Monitor Technician PRN Days

Socket.dev; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and Rx

Life and AD&D coverage

Disability coverage

Flexible benefits (FSAs/HSAs)

401(k) retirement plan

Paid holidays and vacation

Job summary

Baylor Scott & White Surgical Hospital Fort Worth is seeking a PRN Telemetry Monitor Tech for day shifts. The position involves monitoring patient cardiac rhythms via centralized telemetry, documenting findings, and communicating changes to the care team on a busy surgical unit.

Required education includes a high school diploma and appropriate CNA/PCT/MA certifications, BLS, and Monitor Tech certification or dysrhythmias training. Prior hospital experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Certified Patient Care Technician (PCT), Medical Assistant (MA) certification, or equivalent.
• Monitor Tech Certification, or completion of a basic dysrhythmias course with documented competencies.
• BLS certification required.

Responsibilities

• Monitor cardiac rhythms via telemetry monitors.
• Provide ongoing surveillance and report dysrhythmias to nurses.
• Document heart rhythms in patient records per policy.
• Assist with admissions, transfers, discharges and monitoring setup.
• Provide clerical and basic patient care support under RN/LVN direction.

Skills

Communication skills

Patient care skills

Medical terminology

Teamwork

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Electronic Health Record (EHR)

Telemetry monitoring equipment

Job description

Baylor Scott & White Surgical Hospital Fort Worth is hiring a PRN Telemetry Monitor Tech- Days!

Welcome to Baylor Scott & White Surgical Hospital Fort Worth, TX, a pinnacle of excellence and innovation where your skills can truly shine!

Why Choose Baylor Scott & White Surgical Hospital Fort Worth?

• Leading Collaboration: Our hospital stands as a remarkable joint venture between Tenet Healthcare, USPI, and the esteemed Baylor Scott & White network. This partnership sets the stage for unparalleled collaboration, ensuring a diverse and enriching work environment.
• Serving Our Community: Nestled at 1800 Park Place Avenue in Fort Worth, Texas, we've been dedicatedly serving Fort Worth residents and neighboring communities since 2014. Our commitment to our community's health and well-being is unwavering.
• Comprehensive Care: Offering a wide spectrum of medical services, our 30-bed acute care surgical hospital includes an Emergency Department, a 30-bed inpatient unit, a 4-bed intensive care unit, and cutting-edge diagnostic imaging facilities.
• Innovative Technology: Step into a facility equipped with the latest medical advancements. With 14 state-of-the-art operating rooms, including da Vinci, ExcelsiusGPS, and Mako Surgical Systems, you'll be at the forefront of surgical innovation.
• Diverse Specializations: Join a team that spans across specialties such as ENT, Bariatric, Pulmonary, Gynecology, Orthopedics, and much more. Your expertise will have a profound impact on patients' lives across a wide range of surgical services. We also do Spine and Craniotomy. That shows we a higher intensity than your regular ortho surgery hospital.
• Quality-Centric Approach: Our unwavering focus on quality and service ensures that every surgical procedure is conducted in a meticulous and patient-oriented environment.

Telemetry Monitor Tech at Baylor Scott & White Surgical Hospital Fort Worth:

• The Telemetry Monitor Technician is responsible for accurate record keeping, observation of monitors and prompt reporting of cardiac rhythm changes.
• As the Patient Care Technician, individual will interface with visitors, patients, family, and physicians on phone and in person for Baylor Scott & White Surgical Hospital at Fort Worth and Baylor Scott & White Surgical Hospital Outpatient Center.

Qualifications

Education

• High School Diploma, or equivalent

Licensure/Certification

• Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Certified Patient Care Technician (PCT), Medical Assistant (MA) Certification, or equivalent
• Monitor Tech Certification, or completion of a basic dysrhythmias course with documented competencies
• BLS Required

Specific Job Experience

• Minimum one (1) year experience in a hospital setting preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Good communication and people skills
• Excellent clinical skills appropriate for a medical assistant, nursing assistant or patient care tech
• Ability to utilize Electronic Healthcare Record for patient documentation.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Monitorscardiac rhythms throughout the facility via centrally located telemetry monitors.
• Maintains ongoing, high-level surveillance of patients’ cardiac rhythms and communicates information about dysrhythmias to the patient care nurse/Charge Nurse.
• Measures and interprets patients’ heart rhythms and documents in patient record, per policy.
• Initiates/discontinues monitoring on admission, transfer or discharge. Performs configuration as necessary.
• Answers telephone and communicates clearly when receiving information from patient care units and/or physicians.
• Troubleshoots monitors with nursing staff and contacts Facilities/Biomed as appropriate.
• Gives report to oncoming shift.
• Cleans monitoring equipment, per policy
• Performsclerical duties including distribution of messages.
• Performsclinical duties, under the direction of an RN or LVN, including assisting patients to the restroom, removing IV catheters, etc.
• Cleansrooms if needed.
• Providesclinical, clerical and telephone support in emergencies
• AssistsRN’s as instructed.
• Anyother duties as instructed by supervisor

What We Offer

• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage
• Life and AD&D coverage
• Availability of short- and long-term disability
• Flexible financial benefits including FSAs and HSAs
• 401(k) and access to retirement planning
• Paid holidays and vacation

Who We Are

At USPI, we create relationships that create better care. We partner with physicians and healthcare systems to provide first-class ambulatory solutions throughout the United States. We are committed to providing surgical services in the most efficient and clinically excellent manner.

USPI is committed to, and proud of our inclusive culture. An inclusive culture, in our view, is respectful of differences and nurtures and supports the contributions of each individual, while also embracing and leveraging diversity. A diverse workforce, combined with an inclusive culture, makes USPI stronger and better able to meet the needs of our diverse patient and physician population.