Monitor Tech

Job description

Job Shift: Night Job Type: Full Time: This position may qualify for a sign-on bonus. Responsible for the setup of telemetry on physician orders by ensuring proper placement of electrodes, running strips, and replacing batteries as needed. Education: Required: High school diploma or equivalent. Experience: Preferred: 6 months of related experience. Certifications: Required: AHA BLS - Selects, sets-up, calibrates and adjusts monitoring equipment in accordance with physician orders. - Ensures continued proper functioning of equipment; troubleshoots equipment problems as identified. - Collects, transmits, and documents pertinent patient data to the Registered Nurse (RN) with correct interpretations and interval measurements on each patient at required intervals every shift and with any significant rhythm change. - Maintains current monitored patients in the system; confers with nursing staff to determine correct validation counts and alarm parameters for patients. Reports alarms and changes of rhythm to RN staff. Greets, screens and processes incoming unit/dept calls, patients, visitors, and messages. - Transcribes physician orders, enters tests, and treatment requests into system. Ass...