Telemetry - FT Days- MHW

Memorial Healthcare

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Under the supervision of a registered nurse, the Monitor Technician monitors, recognizes, and interprets cardiac rhythms, identifies deviations from patients’ baselines and changes in SpO2, and notifies the registered nurse of changes in patient status. The technician initiates the appropriate emergency response by the critical care team in the event of a lethal arrhythmia, including irregular heart rhythms and cardiac arrest. The role involves continuous surveillance of cardiac monitoring systems and accurate documentation of patients’ rhythms, readings, and monitoring status. The technician identifies artifacts and reports abnormal findings or changes to nursing staff, a supervisor, or the designated chain of command. The position requires critical thinking, effective communication, decisive judgment, the ability to work with minimal supervision, and the ability to act appropriately in a stressful environment with frequent interruptions and changing workloads or schedules. It also requires sitting for extended periods while monitoring and interpreting cardiac rhythms.

Requirements

Monitor Technician certification required.
Electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG) competency required.
Successful completion of ECG/EKG interpretation coursework required.
Minimum six months of experience after completion of the Monitor Technician Extern program; alternatively, a minimum of six months of experience in lieu of vocational technical training if the applicant is not a graduate of the extern program.
BLS certification from an accepted provider: American Heart Association, Red Cross, or the stated employee grace-period credential.
Knowledge of cardiac anatomy and physiology, including waves, complexes, timing, voltage, the conduction system, and strip interpretation.
Knowledge of telemetry services.
Critical thinking, effective communication, and decisive judgment.
Ability to work with minimal supervision and take appropriate action in a stressful environment.
Ability to handle frequent interruptions and adapt to changes in workload and work schedules.

Responsibilities

Documents electrocardiograph tracings of patients on telemetry monitors.
Identifies arrhythmias, deviations from each patient's baseline, and signs of deterioration, and intervenes to ensure patient safety.
Activates emergency or rapid response for lethal arrhythmia or cardiac arrest.
Records information in patient logs and maintains an accurate, neat account of cardiac monitoring status during the episode of care.
Identifies and records patients' rhythms and changes in rhythm or condition.
Updates patient records with readings taken from heart monitors or EKGs.
Continually and simultaneously monitors complex cardiac monitoring systems, including ECG rhythm screens, computerized dysrhythmia detection systems, and rhythm printers.
Reports abnormal telemetry findings or changes to nursing staff, the immediate supervisor, or the designated chain of command.
Identifies and corrects artifacts.
Attaches electrodes to patients' bodies to record electrical impulses from the heart for continuous ECG monitoring.