Monitor Tech

HCA Houston Healthcare; Pearland (TX); On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, prescription, dental, vision

Wellbeing support and counseling

Time off, family leave, disability

Job summary

HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland Telemetry Technician role monitors telemetry units for adults and geriatrics, ensures accurate documentation, and communicates rhythm changes to nursing promptly.

The position emphasizes alarm management, shift-start equipment checks, and adherence to hospital policies, supporting a friendly, patient-centered environment in Pearland, Texas. EKG tech preferred; no travel and no prior experience required.

Qualifications

• EKG tech preferred.
• No travel required.
• No experience required.

Responsibilities

• Performs duties in line with hospital policies and procedures.
• Monitors all telemetry equipment at shift start and reports issues.
• Accountable for all telemetry units at start and end of shift.
• Documents telemetry notes with the patient’s chart when discontinued.
• Logs telemetry admissions on the 24-hour Telemetry Worksheet.
• Interprets six-second strips and notifies changes in rate or rhythm.
• Notifies Charge Nurse of rate or rhythm changes.
• Maintains and improves own knowledge and skills.
• Maintains a friendly customer atmosphere.
• Ensures monitors are in working condition and batteries/leads are changed.
• Sets alarms at appropriate, audible levels.
• Alerts nurse of 48-hour renewal orders.
• Notifies leadership when monitors are all in use and escalation is needed.

Skills

EKG Tech

Education

Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS) Certification

Job description

Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized.

Monitor Tech

Job Summary And Qualifications

This Job Description provides criteria for evaluation of the Telemetry Technician working in a staff position. The Telemetry Technician assigned to the Surgical Intermediate Unit evaluates patients on telemetry, including adults and geriatrics.

What you will do in this role:

• Performs duties appropriate to the position and in compliance with hospital policies and procedures, and any other duties, as assigned.
• Monitors all equipment for the proper functioning at the start of shifts and notifies Bio-Medical and Director/Nurse Manager of any problems.
• It is accountable for all telemetry units at start and end of shift.
• Put all telemetry notes with the patient’s chart immediately, when telemetry discontinued.
• Documents all telemetry admissions on 24-hour Telemetry Worksheet in logbook.
• Documents a six-second strip swiftly and when changes in rate/rhythm occur and make sure all strips are properly interpreted.
• Notifies Charge Nurse of all rate/rhythm changes.
• Responsible for maintaining and improving own job knowledge and skills.
• Responsible for maintaining a friendly customer atmosphere.
• Responsible for maintaining monitors in working conditions while on or off patient and including changing batteries and leads.
• Responsible for setting alarms at appropriate settings and sufficiently audible levels.
• Responsible for alerting nurse of 48 hr renewal order due.
• Responsible for notifying AOS/Director when all monitors are in use and the need for intervention to free up monitors as part of Through Put Plan.

What qualifications you will need:

• EKG Tech preferred
• No Travel Required
• No experience Required Years of Experience
• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

Benefits

HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• 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.

As the first hospital in Pearland, Texas, HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland is proud to provide healthcare resources to the south Houston communities. Our 50+ bed hospital isn’t just a neighborhood hospital, but we are an exceptional full-service hospital that happens to be in your neighborhood. Our hospital provides expert emergency care, breast cancer screening, and cardiology services. Our emergency department provides fast and effective care, our women’s diagnostic imaging center provides full-service mammogram procedures, including diagnostic and 3D mammograms, for effective breast cancer screening, and our cardiology team is home to some of the top Houston cardiologists. HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland aspires to connect with each one of our patients to build a network of caring individuals. We are members of HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of the leading provider of healthcare in the country, HCA Healthcare. Together we are stronger, smarter and more accessible in providing the patient-centered care you need close to home.

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