Central Monitoring Supervisor - FT Days

Responsibilities

• Coordinates, facilitates, evaluates, and supervises the activities of the Network Central Monitoring Department at HonorHealth.
• Affirms the management of the unit's assigned staff in the performance of their duties adhering to the ultimate goals of quality and safe patient care, while demonstrating fiscal responsibility.
• Communicates with peers and staff at the Scottsdale Shea and Thompson Peak campuses in order to effectively coordinate staffing and equipment resources.
• Makes rounds throughout the facility to communicate with nurses, physicians and others to promote and foster interdepartmental communication and relations.
• Maintains expertise with all equipment utilized in the Central Monitoring Department.
• Orders as necessary or communicates supply needs to appropriate parties.
• Represents broken equipment to biomedical office with repair paperwork properly filled out.
• Maintains employee departmental files, records of shift work assigned and accomplished, for each shift supervised.
• Assures compliance with HIPAA standards regarding patient privacy issues.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED Required.
• Must be able to complete ECG Exam Required.
• 2 years, Telemetry Technician experience in an acute care facility Required.
• 3 years, Telemetry Technician experience in an acute care facility Preferred.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) - Certification, Healthcare Provider Training Course Required.
• Certified Rhythm Analysis Technician (CRAT) - Certification, 1 Year Required.

Qualifications

• Possesses the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs and to provide the care needed as described in the unit’s departmental policies and procedures.
• Communicates with the department Director or his/her designee frequently through verbal and written means of communication in a clear, concise and appropriate manner.
• Supports management decisions and works to accomplish corporate and departmental goals.
• Participates in special projects as necessary.
• Participates in interviewing, selecting, and hiring new personnel.
• Contributes to the retention of talented staff through positive role-modeling, fostering peer relationships, staff education, professional growth, and participating in the preceptor and/or mentor programs.
• Formally evaluates staff assigned at the 90-day period, annually, and as needed in collaboration with the department director.
• Keeps confidential and accurate records regarding staff member performance between evaluation periods.
• Participates in the orientation of new employees and students.
• Participates in the departmental annual clinical competency evaluations as well as the required hospital wide competencies of the staff.
• Counsels and disciplines staff members and documents such encounters.
• Consults with the department Director and/or human resources in dealing with disciplinary actions.
• Maintains expertise with all equipment utilized in the Central Monitoring Department.
• Assures the adequate supply and stocking of department disposable and capital equipment.
• Orders as necessary or communicates supply needs to appropriate parties.
• Represents broken equipment to biomedical office with repair paperwork properly filled out.
• Maintains employee departmental files, records of shift work assigned and accomplished, for each shift supervised.
• Assures compliance with HIPAA standards regarding patient privacy issues.
• Is familiar with and utilizes all policies and procedures to assure quality, safety and consistency.