Monitor Technician - Emergency Department, Full Time, 6am -6pm
Cape Fear Valley Health · Fayetteville, NC · 2 mo ago
HealthcareFull-time
Location: Fayetteville, North Carolina – Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Emergency Department
Work Shift: Days
About the Role
Maintain observation of cardiac monitor consoles in the Emergency Department.
Responsibilities
- Assume responsibility for monitoring cardiac rhythms
- Perform telemetry monitoring duties
- Alert nurse to respond to alarms resulting from rhythm changes
- Alert nursing assistant or other competent staff member to respond to equipment or reception alarms (such as “leads off” or “low battery”)
- Print and document strip assessment every four hours, on admission, during a code, upon request, and as rhythms/rates change
- Actively demonstrate responsibility concerning customer satisfaction, patient throughput, and hospital functional capacity
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent required
- EKG certification preferred
- All internal and external applicants will be required to take a Dysrhythmia class and must successfully pass the required test within 60 days of employment, with the following exception: Applicants with EKG certification or previous Monitor Technician (MT) experience will be provided the option to take and pass the Dysrhythmia test in lieu of taking the class
- All employees will be required to successfully pass the advanced dysrhythmia test every 6 months (April and October each year)
Qualifications
- 1 year of monitor technician experience preferred
- 1 year of healthcare experience (e.g., Nursing Assistant, Medical Assistant, MT) preferred
- 1 year of medical terminology experience preferred
Skills
- Demonstrates positive interpersonal skills
- Verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to remain calm under emergency situations
Physical Requirements
- Speech and auditory acuity for communication of patient needs
- Visual acuity for observation of patients
- Long periods of sitting, standing, walking, bending, and lifting
- May involve skin, eye, mucous membrane, or parenteral contact with blood or other potentially infectious material