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About The Position

Requirements

• Requires critical thinking skills and decisive judgment.
• Works under minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
• No experience required
• High school diploma, General Equivalency Diploma (GED) or higher preferred
• BLS - Certified as a Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider required within 90 days of employment in this position

Responsibilities

• Monitors and communicates changes in cardiac rhythm.
• Interprets and documents rhythm, heart rate, and appropriate measurements in the electronic medical record (EMR).
• Interprets and identifies normal and abnormal cardiac rhythms and rates.
• Responds to clinically significant cardiac rhythms or rate disturbances by immediate assessment of alarms and equipment and timely notification to the appropriate nursing staff.
• Determines, reviews, and revises alarm settings for each patient based on physician orders and/or telemetry protocols and policies.
• Recognizes artifacts in tracings and takes appropriate corrective action with timely notification to the appropriate nursing staff.
• Attaches electrode leads to proper body areas based on ordered tests.
• Prepares skin and surroundings to ensure valid results.
• Obtains and documents EKG readings as directed.
• Programs, monitors, and registers patients on-line depending on the ordered monitor.
• Monitors patients during procedures and reports any abnormal findings.
• Notes and forwards results to physicians for analysis and interpretation.
• Monitors and processes EKGs in the EKG software and the EMR.
• Runs a minimum of a six-second strip at least once per shift, whenever a significant change in rhythm, rate, or conduction occurs, and/or according to policy.
• Scans all appropriate strips into EMR per policy.
• Maintains clean and orderly work area.
• Maintains equipment and medical supplies, including reordering, stocking, cleaning, and troubleshooting.
• Troubleshoots alarms, monitors, batteries, and equipment problems.
• Performs administrative or clerical duties as assigned, including filing and data entry.