Monitor Technician

UPMC; Cumberland (MD); On-site; USD 28,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

UPMC Western Maryland is seeking a part-time Monitor Technician to cover 3:00 pm–11:30 pm, 11:00 pm–7:30 am, and 7:00 pm–7:30 am, with rotating holidays and weekends. You will monitor patient cardiac rhythms, notify nursing staff of dysrhythmias, perform quality EKGs, place and scan Holter monitors, and work across hospital areas with potential cross-training for pacemaker clinics.

Expect involvement in patient history notes, documentation, and routine instrument maintenance.

Qualifications

• Provides continuous visual surveillance of cardiac rhythm monitors and notifies nursing personnel of changes.
• Maintains CPR certification once oriented.
• Demonstrates equipment troubleshooting skills with diagnostic instrumentation.
• Explains examinations to patients and hospital staff in understandable terms.

Responsibilities

• Promotes and maintains relationships and patient confidentiality.
• Demonstrates knowledge of diagnostic instrumentation and troubleshooting.
• If cross trained, conducts transtelephonic pacemaker testing including scheduling and billing.
• Maintains certification in CPR after orientation and attends in-service education.
• Is available to cover subsequent shifts if staffing is inadequate.
• Accurately manages ECG tracing and Holter order processing and uploads to electronic medical records.
• Cleans equipment daily and stocks supply areas; reports needs for equipment service.
• Pushes ECG machines on carts to perform studies in different hospital areas.
• Provides visual surveillance of multiple cardiac monitors with high accuracy in rhythm recognition and documentation.

Skills

Cardiac monitoring

CPR certification

Equipment troubleshooting

Patient communication

Tools

ECG machines

Holter monitors

EMR systems

Job description

UPMC Western Maryland is looking for a part time Monitor Technician to cover shifts from 3:00 pm to 11:30 pm, 11:00 pm to 7:30 am, and 7:00 pm to 7:30 am, including rotating holiday and weekend shifts.

Provide continuous visual surveillance of numerous patient cardiac rhythm monitors and notify appropriate nursing personnel immediately of changes and/or life-threatening dysrhythmias. Performs quality EKGs. Place and scan Holter monitors. Transtelephonic Pacemaker Clinic (if cross trained). Work is performed in patient care areas throughout the hospital. May be exposed to chemicals and infectious diseases.

Responsibilities

• Promotes and maintains desired public, interpersonal, and interdepartmental relationships and patient confidentiality.
• Demonstrates a working knowledge of the physical and electronic character of the diagnostic instrumentation used and must demonstrate equipment troubleshooting skills.
• If cross trained, conducts transtelephonic pacemaker function testing including scheduling and billing components.
• Responsible for personal job skill development and maintaining clinical expertise. Maintains certification in CPR once oriented. Attends in-service education and skill development courses as offered.
• Is available to cover subsequent shift if staffing is inadequate.
• Accurately manages ECG tracing/order matching in computerized equipment for physician on line reading and upload to electronic medical record. Completes billing for technical component of ECGs and Holters.
• Explains the nature and rationale of examinations to patients/hospital personnel in understandable terms. Completes a brief patient history prior to Holter monitor procedures. Properly positions the patient to perform the exam and make any specific preparations required to assure thoroughness and accuracy of the study.
• Supports peer personnel in daily work assignments maintaining a constant awareness of the nature and volume of work and takes necessary actions to expedite completion of procedures.
• Cleans equipment on a daily basis. Stocks supply areas and distributes inventory. Notifies key personnel or manager of need for supplies and reports need for equipment service and repair to manager or bio-med medical department.
• Responsible for receiving and accurately completing and processing requests for ECGs and Holter monitors. Ability to push ECGs machines on carts with wheels in order to perform studies in various areas throughout the hospital.
• Provides visual surveillance of numerous cardiac monitors simultaneously while maintaining 100% accuracy in terms of dysrhythmia recognition and classification (ventricular or atrial ectopic, normal or unknown). Maintains alarms per policy. Recognizes and immediately notifies appropriate hospital personnel of changes in a patient's rhythm or life threatening dysrhythmia and documents changes on patient record system.
• If cross trained, scans Holter monitor tapes with 100% accuracy in terms of dysrhythmia recognition and classification (ventricular and atrial ectopic, pacemaker, normal and unknown).