Monitor Tech - Telemetry

Prime Healthcare•Passaic, NJ

3d•Onsite

About The Position

St. Mary's General Hospital is a community-based tertiary medical center in Passaic, New Jersey, providing acute care and a broad range of services. The hospital is a member of Prime Healthcare and has more than 550 physicians and 1,000 employees. The Monitor Tech is an unlicensed person who provides indirect care in the department setting and monitors cardiac rhythms using direct cardiac monitors. The role meets the department’s communication needs, transcribes physician orders when CPOE and the EMR clinical documentation system are unavailable, and verifies that laboratory and radiology tests have been ordered and completed. The Monitor Tech prepares and compiles records in Med/Surg/Telemetry, orders unit supplies, and prepares and completes patient charts with the forms needed each day. The role may include assisting nursing staff with indirect patient-care duties as long as those duties do not distract from dysrhythmia monitoring. Direct patient care may be provided under an RN’s direct supervision and within the scope of Certified Nursing Assistant duties only if the employee has an active CNA certification, demonstrates annual competency in CNA duties and skills, and is relieved of Monitor Technician duties while assisting the RN. This is a part-time night-shift position.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent, or related experience, required for new hires.
Current Dysrhythmia Interpretation Certificate within 30 days of hire and maintained thereafter.
Current BLS (AHA) certificate upon hire and maintained thereafter.
Six months of previous experience in healthcare or as a Monitor Technician.

Responsibilities

Monitor cardiac rhythms via direct cardiac monitors.
Meet the communication needs of the department.
Transcribe physician orders when CPOE and the EMR clinical documentation system are unavailable.
Verify that laboratory and radiology tests have been ordered and completed.
Prepare and compile records in Med/Surg/Telemetry.
Order supplies for the unit.
Prepare and complete each patient's chart with necessary forms on a daily basis.
Assist nursing staff with indirect patient-care duties when the activity does not distract from dysrhythmia monitoring.
When qualified and relieved of Monitor Technician duties, provide direct patient care under an RN’s direct supervision within the scope of CNA duties.