Full-Time Monitor Technician

UPMC•Pittsburgh, PA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

UPMC is hiring a full-time Monitor Technician for the Cardiac Monitoring Center at UPMC Passavant. The position is 36 hours per week and involves rotating shifts, including evening, overnight, weekend, and holiday shifts. Title and salary will be determined based on education and patient care experience. The Monitor Technician supports patient care by monitoring cardiac rhythms, processing ECG and Holter requests, and completing related documentation and billing. The role also involves explaining examinations to patients and hospital personnel, maintaining equipment and supplies, supporting coworkers, and maintaining clinical expertise and required certification. Cross-trained technicians may conduct transtelephonic pacemaker function testing and scan Holter monitor tapes. All competencies must be achieved; the listed duties describe the general nature of the role and are not exhaustive.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Documented proficiency in cardiac dysrhythmia recognition.
Ability to pass the hospital-provided dysrhythmia course with a score of 90% or better.
Basic keyboarding skills to operate equipment.
CPR certification meeting AHA standards, including didactic and skills-demonstration components, within 30 days of hire.
Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
Act 34 clearance.

Nice To Haves

Experience in cardiac telemetry monitoring or EKG.
Prior experience in a clinical or diagnostic cardiac healthcare setting, preferably hospital-based, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Background as a Cardiac Technician, Medical Assistant, Emergency Medical Technician, or Paramedic.

Responsibilities

Promote and maintain positive public, interpersonal, and interdepartmental relationships while protecting patient confidentiality.
Demonstrate working knowledge of diagnostic instrumentation and troubleshoot equipment.
If cross-trained, conduct transtelephonic pacemaker function testing, including scheduling and billing.
Develop job skills, maintain clinical expertise, keep CPR certification current after orientation, and attend available in-service education and skill-development courses.
Be available to cover a subsequent shift when staffing is inadequate.
Accurately manage ECG tracing and order matching in computerized equipment for physician online reading and upload to the electronic medical record; complete technical-component billing for ECGs and Holters.
Explain examinations to patients and hospital personnel in understandable terms; obtain a brief patient history before Holter procedures; position patients and make necessary preparations for thorough and accurate studies.
Support peers with daily assignments, monitor workload and work volume, and take action to expedite procedures.
Clean equipment daily, stock supply areas, distribute inventory, notify key personnel or the manager about supply needs, and report equipment service or repair needs to the manager or biomedical medical department.
Receive and accurately complete and process ECG and Holter monitor requests; push wheeled ECG machines to perform studies in various hospital areas.
Visually monitor numerous cardiac monitors simultaneously, accurately recognize and classify dysrhythmias, maintain alarms according to policy, promptly notify appropriate hospital personnel of rhythm changes or life-threatening dysrhythmias, and document changes in the patient record system.
If cross-trained, scan Holter monitor tapes and accurately recognize and classify dysrhythmias.