Monitor Tech

MedStar Health; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 25,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

MedStar Health in Baltimore, MD is seeking a Monitor Technician to supervise telemetry patients and support the clinical team. In this role you will monitor telemetry consoles, document rhythms every two hours, report changes to nurses, maintain printer paper and alarms, and participate in quality improvement teams to ensure safe patient care.

The position requires a High School Diploma or GED and completion of the Monitor Technician program, with less than one year of emergency rhythm

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required or equivalent.
• Completion of the Monitor Technician Program required.
• Less than 1 year experience with emergency situations and maintaining continuous rhythm strips required.

Responsibilities

• Monitors patients on telemetry consoles and reports changes to the nurse.
• Documents rhythm every two hours on EKG flow sheet and obtains strips of irregularities.
• Maintains charge requisitions and notifies nursing staff about electrode changes and new monitored patients.
• Ensures safe operation of the Monitoring Console and keeps paper loaders full.
• Monitors assigned telemetry console, obtains monitor strips at shift start, and dates/Times strips for flow sheet.
• Provides a verbal report to relief staff and a patient report to oncoming technicians.
• Verifies and adjusts alarm limits for each patient and ensures alarms are on.
• Participates in multidisciplinary quality and service improvement teams.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Basic computer skills

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

About the Job

General Summary of Position

Monitors patients on the telemetry consoles.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Contributes to the achievement of established department goals and objectives and adheres to department policies procedures quality standards and safety standards. Complies with governmental and accreditation regulations.
• Documents rhythm every two hours on EKG flow sheet. Immediately reports any change in cardiac rhythm to the nurse. Obtains strips of irregularities.
• Maintains charge requisitions on monitored patients. Makes nursing personnel aware of need for replacement of patient electrodes and/or newly monitored patients to be connected.
• Maintains safe and effective operation of the Monitoring Console at all times. Ensures that paper loaders are full.
• Monitors assigned telemetry console. Obtains monitor strips at the start of each shift interprets strip puts date and time on each strip and places it on flow sheet.
• Provides a verbal report to relief persons and gives a patient report to oncoming technicians.
• Verifies and adjusts alarm limits as established for the levels appropriate to the individual patient. Verifies alarms are on at all times.
• Participates in multi-disciplinary quality and service improvement teams.

Minimal Qualifications

Education

• High School Diploma or GED required or
• equivalent. required

Experience

• Less than 1 year 6 months experience with emergency situations and maintaining continuous strips of cardiac rhythms required

Licenses and Certifications

• Completion of the Monitor Technician Program. required

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Verbal and written communication skills.
• Basic computer skills preferred.

This position has a hiring range of

USD $18.40 - USD $29.74 /Hr.