Cardiac Monitor Associate Full-time Nights

LCMC Health; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

LCMC Health is seeking a Cardiac Monitor Associate to observe telemetry data, identify rhythm changes, and support frontline nursing care in a high‑acuity setting. You’ll document findings, maintain logs, and collaborate with staff to ensure patient safety and timely responses.

Night shifts are available; a high school diploma, cardiac monitor training or 1 year of EKG/telemetry experience, and BLS are required to join a compassionate, patient‑centered team at University Medical Center in

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED is required.
• Completion of cardiac monitor training or 1 year of EKG/telemetry experience.
• American Heart Association BLS certification required.

Responsibilities

• Observe cardiac monitor for proper waveform and prevent signal loss.
• Assign telemetry transmitter patients and assist electrode placement.
• Select leads and ensure acceptable tracing; check batteries.
• Identify baseline rhythm and notify nursing staff of changes, document rhythm strips.
• Provide continuous surveillance and notify rapid response or code blue when indicated.
• Maintain rhythm strips and monitoring logs for audits.
• Interpret EKG, recording atrial/ventricular rates and rhythms.
• Participate in unit initiatives and quality improvement.
• Ensure continuity of care, efficient throughput, and clear communications.
• Support team by assisting others as needed.

Skills

Cardiac monitor training

EKG tech experience

BLS certification

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Tools

Telemetry equipment

Job description

Your job is more than a job.

On the front line of heart health care, as a Cardiac Monitor Associate, your training has prepared you and compassion motivates you. Observing, listening, and detecting, you're amazed by the heart and the technology that keeps it going.

Spotting that “needle in a haystack” comes in handy as you analyze data and detect outliers from your patients' cardiac monitors, documenting and reporting abnormal patterns, addressing telemetry equipment issues, and maintaining supplies.

Technology without heart is just an empty canvas. You love being the artist that completes the picture and makes a difference in patients’ lives every day. And we love that you about you.

Your experiences, your knowledge, your skills, your empathy, your compassion, and your personality, all of it adds up to you. And we’re excited to get to know you and find out what you’ll bring to this essential nursing support role.

Your Everyday

• Observe cardiac monitor for proper waveform on each telemetry patient, prevent the loss of signal and ensure accurate capture of potential cardiac events.
• Assign telemetry transmitter patients and assist the staff in establishing/maintaining electrode placement using proper skin preparation.
• Select the lead for monitoring and ensure an acceptable tracing, check battery function/replacement batteries.
• Identify and notify the nursing staff of baseline cardiac rate and rhythm, document with a rhythm strip, investigate loss of signal or apparent lead disconnection with the nursing staff.
• Provide continuous surveillance of cardiac rhythm in accordance with the algorithm established in the central monitoring policy, notify the staff nurse of a rhythm change, activate the rapid response or code blue team, as indicated.
• Maintain rhythm strips, monitoring logs in accordance with the central cardiac monitoring policy and as evidence by random audits of the logbooks.
• Interpret EKG by analyzing and recording atrial and ventricular rates and rhythms.
• Participate in unit initiatives and quality improvement.
• Ensure continuity of care, efficient throughput, consistent communications, and an exceptional experience for every patient.
• Contribute to the team by assistingothers without being asked.

The Must-Haves

Minimum

• High School Diploma/GED
• Completion of cardiac monitor training course or 1 year experience as an EKG tech or monitoring cardiac rhythms
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification (CPR, BLS)

Work Shift

Nights (United States of America)

LCMC Health is a community.

Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinary

About University Medical Center

University Medical Center, a world class academic medical center in LCMC Health’s incredible community of care, is the largest medical training center for healthcare professionals in Louisiana and has long served as the region’s safety net hospital for poor and underserved communities for 300+. Learn more about University Medical Center’s legacy and our vision of becoming the epicenter of medical care, education, and research.

Your extras

• Deliver healthcare with heart.
• Give people a reason to smile.
• Put a little love in your work.
• Be honest and real, but with compassion.
• Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.
• Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care.
• See opportunities, not problems – it’s all about perspective.
• Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.
• Love what makes you, you - because we do

You are welcome here.

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.