Monitor Technician, Variable Part-Time Night Shift, Progressive Care Unit

Adventist HealthCare•Rockville, MD

16d•$19 - $25•Onsite

About The Position

Shady Grove Medical Center seeks to hire a Monitor Technician who will embrace our mission to extend God’s care through the ministry of physical, mental and spiritual healing. As a Monitor Technician you will: Documents rhythm on EKG flow sheet. Immediately reports any change in cardiac rhythm to the nurse. Obtains strips on irregularities. Maintains charge requisitions on monitored patients Makes nursing personnel aware of need for replacement of patient electrodes and/or newly monitored patients to be connected. Maintains safe and effective operation of the Monitoring Console at all times. Ensures that paper loaders are full. Monitors assigned telemetry console. Obtains monitor strips at the start of each shift, interprets strip, puts date and time on each strip, and places it on flow sheet. Participates in multidisciplinary quality and service improvement teams. Provides a verbal report to relief persons and gives a patient report to oncoming technicians. Verifies and adjusts alarm limits as established for the levels appropriate to the individual patient. Verifies alarms are on at all times. Performs other duties as assigned

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED required
1-year experience with emergency situations and maintaining continuous strips of cardiac rhythms.
Completion of the Monitor Technician Program within 6 months of hire
Active American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required

Responsibilities

Documents rhythm on EKG flow sheet.
Immediately reports any change in cardiac rhythm to the nurse.
Obtains strips on irregularities.
Maintains charge requisitions on monitored patients
Makes nursing personnel aware of need for replacement of patient electrodes and/or newly monitored patients to be connected.
Maintains safe and effective operation of the Monitoring Console at all times.
Ensures that paper loaders are full.
Monitors assigned telemetry console.
Obtains monitor strips at the start of each shift, interprets strip, puts date and time on each strip, and places it on flow sheet.
Participates in multidisciplinary quality and service improvement teams.
Provides a verbal report to relief persons and gives a patient report to oncoming technicians.
Verifies and adjusts alarm limits as established for the levels appropriate to the individual patient.
Verifies alarms are on at all times.
Performs other duties as assigned