Monitor Technician

Sentara Health; Norfolk (CO); On-site; USD 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision plans

Paid Time Off and Sick Leave

401k/403B with Employer Match

Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year

Job summary

Sentara Health is seeking a Monitor Tech to observe and document EKG tracings for telemetry patients on days shifts. The role requires alertness to dysrhythmias and prompt notification to clinicians, with responsibilities including operating and maintaining telemetry equipment to its full capacity.

The position requires a HS Diploma or equivalent and completion of a monitor technician program, with EKG/Monitor Tech certification.

Qualifications

• HS Diploma or Equivalent is required.
• Completion of a monitor technician surveillance program/course is required upon hire.
• Certification as EKG/Monitor Tech is required.

Responsibilities

• Observe, recognize, interpret, evaluate, and document EKG tracings on telemetry-monitored patients.
• Detect deviations from patient’s norm and promptly notify appropriate personnel of dysrhythmias.
• Operate telemetry monitoring system to full capacity and ensure proper functioning of equipment.

Skills

EKG interpretation

Patient monitoring

Emergency response

Education

HS Diploma or Equivalent

Tools

Telemetry equipment

Job description

City/State

Norfolk, VA

Work Shift

First (Days)

Overview

Full-Time, Days 7a-7p

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.

Hours/Shift

Full-Time, Days

Education

• HS Diploma or Equivalent

Certification/Licensure

• EKG/Monitor Tech
• Completion of a monitor technician surveillance program/course required upon hire.

Keywords

Clinical Support, Monitor Tech, Patient Observation, Patient Monitoring, Patient Care, Patient Safety, EMT, Paramedic

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.

Here at Sentara, we are committed to consistently enhancing our training, advancement tracks, work-life benefits, and more. Our goal is to make you feel more excited to be here every day!

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, located in Norfolk, VA, is a 525-bed tertiary care facility that is home to the only Level I Adult Trauma Center and burn trauma unit in Hampton Roads, and also serves as the primary teaching hospital for Eastern Virginia Medical School.

In addition to the high-quality heart program at Sentara Heart Hospital, our facility is home to Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance and several other dedicated facilities and specialized services. As a recognized accredited Comprehensive Stroke Center, and Magnet hospital for nursing excellence, our hospital specializes in heart and vascular, neurosciences, neurosurgery, urology, oncology, spine care, advanced imaging, behavioral health, maternity, and women’s health, including a state-of-the-art neonatal intensive care unit.

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.