Monitor Technician

Lifepoint Health•Athens, TN

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Starr Regional Medical Center's Athens campus provides inpatient and outpatient services through its 118-bed acute care facility, outpatient rehabilitation services and physician practices. Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country. We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent work experience is required.
Handle with Care class must be completed with 6 months of hire/transfer.

Responsibilities

Under the supervision of an RN, this person performs telemetry monitoring.
Performs continual surveillance of multiple monitors for three nursing floors.
Identifies significant arrhythmias and/or signs of patient distress and intervenes appropriately.
Reports abnormal assessment and telemetry findings or changes in patient. physical, mental, and emotional conditions to nursing staff.
Print out rhythm strips and deliver them to the appropriate nursing floor.
Maintain rhythm logs.
Test equipment for proper working order.
Report any equipment problems to the supervisor.
Review and comply with LifePoint Code of Conduct and all relevant company and division policies and procedures.