Monitor Tech - 7A

Baptist Hospitals of Southeast TX; Beaumont (TX); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matched Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off

Comprehensive Benefit Plan

Bonus Potential

Job summary

Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas is seeking a Monitor Technician to monitor cardiac telemetry, identify abnormal variations, and notify nursing staff of changes. This role involves updating patient nurse assignments on the telemetry system and supporting safety protocols within the unit.

Responsibilities include interpreting ECG strips, recording events, and ensuring equipment is functioning and properly stored.

Responsibilities

• Confirms nurse caring for telemetry patient is identified and updated every shift on CTMU.
• Monitors cardiac rhythms, alarms, and reports changes to nursing staff immediately.
• Prints and interprets ECG strips at admission, each shift, and on rhythm changes.
• Discontinues telemetry per orders; cleans transmitter and stores equipment.
• Monitors telemetry equipment and reports outages; follows emergency plan and notifies supervisor.
• Performs clerical duties and helps keep department clean per cleaning schedule.

Job description

We are looking to add top talent to our Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas team.

Join us in performing Sacred Work!

Competitive benefits are offered including:

Matched Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off

Comprehensive Benefit Plan - Medical, Dental, Vision and Much More!

Bonus Potential

Summary/Objective

The Monitor Technician is responsible for the monitoring of cardiac monitors to notify Nursing Units of abnormal variations.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Confirms name of the nurse caring for the telemetry patient is confirmed upon initial placement and updated every shift directly on the Centralized Telemetry Monitoring Unit (CTMU) monitor. Clinical proficiency in performing non-wound-related hyperbaric therapy
• Observes cardiac monitors and listens for alarm to identify abnormal variation in heart rhythm and reports important changes to the nursing staff immediately. Posts strips on patient records according to established guidelines. Conducts training and records management on fire safety in accordance with industry standards for hyperbaric therapy
• Prints out and interprets cardiac strips on the following occasions: Patient admission, once a shift, and upon rhythm abnormalities. Places the strips on the Waveform/ECG Mounting Form and takes the forms to the respective units according to established guidelines.
• Once an order is received to discontinue telemetry and the nurse or UAP disconnects the telemetry transmitter from the patient. The monitor tech cleans the telemetry transmitter and cardiac leads with recommended bactericidal solution and stores in the unit's telemetry transmitter cabinet
• Monitors telemetry equipment for optimum effectiveness with reporting of any problems with equipment to the Director. Once Telemetry outage is identified, activates the Service Disruption/ Emergency Operations Plan by dialing the hospital emergency number 5555 and reporting the outage location. The employee also calls and notifies the Nursing supervisor.
• Performs clerical duties for the department, prepares requisitions for supplies and secures authorizing signature from the Director as required; as well as, Assists in keeping station and department clean and neat following cleaning schedule.