Monitor Tech

Job description

About the Job
General Summary of Position
Monitors patients on the telemetry consoles.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
• Contributes to the achievement of established department goals and objectives and adheres to department policies procedures quality standards and safety standards. Complies with governmental and accreditation regulations.
• Documents rhythm every two hours on EKG flow sheet. Immediately reports any change in cardiac rhythm to the nurse. Obtains strips of irregularities.
• Maintains charge requisitions on monitored patients. Makes nursing personnel aware of need for replacement of patient electrodes and/or newly monitored patients to be connected.
• Maintains safe and effective operation of the Monitoring Console at all times. Ensures that paper loaders are full.
• Monitors assigned telemetry console. Obtains monitor strips at the start of each shift interprets strip puts date and time on each strip and places it on flow sheet.
• Provides a verbal report to relief persons and gives a patient report to oncoming technicians.
• Verifies and adjusts alarm limits as established for the levels appropriate to the individual patient. Verifies alarms are on at all times.
• Participates in multi-disciplinary quality and service improvement teams.

Minimal Qualifications
Education
• High School Diploma or GED required or
• equivalent. required

Experience
• Less than 1 year 6 months experience with emergency situations and maintaining continuous strips of cardiac rhythms required

Licenses and Certifications
• Completion of the Monitor Technician Program. required

Knowledge Skills and Abilities
• Verbal and written communication skills.
• Basic computer skills preferred.

This position has a hiring range of
USD $18.40 - USD $29.74 /Hr.