Cardiac Monitor Tech (Telemetry Tech

Cardiology Nursing Monitor Technician

The University of Minnesota Medical Center - East Bank Campus is looking for a passionate and hardworking Nursing Monitor Technician to join our Cardiology unit!

Our 38-bed unit cares for patients with heart conditions, heart and lung transplants, surgeries, chest pains, heart failures and rhythm issues.

This position works a.7

FTE (56 hours per 2 week pay period). These are 8 hour shifts, rotating evening and overnight shifts (evening-3pm-11:30pm and overnight 11pm-7:30am) with every other weekend rotation.

This position is responsible for:

• Observing central cardiac monitor and interpreting EKG rhythm strips
• Reporting changes in rhythm, rate and regularity of configuration to facilitate prompt nursing assessment
• Accurately measuring PR, QRS, QT intervals on each rhythm Q 8 hours and PRN
• Accurately interpreting arrhythmia's (Heart Block, Sinus Bradycardia, Junctional rhythms, SVT, A-fib, A-flutter)
• Accurately recognizing and immediately reporting life threatening arrhythmia's (VT, VF, asystole) to the nurse
• Initiating appropriate action in crisis or emergency situations
• Escalating all concerns promptly and according to the escalation pathway
• Demonstrating proper use and maintenance of monitoring equipment to facilitate optimum working conditions
• Setting and maintaining alarms of monitor
• Anticipating the need to place alarms in and out of suspension
• Stating the need for alarms when patient is attached to the cardiac monitor
• Identifying and reporting defective equipment immediately to appropriate repair services (Bio-med)
• Follow through on defective equipment
• Notifiying management of ongoing problems
• Anticipating and ordering supplies as needed
• Independently seeking to identify and correct reasons for poor quality EKG tracings

Required Qualifications:

• Basic Life Support
• Basic ECG training, reading and interpretation at time of hire or within 30 days
  -OR-
• NST for minimum of one year on Cardiac Telemetry PCU - OR –
• Nursing Student with successful completion of one year

Preferred Qualifications:

• Completion of formal Medical Assistant, EMT, Nursing Assistant or other formal health science education program
• 1+ years related health care experience
• Formal ECG training
• ECG Certification

Additional Requirements (must be obtained or completed within a period of time):

• Successful completion of Basic ECG interpretation class within 30 days of hire and annual ECG tes