Telemetry Monitor Technician
About The Position
Sentara is hiring a Monitor Technician for the telemetry monitor surveillance team at Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia. The position is onsite and full-time on the night shift, approximately 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., with self-scheduling. The technician works with a team of four telemetry technicians and an RN, monitoring inpatients across nursing units and rotating shifts in the Emergency Department. The role involves observing, recognizing, interpreting, evaluating, and documenting EKG tracings for telemetry-monitored patients to detect deviations from their norms. The technician promptly notifies appropriate personnel of dysrhythmias, operates the monitoring system to its full capacity, and ensures telemetry equipment functions properly and safely. Knowledge of reading and analyzing arrhythmias is preferred. A Certified Rhythm Analysis Technician (CRAT) credential is preferred. Sentara Leigh Hospital is a 274-bed acute care facility in Norfolk, Virginia. The hospital provides orthopedic, stroke, heart, vascular, maternity, spine, and general surgical care, among other services. Sentara Health describes its workforce as close to 30,000 members and states that it is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, inclusion, and belonging. The workplace is tobacco-free.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Complete a monitor technician surveillance program or course upon hire. Candidates without prior completion must complete a certificate program within 90 days of hire; one year of monitor technician surveillance experience within the last five years may substitute for the program or course.
- Successfully complete the Sentara Basic Arrhythmia competency tool, including passing a basic arrhythmia exam, to be released from new employee orientation.
Nice To Haves
- One year of EKG or Monitor Technician experience.
- Knowledge of reading and analyzing arrhythmias.
- Certified Rhythm Analysis Technician (CRAT) certification.
Responsibilities
- Observe, recognize, interpret, evaluate, and document EKG tracings for telemetry-monitored patients to detect deviations from their norms.
- Promptly notify appropriate personnel of dysrhythmias.
- Operate and use the monitoring system to its full capacity.
- Ensure telemetry equipment functions properly and safely.
- Monitor inpatients across nursing units and, on rotating shifts, patients in the Emergency Department.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Paid time off and paid sick leave.
- Paid parental and family caregiver leave, including emergency caregiver leave and emergency backup care.
- Adoption, fertility, and surrogacy reimbursement up to $10,000.
- Long-term and short-term disability and critical illness plans.
- Life insurance.
- 401(k)/403(b) with employer match; 401(a) plans are also mentioned.
- Tuition assistance up to $5,250 per year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education.
- Student loan repayment and student debt paydown up to $10,000.
- Pet insurance.
- Legal resources plan.
- Potential annual discretionary bonus, subject to system and employee eligibility criteria.
- Career advancement opportunities and Work Perks.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
