Monitor Technician

Sentara Health; Hampton (VA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Benefits

Dental & Vision

PTO & Leave

Retirement Savings

Tuition Reimbursement

Student Debt Pay Down

Life Insurance

Employer 401k/403b

Job summary

Sentara Health in Hampton, VA seeks a Monitor Technician (Telemetry) for a full-time night shift. The role involves interpreting EKG tracings, alerting staff to dysrhythmias, and ensuring telemetry equipment operates safely.

The position requires a high school diploma and completion of a monitor technician surveillance program, with an option for a certificate within 90 days or substitution with related experience. Benefits are included.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent is required.
• Completion of a monitor technician surveillance program/course is required upon hire.
• If not completed, a certificate program must be completed within 90 days of hire.
• Alternatively, 1 year of monitor technician surveillance experience in the last 5 years is acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Observe, interpret, and document EKG tracings on telemetry-monitored patients to detect deviations from normal.
• Promptly notify appropriate personnel of dysrhythmias.
• Operate and utilize telemetry monitoring systems to full capacity and ensure equipment is functioning safely.

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Monitor Technician surveillance program/course

Certificate program within 90 days of hire

1 year monitor technician surveillance experience (last 5 years)

Job description

Overview

Sentara Health is hiring a Monitor Technician (Telemetry) in Hampton, Virginia.

This is a Full-Time, Nights (3rd) shift opportunity with great benefits.

The schedule is 6:36 pm - 7:00 am (12-hour shifts), with rotating every other weekend and a holiday rotation.

The Monitor Tech observes, recognizes, interprets, evaluates, and documents EKG tracings on telemetry-monitored patients in order to detect deviations from patient's norm. Promptly notifies appropriate personnel of dysrhythmias. Operates and utilizes monitoring system to full capacity. Ensures proper and safe functioning of the telemetry equipment.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Completion of a monitor technician surveillance program/course required upon hire.
• Candidates who have not completed a monitor technician surveillance program must complete a certificate program within 90 days of hire.
• Or 1 year experience in monitor technician surveillance within the last 5 years will be accepted in substitute of a monitor tech surveillance program/course.
• To be released from new employee orientation all Monitor Technicians must successfully complete the Sentara Basic Arrhythmia competency tool which includes passing a basic arrhythmia exam.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision Plans
• Paid Time Off, Sick Leave, Paid Parental Leave, and Emergency Caregiver Leave
• Competitive Retirement Saving programs
• Tuition Reimbursement and Student Loan Paydown programs
• Student Debt Program

Plus, Sentara just added MORE benefits that support your and your family's needs.

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Sentara is an integrated, not-for-profit healthcare delivery system with more than 29,000 employees (including 1,375 physicians and advanced practice providers), 12 hospitals in Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina, and the Sentara Health Plans division which serves over 900,000 members.

We are recognized nationally for clinical quality and safety and are strategically focused on innovation and creating an extraordinary healthcare experience for our patients and members.

Keywords: Monitor Tech, telemetry Tech, Talroo-Allied Health

Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career

• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
• Emergency Backup Care
• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
• Life Insurance
• 401k/403B with Employer Match
• Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
• Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
• Pet Insurance
• Legal Resources Plan
• Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.

Sentara CarePlex Hospital, located in Hampton, VA, is a 224-bed technologically advanced, acute care facility, and Certified Primary Stroke Center. Other features include specialized services in heart and vascular, urologic care, along with advanced diagnostic and surgical capabilities, a hospitalist program, and one of the state's busiest emergency departments. We are also home to the Orthopedic Hospital at Sentara CarePlex Hospital, the area's first dedicated orthopedic hospital. We improve health every day, come be a part of the community.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.

For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states: Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.