Monitor Technician

Franciscan Alliance, Inc.•Lafayette, IN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Monitor Technician maintains surveillance of the Franciscan Central Telemetry Unit and interprets and documents cardiac rhythms and vital signs. The technician monitors patient care and emergency protocols to ensure individual physician protocols are followed. This role works nights from 6 p.m. to 6:30 a.m., three 12-hour shifts per week. It includes an every-third-weekend requirement (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights) and an assigned alternating holiday rotation. Travel is never or rarely required. Franciscan Health is a nonprofit health care ministry with primary and specialty care physician groups throughout Indiana. The organization describes its mission as caring and identifies Respect for Life, Fidelity to Our Mission, Compassionate Concern, Joyful Service, and Christian Stewardship as its values. Franciscan Health has 11 hospital ministries, more than 1,000 employed physicians and advanced practice providers, and over 260 locations, many of which are nationally recognized Centers of Health Care Excellence.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association.
Detail-oriented, with the ability to tolerate alarms and some flashing lights and to communicate and work with technology.
Available to work nights, three 12-hour shifts per week, every third weekend (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights), and an assigned alternating holiday rotation.

Nice To Haves

One year of EKG Technician experience.
One year of ECG interpretation experience.

Responsibilities

Identify arrhythmias on patient EKGs and notify appropriate personnel.
Answer telephones, route callers, take messages, and provide routine information to clients or customers.
Maintain constant surveillance of telemetry units and relay and document pertinent information for appropriate personnel.
Interpret and document cardiac rhythms.
Provide telemetry strips when a new patient arrives, every eight hours, at change of shift, and whenever a change occurs in a patient's rhythm or condition.
Troubleshoot equipment or procedure problems.
Prepare telemetry equipment and anticipate patient admissions and transfers to the unit.
Monitor patient care and emergency protocols to ensure individual physician protocols are followed.