating to other units.

Benefits

• A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package.
• As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.
• Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee.
• Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior military service experience.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed