Monitor Technician (Part Time)

Sentara Health; Williamsburg (VA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision plan

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center is seeking a part-time Monitor Tech for Telemetry Surveillance in Williamsburg, VA. The role covers night shifts, 7pm–7am, with 24 hours weekly.

Responsibilities include observing and interpreting EKG tracings, promptly notifying staff of dysrhythmias, and ensuring telemetry equipment operates safely and fully.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma and completion of a monitor technician surveillance program/course (Required)
• Alternative: High School Diploma with 1 year monitor tech surveillance experience in the last 5 years may substitute for the program/course
• New employee orientation requires Sentara Basic Arrhythmia competency and exam

Responsibilities

• Observe, recognize, interpret, evaluate and document EKG tracings on telemetry-monitored patients
• Notify appropriate personnel of dysrhythmias
• Operate the monitoring system to full capacity and ensure equipment functions safely

Skills

EKG monitoring

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Education

High School Diploma + monitor technician program

Alternative: 1 year monitor tech surveillance exp

Tools

Telemetry monitoring system

Job description

City/State

Williamsburg, VA

Work Shift

Third (Nights)

Overview:

Sentara Health is seeking a part time, night shift Monitor Tech for Telemetry Monitor Surveillance at Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center in Williamsburg, VA.

Hours

• Part Time, Night Shift, 24 hours/week

• 7pm - 7am

• Must be available to work during the week and on weekends

Overview

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.

Education

• High School Diploma and completion of a monitor technician surveillance program/course (Required)

OR

• High School Diploma and 1 year experience in monitor technician surveillance within the last 5 years may be accepted in substitute of a monitor tech surveillance program/course
• Candidates who have not completed a monitor technician surveillance program must complete a certificate program within 90 days of hire.
• 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

Experience

• 1 year of experience in monitor technician surveillance/EKG monitoring within the last 5 years may be accepted in lieu of a monitor tech surveillance program/course

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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 may have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met

Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center

Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center has also achieved Magnet recognition, the nation's highest honor for excellence in nursing. 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:

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