Monitor Tech

HCA Florida Memorial Hospital; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support (counseling)

Time away from work / paid time off

401(k) with company match

Tuition and certification support

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Flexible spending accounts

Life insurance

Job summary

HCA Florida Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville seeks a Monitor Technician to surveil patient cardiac monitors, promptly notifying clinicians of rhythm changes and rate shifts. You will act as gatekeeper for telemetry, initiating and discontinuing monitoring as patients are admitted, transferred, or discharged.

This role supports SPOT (Sepsis Prevention and Optimization of Therapy) alerts and provides training and troubleshooting to the Central Monitoring area.

Qualifications

• BLS must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.
• High School Graduate or GED required.

Responsibilities

• Monitor patient cardiac monitors and notify clinicians of rhythm changes.
• Rotate SPOT monitoring and manage telemetry equipment on admission, transfer or discharge.
• Serve as a training and troubleshooting resource for Central Monitoring.
• Maintain ongoing surveillance and report alerts to appropriate units.

Skills

Telemetry surveillance

Education

High School Graduate / GED

BLS - Basic Life Support

Job description

Do you have the career opportunities as a Monitor Tech you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join HCA Florida Memorial Hospital which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Job Summary And Qualifications

The Monitor Technician is responsible for on-going surveillance of patient cardiac monitors and provides clinicians with immediate notification of any changes in cardiac rhythms. Rotate monitoring SPOT (Sepsis Prevention and Optimization of Therapy) and notify staff of alerts. Maintains ongoing, high-level surveillance of patients’ cardiac rhythms and notifies clinicians of any rate/rhythm changes according to clinician/provider orders. Is the gatekeeper for telemetry units and initiates and discontinues monitoring equipment on admission, transfer, or discharge. Serves as a resource for training and troubleshooting to the Central Monitoring area. Maintains observation of the SPOT alerts and reports all alerts to the appropriate unit.

What qualifications you will need

• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• High School Graduate / GED

No Travel Required

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn More About Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Memorial Hospital has provided quality healthcare services since 1969, giving patients access to highly-trained physicians and advanced technology. With more than 50 years of pioneering healthcare, our 450+ bed hospital is one of the region's leading acute care facilities. We offer a range of services for our patients, including 24-hour emergency care at three different locations and a Level II trauma center. Other specialized programs include our accredited Chest Pain Center, certified Stroke Center, Heart Center, Bone and Joint Center, maternity center and much more. Memorial has received the Gold Seal of Approval for Primary Stroke Centers and is sepsis-certified by the Joint Commission.

At Memorial Hospital, our care like family culture extends to our patients, our people and our Jacksonville community. We are committed to each other because when we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

“Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do.”- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.