Monitor Technician Externship - Medical/telemetry - FT - Nights - MHW

Monitor Technician Extern

At Memorial, we are dedicated to improving the health, well-being and, most of all, quality of life for the people entrusted to our care. An unwavering commitment to our service vision is what makes the difference. It is the foundation of The Memorial Experience.

The Monitor Technician Extern, under the supervision of a Nurse Educator or Monitor Technician, performs telemetry monitoring and other related technical and clinical activities to support the Monitor Technician Team.

Responsibilities:

• Identifies and corrects for artifacts.
• Attaches electrode to patients' bodies to record electrical impulses from the heart to perform continuous ECG Monitoring.
• Performs continual and simultaneous surveillance for the operation of complex cardiac monitoring systems, including ECG rhythm screens, computerized dysrhythmia detection system and rhythm printers.
• Activates emergency response or rapid response for lethal arrhythmia or cardiac arrest.
• Records information in patient's log and maintains accurate, neat account of patient's cardiac monitoring status during episode of care.
• Identifies and records patient's rhythm and changes in patient rhythm and condition.
• Updates patient's records with all readings taken from the heart monitor or EKGs.
• Documents the electrocardiograph tracings of patients on telemetry monitors.
• Identifies arrhythmias, deviation in each patient's baseline, signs of patient deterioration, and intervenes to ensure patient safety.
• Reports abnormal or change in patient's telemetry monitoring to nursing staff or immediate supervisor or designated chain of command.

Competencies:

• ACCOUNTABILITY
• CUSTOMER SERVICE
• PATIENT AND FAMILY CENTERED CARE
• PATIENT SAFETY - ANCILLARY/SUPPORT
• PROBLEM SOLVING
• RESPONDING TO CHANGE
• STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOR
• TELEMETERY MONITORING AND INTERPRETATION

Education and Certification Requirements:

• Vocation Technical: Electrocardiogram Competency (Required)
• BLS American Heart E-Card (BLS AHA ECARD) - American Heart Association (AMERICAN HEART)
• BLS Cert American Heart_non ecard (BLS AHA) - American Heart Association (AMERICAN HEART)
• BLS Certification Grace (BLS GRACE) - Employee Grace Period for Essential Credential (GRACE)
• BLS Cert Red Cross (BLS RC) - Red Cross (RED CROSS)

Additional Job Information:

• Complexity of Work: Requires critical thinking skills, effective communications skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Requires sitting for long period of time monitoring and interpreting patients' cardiac rhythms.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
• Required Work Experience: No prior work experience required.
• Other Information: Monitor Tech Extern program successful completion required within 60 days post-graduation.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:

• Audible Speech = 60%
• Bending and Stooping = 20%
• Bio hazardous Waste = 40%
• Biological Hazards - Respiratory = 40%
• Biological Hazards - Skin or Ingestion = 40%
• Blood and/or Bodily Fluids = 40%
• Communicable Diseases and/or Pathogens = 40%
• Computer Monitor = 60%
• Depth Perception = 60%
• Distinguish Color = 60%
• Domestic Animals = 20%
• Dust = 40%
• Fire Risk = 20%
• Gas/Vapors/Fumes = 40%
• Hearing Acuity = 60%
• Keyboard Entry = 60%
• Kneeling = 20%
• Moving Mechanical Parts = 60%
• Needles/Sharp Objects = 60%
• Repetitive Movement Hand/Arm = 60%
• Seeing - Far = 60%
• Seeing - Near = 60%
• Sitting = 60%
• Squatting = 20%
• Standing = 20%
• Walking = 20%
• Wet or Slippery Surfaces = 60%