Monitor Technician

Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida•Miami Beach, FL

About The Position

The Monitor Technician monitors patients’ cardiac rhythms and telemetry equipment, documenting rhythm information and promptly reporting changes to the charge nurse. The role supports safe, continuous monitoring by ensuring alarms and patient assignments are correct, maintaining equipment, and communicating with nursing and support teams. The technician also assists with unit communications, keeps the work area clean, helps orient new staff, and participates in educational opportunities.

Requirements

High school graduate or equivalent.
CPR certification.
Successful completion of didactic and clinical-based EKG examinations.
Score of 90% or better on the rhythm test.

Nice To Haves

One year of monitor technician experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Give and accept shift reports to provide accurate, current patient information.
Assist with answering unit telephones, patient call lights, and visitor inquiries professionally and courteously.
Keep the assigned work area neat and clean, and coordinate with environmental services when cleaning or battery-receptacle service is needed.
Dispose of monitor batteries safely and properly.
Pull six-second rhythm strips every four hours or as needed, document rate and rhythm, and immediately report changes to the charge nurse.
Ensure post strips accurately identify the patient by name and room number.
Ensure central screens are monitored at all times and keep alarms on with appropriate high and low settings.
Alert the charge nurse to missing telemetry orders or prolonged monitoring of stable rhythms.
Report malfunctioning equipment to Biomedical Engineering and maintain appropriate repair records.
Cooperate with temporary reassignment to other units or tasks when needed to meet patient care needs.
Assist in orienting new staff members.
Ensure each telemetry box is assigned to the correct patient; know the location of transmitter boxes and monitored patients, and include relevant information in shift reports.
Understand normal monitoring parameters for patients of all ages and collaborate with the charge nurse on individual settings.
Change batteries and/or leads on monitoring devices as needed, and inform the Registered Nurse when patient leads need changing.
Clean telemetry packs when patients are discharged.
Suspend alarms when a patient leaves the unit and resume them when the patient returns.
Participate willingly in educational opportunities.