Monitor Technician

CommonSpirit Health•Lincoln, NE

2d•Onsite

About The Position

CHI Health St. Elizabeth, founded by the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration in 1889, is a full-service, 260-bed, nonprofit regional medical center in Lincoln, Neb. St. Elizabeth specializes in the treatment areas of newborn and pediatric care, women’s health, burn and wound, cardiology, oncology, emergency medicine, orthopedics and neuroscience. Job Summary and Responsibilities As a Monitor Tech, you will be responsible for continuous observation and analysis of patients' cardiac rhythms to detect and report changes. Every day you will meticulously monitor EKG strips, identify arrhythmias, measure intervals, and promptly communicate critical findings to nursing staff and healthcare providers, ensuring accurate documentation. To be successful, you will demonstrate sharp observational skills, a thorough understanding of cardiac rhythms, and the ability to act quickly and precisely under pressure, crucial for patient safety and timely intervention. Performs basic monitoring functions with component central monitoring station including, but not limited to: admitting and discharging from the Central Monitor and assigning arrhythmia monitoring, if needed, adjusting alarm limits at the RN’s direction, validating alarms, changing paced status, and turning alarms on/off, printing strip recordings at intervals per policy, printing strip recordings of alarms, and assuring that any changes in conduction, rhythm, or rate requiring immediate attention are reviewed by an RN. Posting review strip sheets to the appropriate patient chart (ICU) or unit (PCU or telemetry) daily, troubleshooting monitor problems and contacting Bio Med for repairs as appropriate, notifies appropriate floor to notify nursing staff of need for assessment of patient arrythmia, no signal, low battery, etc. May help assemble new patient charts, maintains current patient charts, and breaks down patient charts on dismissal. Posts appropriate reports to patient chart. Performs receptionist and secretarial support for unit. Utilizes telephone and paging systems. Clerical duties include posting charges, ordering supplies, filing, and printing forms. Generates and maintains work orders to Plant Operations and Maintenance. Cleans and maintains specialized equipment (e.g., tele boxes, monitor cables and modules) as directed by the Unit Manager or designee.

Requirements

High School Graduate or equivalent, upon hire
None, upon hire

Responsibilities

Continuous observation and analysis of patients' cardiac rhythms to detect and report changes.
Meticulously monitor EKG strips, identify arrhythmias, measure intervals, and promptly communicate critical findings to nursing staff and healthcare providers, ensuring accurate documentation.
Performs basic monitoring functions with component central monitoring station including, but not limited to: admitting and discharging from the Central Monitor and assigning arrhythmia monitoring, if needed, adjusting alarm limits at the RN’s direction, validating alarms, changing paced status, and turning alarms on/off, printing strip recordings at intervals per policy, printing strip recordings of alarms, and assuring that any changes in conduction, rhythm, or rate requiring immediate attention are reviewed by an RN.
Posting review strip sheets to the appropriate patient chart (ICU) or unit (PCU or telemetry) daily
Troubleshooting monitor problems and contacting Bio Med for repairs as appropriate
Notifies appropriate floor to notify nursing staff of need for assessment of patient arrythmia, no signal, low battery, etc.
May help assemble new patient charts, maintains current patient charts, and breaks down patient charts on dismissal.
Posts appropriate reports to patient chart.
Performs receptionist and secretarial support for unit.
Utilizes telephone and paging systems.
Clerical duties include posting charges, ordering supplies, filing, and printing forms.
Generates and maintains work orders to Plant Operations and Maintenance.
Cleans and maintains specialized equipment (e.g., tele boxes, monitor cables and modules) as directed by the Unit Manager or designee.