Cardiac Monitor Technician

Cardiac Monitor Technician

Under general supervision, follows established policies, procedures, and professional guidelines. Responsible for monitoring and identifying basic normal cardiac rhythms, dysrhythmias, and lethal arrhythmias; reporting these findings to the appropriate personnel, and rhythm documentation and labeling per TGH policy. Promotes and maintains patient support including but not limited to: interprets and post rhythm strips and protocol, performs 12 lead EKGs. Maintain and clean portable telemetry monitors between patient use according to manufacturer's guidelines.

Essential functions include accurately interpreting changes in rhythms, recording rhythm strips as required, demonstrating arrhythmia recognition skills, communicating lethal arrhythmias to nursing staff and documenting strips as requested. Maintains alarms on at all times with rates set safely to minimize false alarms. Identifies individual EKGs with proper patient identifiers. Works with the computer system, including maintaining flow through the ER and facilitating transfers, admissions, and discharges timely.

Answers telephone and intercom in a pleasant and professional manner and relays message accurately and quickly. Reports any malfunction of monitoring equipment to the Biomedical Technicians, Charge Nurse, and Nursing Director.

Qualifications:

• Education:
  
  High School Diploma or GED
• Certification:
  Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• Work Experience:
  
  Basic EKG class and demonstration of competency through testing

Primary

Location:

Brooksville

Work Locations: TGH Brooksville 17240 Cortez Boulevard Brooksville 34601

Eligible for Remote Work:
On Site

Job:
Nursing (Technical/Clerical) Organization:
Tampa General Hospital-Hernando

Shift: Day Job Type: On Site Shift

Hours:

7am - 7pm Minimum Salary: 15.07