Monitor Tech - Clarksville ONSITE (Days)

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Clarksville, TN

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is a leading institution in Nashville, Tennessee, dedicated to advancing health and wellness through patient care, education, and research. VUMC fosters an environment where employees are valued, knowledge is expanded, and abilities are challenged. The VCH Telemetry Monitoring role provides technical support for acquiring and interpreting cardiac tracings for inpatient populations using cardiac monitoring equipment. This role may also involve oversight of pulse oximetry monitoring.

Requirements

Medical Devices (Fundamental Awareness): Has training, direct exposure, limited experience, or past experience installing and repairing simple and well-defined problems with the equipment. Able to read simple schematics and other instructions for installing and repairing equipment.
Cardiac Monitoring (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to effectively monitor cardiac rhythms in practical applications of moderate difficulty.
Data Interpretation (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate data interpretation in practical applications of moderate difficulty.
Medical Terminology & Documentation (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate medical terminology and documentation in practical applications of moderate difficulty.
Relevant Work Experience
Less than 1 year of experience
High School Diploma or GED

Responsibilities

Assures that patients who require oversight of cardiac monitoring are accurately admitted to the monitoring software system.
Acquires, measures, and provides initial interpretation of electrocardiogram waveforms per protocol and upon request from providers and/or nurses.
Imports waveforms into the patient's electronic medical record.
Identifies and communicates abnormal and/or significant changes in cardiac rhythms and pulse oximetry readings to the unit staff in the appropriate time frame per protocol.
Notifies unit staff of leads off and low batteries.
Serves as a resource to unit staff for lead placement, equipment management and troubleshooting of telemetry and cardiac monitoring equipment.