Monitor Tech

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As a Monitor Tech, you will be responsible for continuous observation and analysis of patients' cardiac rhythms to detect and report changes.

Every day you will meticulously monitor EKG strips, identify arrhythmias, measure intervals, and promptly communicate critical findings to nursing staff and healthcare providers, ensuring accurate documentation.

To be successful, you will demonstrate sharp observational skills, a thorough understanding of cardiac rhythms, and the ability to act quickly and precisely under pressure, crucial for patient safety and timely intervention.

• Reads basic EKG tracings and identifies potential/lethal arrhythmias:
  Yearly EKG competency completed 100% on lethal arrhythmias
• Measures out important intervals of the EKG strips:
  No error noted by EKG certified RNs
• Complete yearly competency with 80% or more accuracy
• Check and maintain accurate settings of "yellow alarms" for each shift. Proper documentation/ approval of parameter changes by Physician order or an ECG certified RN
• Continuously monitors of and identification of dry rhythm changes during 12 hour shift
• Properly admits a patient to the monitoring system including patients' last name/first initial, medical record, diagnosis and physician's name

• High School Graduate HS/ GED, upon hire and

• One year of Monitor Technician experience
• Emergency Medical Technician: AZ, upon hire or
• Certified EKG Tech, upon hire

Hello human kindness Located conveniently in the heart of Phoenix, Arizona, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center is a 571-bed, not-for-profit hospital that provides a wide range of health, social and support services. Founded in 1895 by the Sisters of Mercy, St. Joseph's was the first hospital in the Phoenix area. More than 125 years later, St. Joseph's remains dedicated to its mission of caring for the poor and underserved.

We are extremely proud to be a nationally recognized center for quality qua ternary care, medical education and research. St. Joseph's includes the internationally renowned Barrow Neurological Institute, Norton Thoracic Institute, Cancer Center eph's, Ivy Brain Tumor Center, and St. Joseph's Level I Trauma Center (which is verified by the American College of Surgeons). The hospital is also a respected center for high-risk obstetrics, neuro-rehabilitation, orthopedics, and other medical services.

St. Joseph’s is considered a sought-after destination hospital for treating the most complex cases from throughout the world. Every day, approximately 20 percent of the hospital’s patients have traveled from outside of Arizona and the United States to seek treatment eph’s. U.S News & World Report routinely ranks St. Joseph's among the top hospitals in the United States for neurology and neurosurgery.

In addition, St. Joseph's boasts the Creighton University School of Medicine eph's, and a strategic alliance with Phoenix Children's Hospital. St. Joseph's is consistently named an outstanding place to work and one of Arizona's healthiest employers. Come grow your career with one of Arizona's Most Admired Companies. Look for us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. For the health of our community ...

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$18.00 - $23.30 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.