Monitor Technician

100 Georgetown Hospital System; Murrells Inlet (SC); On-site; USD 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Tidelands Health is seeking a Monitor Technician to continuously monitor cardiac rhythms on a unit, interpret rhythm changes, and respond appropriately while performing clerical duties like answering calls and relaying messages.

The role requires a High School Diploma with Medical Terminology and Monitor Tech coursework; MT/Clerical experience is preferred. The position entails light duties and supports a team-focused, patient-centered care environment.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma with Medical Terminology and Monitor Tech course with a passing score on the examination
• MT/Clerical experience
• Works with patients, families, physicians, and other health care providers.

Responsibilities

• Telephone and patient call bells are answered in a prompt & appropriate manner
• Redirects calls and patient requests promptly to appropriate staff
• Utilizes Service Response Center in a timely manner
• Obtains/stocks/organizes office supplies
• Maintains label book and logbook with updates daily with no more than (1) occurrences of noncompliance
• Verifies with nurse on admission and every shift patient on telemetry

Skills

Patient interaction

Team collaboration

Clerical tasks

Education

High School Diploma

Medical Terminology

Monitor Tech course

Job description

Employee Type: Regular Work Shift: Night - 12 hour shift (United States of America)

Monitor Technician

Are you passionate about quality and committed to excellence? Consider joining our Tidelands Health team. As our region's largest health care provider, we are also one of our area's largest employers. More than 2,500 team members at more than 70 Tidelands Health locations bring our healing mission to life each day.

A Brief Overview

The Monitor Technician/Clinical Secretary continually monitors cardiac rhythms on a specific unit, identifies and interprets changes in rhythms and acts appropriately. Performs clerical duties on a nursing unit, answers the telephone, relays messages, and acts as a receptionist receiving and directing visitors and ambulatory patients.

What you will do

• Telephone and patient call bells are answered in a prompt & appropriate manner
• Redirects calls and patient requests promptly to appropriate staff
• Utilizes Service Response Center in a timely manner
• Obtains/stocks/organizes office supplies
• Maintains label book and logbook with updates daily with no more than (1) occurrences of noncompliance
• Verifies with nurse on admission and every shift patient on telemetry

Education Qualifications

High School Diploma with the successful completion of Medical Terminology and Monitor Tech course with a passing score on the examination

Preferred Experience Qualifications

MT/Clerical experience

Preferred Skills and Abilities

Works with patients, families, physicians, and other health care providers.

Physical Demand

Light Physical Demand

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a contract for employment nor a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Tidelands Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

Tidelands Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE).

Tidelands Health does not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, age, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, gender, genetic information, familial status, or any other legally protected status.

At Tidelands Health, we are united by a single, shared mission: We help people live better lives through better health. It’s a commitment embodied in the extraordinary care we provide our patients and the award-winning workplace that welcomes our team every day. A proud not-for-profit organization, we are the largest health care provider in our beautiful coastal region of South Carolina.

Enjoy year-round access to the Myrtle Beach area’s warm, sunny climate and outstanding quality of life as you fulfill your professional dreams.

Here, you’ll find a workplace culture built around a spirit of inclusion, teamwork, mutual respect and recognition for a job well done. Discover what it’s like to work for an organization that values who you are as much as we appreciate what you do.