Monitor Technician, Day Shift, Heart and Vascular (HVU)

Adventist HealthCare•Silver Spring, MD

25d•$19 - $25•Onsite

About The Position

White Oak Medical Center seeks an experienced Monitor Technician for its Central Telemetry Unit. The role supports Adventist HealthCare’s mission to provide physical, mental, and spiritual healing. The technician monitors assigned telemetry consoles, documents and interprets cardiac rhythms, verifies patient-specific alarm limits, and promptly reports rhythm changes to nursing staff. The position works three 12-hour day shifts per week, typically 6:45 AM–7:15 PM, with every-other-weekend and unit-holiday-calendar requirements.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
At least one year of experience with emergency situations and maintaining continuous cardiac rhythm strips, or at least one year of acute clinical experience.
Completion of the Monitor Technician Program within six months of hire.
Active American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

Nice To Haves

Proficiency in dysrhythmia recognition and interpretation is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Document cardiac rhythms on EKG flow sheets and immediately report rhythm changes to the nurse.
Obtain strips when irregularities occur.
Maintain charge requisitions for monitored patients.
Notify nursing personnel when patient electrodes need replacement or newly monitored patients need to be connected.
Maintain safe and effective operation of the monitoring console and ensure paper loaders are full.
Monitor the assigned telemetry console.
At the start of each shift, obtain monitor strips, interpret them, add the date and time, and place them on the flow sheet.
Participate in multidisciplinary quality and service improvement teams.
Provide a verbal report to relief staff and a patient report to incoming technicians.
Verify and adjust alarm limits according to the levels established for each patient, and ensure alarms remain on.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

Work-life balance through nonrotating shifts.
Recognition and rewards for professional expertise.
Free employee parking.
Medical, prescription, dental, and vision coverage for employees and eligible dependents effective on the date of hire.
Employer-paid short- and long-term disability, basic life insurance, and AD&D; short-term disability buy-up is available.
Paid time off.
Employer retirement contribution and match after one year of eligible employment, with a three-year vesting period.
Voluntary benefits including flexible spending accounts, legal plans, and life, pet, auto, home, long-term care, and critical illness and accident insurance.
Subsidized childcare at participating childcare centers.
Tuition reimbursement.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) support.