Monitor Technician, Night Shift, Central Telemetry

Adventist HealthCare • White Oak, MD

21h • Onsite

About The Position

White Oak Medical Center is hiring an experienced Monitor Technician for its Central Telemetry Unit. The role supports Adventist HealthCare’s mission to extend God’s care through physical, mental, and spiritual healing. The technician monitors assigned telemetry consoles, documents cardiac rhythms, recognizes rhythm changes and reports them promptly to nursing staff, and helps ensure safe and effective operation of monitoring equipment. This is a full-time night-shift position working three 12-hour shifts per week, with a typical schedule of 6:45 PM to 7:15 AM. Weekend work is required on an every-other-weekend rotation, and holiday work follows the unit holiday calendar.

The position requires a high school diploma or GED, qualifying clinical or emergency experience, completion of the Monitor Technician Program within six months of hire, and an active American Heart Association BLS certification. Proficiency in dysrhythmia recognition and interpretation is strongly preferred. The pay range is $19.64–$25.84 per hour. The position is classified as non-exempt under the FLSA.

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 the EKG flow sheet 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.
• 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 patient reports to incoming technicians.
• Verify and adjust alarm limits to levels appropriate for each patient.
• Verify that alarms remain on at all times.
• 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 support.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED