Monitor Technician (0.9 FTE/Nights)

Overlake Hospital Medical Center; United States; On-site; USD 71,635,000 - 108,142,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance premiums as low as $

Tuition reimbursement up to $10,000

Generous retirement plan matching

Free parking and transit passes

Job summary

Overlake Medical Center seeks a monitor technician to continuously observe cardiac rhythms and remotely monitor patients who meet criteria. You will identify arrhythmias, document on monitor strips, and alert the RN of changes. When remote video observing, record observations in the EHR.

Minimum qualifications include a high school diploma and six months’ health-related experience; prior monitor tech experience is preferred and a pre-hire arrhythmia test may be required.

Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Experience: Six months’ experience in a health-related field required.
• Cardiac monitor tech experience preferred.
• Must pass arrhythmia identification test prior to hire, or within introductory period.

Responsibilities

• Continuously observe cardiac rhythms and monitor remote patients.
• Recognize arrhythmias and document on monitor strips.
• Notify the assigned RN of arrhythmia changes.
• If remote video observing, document observations in the electronic health record.

Skills

Cardiac monitor experience

Arrhythmia identification

Health-related experience

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Welcome to a medical center where you're the center of attention.

Pay range: Hourly $27.98 - $41.97

The monitor technician is responsible for the continuous observation of cardiac rhythms and remote video observation of patients who meet remote monitoring criteria. Techs are to recognize cardiac arrhythmias, document on monitor strips, and notify the assigned RN of arrhythmia changes. Additionally, if remote video observing, the tech documents observations in the electronic health record.

Schedule: 36 hours per week 12-hour shifts/Nights

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Experience: Six months’ experience in a health-related field required.
• Previous cardiac monitor tech experience preferred.
• Must be able to successfully pass the arrhythmia identification test prior to hire, or within introductory period.

Why join Overlake?

We're proud to offer benefits that support you in every stage of your career and life. But it's our inspirational culture that has made us one of America's Top 150 places to work in healthcare for several years in a row. Local, visible leaders who care about you. A values-based work environment.

• Medical insurance premiums as low as $0 per month.
• Many Overlake services covered at 100%.
• Tuition reimbursement up to $10,000 per year.
• Generous retirement plan matching starting at 5% and increasing to 7% after five years with immediate vesting.
• Pre-tax and Roth after tax retirement savings plans.
• An expanded Employee Assistance Program.
• A caregiver support program to help with everything from childcare to eldercare.
• Free parking and Orca transit passes.

Overlake Medical Center is a 349-bed, nonprofit regional medical center offering a full range of advanced medical services to the Puget Sound region. Led by a volunteer board of trustees, we employ nearly 3,000 people and have some 1,000 active and courtesy providers on our medical staff, including more than 200 providers who are employed by the organization. We were the first Level III Trauma Center on the Eastside and we are known for providing award-winning, compassionate and patient-centered care. Our commitment to maintaining the highest standards in medical care is a major reason our patients and their families choose Overlake. It is also the reason why we've received many awards and recognitions both regionally and nationally. Overlake was started by community volunteers, and still depends upon volunteers to support the operations of the hospital. Find out more about volunteer opportunities. To find out how to get to Overlake, view our maps and directions. Overlake has a variety of publications that you can receive in your home for added health and wellness information in addition to our annual report. We also produce a community health needs assessment (CHNA) and Implementation Strategy to help us outline how the hospital will give back to the community in the form of health care and other community health services to address unmet community needs. For questions and comments related to CHNA, please email us.

COVID-19 vaccination requirement: After October 18, 2021 all Washington state healthcare employees, contractors and volunteers will be required to provide proof of full COVID-19 immunization as a condition of employment. You must provide this proof before your first day of employment with Overlake. Please remember to bring your COVID-19 immunization card to your pre-hire health screening with our Employee Health team.