Monitor Technician
About The Position
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. Reads basic EKG tracings and identifies potential/lethal arrhythmias: Yearly EKG competency completed 100% on lethal arrhythmias Measures out important intervals of the EKG strips: No error noted by EKG certified RNs Complete yearly competency with 80% or more accuracy Check and maintain accurate settings of "yellow alarms" for each shift. Proper documentation/ approval of parameter changes by Physician order or an ECG certified RN Continuously monitors of and identification of dry rhythm changes during 12 hour shift Properly admits a patient to the monitoring system including patients' last name/first initial, medical record, diagnosis and physician's name
Requirements
- High School Graduate HS/ GED, upon hire
- Emergency Medical Technician: AZ, upon hire or Certified EKG Tech, upon hire
Nice To Haves
- One year of Monitor Technician experience
Responsibilities
- continuous observation and analysis of patients' cardiac rhythms to detect and report changes
- meticulously monitor EKG strips
- identify arrhythmias
- measure intervals
- promptly communicate critical findings to nursing staff and healthcare providers
- ensuring accurate documentation
- Reads basic EKG tracings and identifies potential/lethal arrhythmias
- Yearly EKG competency completed 100% on lethal arrhythmias
- Measures out important intervals of the EKG strips
- No error noted by EKG certified RNs
- Complete yearly competency with 80% or more accuracy
- Check and maintain accurate settings of "yellow alarms" for each shift.
- Proper documentation/ approval of parameter changes by Physician order or an ECG certified RN
- Continuously monitors of and identification of dry rhythm changes during 12 hour shift
- Properly admits a patient to the monitoring system including patients' last name/first initial, medical record, diagnosis and physician's name
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
