Monitor Technician - Telemetry

St. Francis Medical Center • Lynwood, CA

56d • Onsite

About The Position

St. Francis Medical Center is a comprehensive healthcare institution in Los Angeles serving its community with diagnostic, treatment, education, and outreach services. The Monitor Technician is an unlicensed person who performs indirect care in the department setting and monitors cardiac rhythms using direct cardiac monitors. The role meets departmental communication needs; transcribes physician orders when CPOE and the EMR clinical documentation system are unavailable; verifies that laboratory and radiology tests have been ordered and completed; prepares and compiles ER records; orders unit supplies; and prepares and completes patient charts with required forms each day.

The Monitor Technician may assist nursing staff with indirect patient-care duties as long as this does not distract from the primary responsibility of dysrhythmia monitoring. Direct patient care under an RN’s direct supervision and within the scope of a Certified Nursing Assistant is permitted only when the employee has 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 per-diem role with a variable shift.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent, or related experience, required for new hires.
• Current Dysrhythmia Interpretation Certificate upon hire and maintained thereafter.
• Current BLS (AHA) certificate upon hire and maintained thereafter.

Nice To Haves

• One or more years of EKG certification and one or more years of experience preferred.
• Six months of previous experience as a Monitor Technician preferred.
• For direct patient care assistance: active CNA certification and annual competency in CNA duties and skills.

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 the ER.
• Order supplies for the unit.
• Prepare and complete each patient's chart with the necessary forms on a daily basis.
• Assist nursing staff with indirect patient-care duties when doing so does not distract from dysrhythmia monitoring.
• When qualified and relieved of Monitor Technician duties, provide direct patient care under the direct supervision of an RN and within the scope of CNA certification.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: High school or GED