Central Monitor Technician - Inpatient Teleservices

About the role

Becoming a Central Monitoring Technician (CMT) at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) is a rewarding career path. You will learn valuable skills, help save lives, be relied upon by nurses and doctors, and build a foundation that will serve you well in any healthcare profession you aspire to.

Responsibilities

• Receives on-the-job training to recognize heart rhythms and alert bedside care teams of changes or potential life-threatening emergencies.
• Continuously monitors heart rhythms and interprets dysrhythmias in accordance with policy and procedure under the supervision of a Registered Nurse.
• Documents per the Remote Telemetry and Redundant Cardiac Monitoring Policy and related documents.
• Provides real-time video monitoring of assigned patients meeting criteria to ensure patient safety and documents per Virtual Patient Safety Surveillance Policy.
• Responds to all alarms and initiates communication promptly.
• Understands clinical area chain of command for escalation as needed.
• Communicates clearly and compassionately with patients while performing virtual patient safety surveillance.
• Notifies responsible direct care clinicians and supervisor immediately in the event of a failure of monitoring equipment.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned.

Requirements

• A high school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Must demonstrate keyboarding skills and be familiar with computer use.
• Previous hospital experience is preferred.
• Completion of an advanced dysrhythmia course upon hire and successful passing grade on an organizational EKG test upon completion of orientation and annually.

Qualifications

• Effective communication skills.
• Ability to multitask with multiple competing priorities.

Skills

• Keyboarding skills.
• Computer proficiency.

Benefits

• Full-time, 36-hour per week, benefited position.
• 3-day/night rotating 12-hour shifts per week with required rotating weekend shifts.
• Medical insurance options available through Anthem BC/BS.
• Retirement plan with immediate vesting and a 50% employer match on up to 4% of pay saved, up to a maximum of 2% of pay.
• Paid time off based on hours worked, including six paid holidays.
• Shift differential of 10% for evenings, 20% for nights, and 15% for weekends.
• Tuition reimbursement up to $3,000 per year.
• Dental and vision coverage.

Pay

• This is a full-time, 36-hour per week, benefitted position.

Schedule

• 3-day/night rotating 12-hour shifts per week with required rotating weekend shifts.