Monitor Tech, Nights
About The Position
Continuously observes patients heart activity and vital signs, interpreting data and notifying medical staff of abnormalities. This role involves continuous ECG monitoring through assessment of EKG strips and accurate interpretation of cardiac rhythms and dysrhythmias, including measurement of P-R intervals, QRS widths, and ST segment deviations. The technician will troubleshoot monitoring problems, identify causes, and seek solutions. Responsibilities include maintaining inventories, supplies, hardware, and telemetry transmitters, ensuring they are in working condition and reporting malfunctions promptly. Accurate documentation and measurement of cardiac rhythms are essential, with ensured placement in the medical record. The role also involves maintaining hardware, telemetry transmitters, and tracking telemetry locations. Timely communication of pertinent patient information, including changes in cardiac rhythm and dysrhythmias, to the nurse is crucial. The technician will serve as a resource for staff, students, and float personnel in identifying and interpreting cardiac rhythms and dysrhythmias. Demonstrating and maintaining skills to assess basic cardiac rhythms, including pulse oximetry, is required. Maintaining par levels of inventories, supplies, telemetry transmitters, and associated equipment, and performing unit secretarial functions as needed (answering phone, stuffing charts, answering call-lights, placing order entries) are also part of the role. Competency in accurate interpretation of cardiac rhythms and dysrhythmias and interval measurements is required at time of hire and annually thereafter.
Requirements
- Must have prior experience with reading rhythms and arrhythmias, testing at interview
- H.S. Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) Required
- Knowledge of cardiac rhythms/basic EKG interpretation.
- Successful completion of PHC telemetry monitoring competency assessment within 30 days of hire is required.
Nice To Haves
- 1 year of experience as a monitor technician
- Certification as a Certified Cardiac Monitor Telemetry Technician (CCMTT) through the American Education Certification Association or Certified Rhythm Analysis Technician (CRAT) through Cardiovascular Credentialing International is preferred.
- One (1) year of experience as a monitor technician is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Possesses knowledge and ability to provide continuous ECG monitoring through assessment of EKG strips and accurate interpretation of cardiac rhythms and dysrhythmias interpretation including: measurement of P-R intervals, QRS widths, and ST segment deviations.
- Possesses troubleshooting skills to recognize monitoring problems, identifies probable causes, and seeks solutions to correct the problem.
- Responsible for maintaining inventories, supplies, hardware and telemetry transmitters in working condition and responsible for appropriately reporting malfunctions promptly as applicable.
- Responsible for accurate documentation and measurement of cardiac rhythms and ensures placement in the medical record.
- Accepts responsibility for maintenance of the hardware, telemetry transmitters and maintenance of logs for tracking telemetry locations.
- Recognizes and communicates timely pertinent patient information to the nurse, including changes in cardiac rhythm and dysrhythmias.
- Serves as a resource person for staff members, students and float personnel in the identification and interpretation of cardiac rhythms and dysrhythmias
- Demonstrates and maintains skills to assess basic cardiac rhythms, including but not limited to pulse oximetry.
- Maintain par levels of inventories, supplies, telemetry transmitters and associated equipment. Cleans and restocks as applicable.
- Performs unit secretarial functions if required, and as needed (i.e. Answers phone, stuff charts, answers call-light, places order entries).
- Demonstrate competency at time of hire (and annually thereafter) in accurate interpretation of cardiac rhythms and dysrhythmias and interval measurements
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
