Monitor Tech II

Work Status Details: REGULAR FULL TIME | 72.00 Hours Every Two Weeks

Shift: Days
Pay Rate Type:
Hourly

Location:

Yuma Medical Center

Listed is the base hiring salary range offered for this position. Actual salaries may vary depending on factors, including but not limited to skills and experience. The salary range listed is just one component of the total rewards/compensation package offered to candidates.
Min = $20.95
Mid = $26.19
Max = $31.43

Summary:

The Monitor Technician II collaborates with interdisciplinary team members to support patient care operations and meet customer needs within the assigned care area. This role is responsible for patient registration for admissions and performs a range of clerical and clinical support tasks, including answering phones, transferring patients, monitoring telemetry rhythms and patient status, and providing direct and indirect patient care within the Licensed Nursing Assistant (LNA) scope of practice.

The Monitor Technician II communicates clearly and effectively through established systems, shares relevant information with patients and colleagues, demonstrates sensitivity to diverse patient populations and age groups, and supports coordination of patient services across departments as needed.

Monitors cardiac rhythms to include running monitor strips as required by unit standards and as needed according to patient condition, documenting rhythm information at specified frequencies, posting rhythm strips with appropriate patient identifiers as specified through workflows and scanning rhythm strips into the health record to ensure accurate and timely information to ensure safe patient care. Cleans and maintains the basic operating functions for transmitters and ensures that broken and/or lost devices are immediately communicated to Bio-Med, Director and Charge Nurse and reports immediately aberrant rhythms or rhythm changes to the Registered Nurse caring for the patients evidenced by documentation.

Responds to codes timely and according to policy standards.

Communicates effectively supporting the needs of the patient and the unit. Exhibits excellence in customer service through appropriate attitude and interaction with all patients, visitors and staff, acts as a unit receptionist greeting, and directing visitors, physicians or staff unaccustomed to their unit. The Monitor Tech answers phones in clear, professional manner ensuring all calls are directed to appropriate persons in a timely manner, and provides telephone services by giving information, paging returning calls, contacting outside entities as directed, communicates clearly, and effectively (verbally, electronically, or in writing) all relevant and pertinent information to appropriate persons.

Serves as an important link in the communication chain ensuring information is transmitted between nursing and hospital team, physicians, patients, family members and other guests. Reports all information to ensure timely completion of tasks to oncoming shift Monitor Tech and others as needed i.e.: scanning and indexing medical documents, supply and nourishment orders etc.; answers call lights from desk promptly and efficiently;

directs questions and problems to appropriate person, recognizing the need to seek assistance when necessary; maintains "Unit Staff Assignment" on the intranet and updates as necessary; demonstrates behaviors that incorporate YRMC's values.

Ensures completion of registration paperwork, COA etc. for identified areas as directed; identifies medical record documents, scan, index, perform quality review and storage of scanned documents as directed; performs a Quantitative/Qualitative review of Inpatient and Outpatient records on a daily basis to ensure all documentation is present and signed by the appropriate healthcare provider or patient; enters all appropriate information into computer system within required time frames to ensure proper processing of patient records and accounts.

Participates in QA activities by performing chart or other audits as necessary to ensure a complete and concise medical record for the patient; notifies ancillary department(s) of need for patient…