Monitor Technician - Emergency Room- FT- Days- MRH Job at Memorial Healthcare System (Hollywood, Florida)

Job Responsibility

Records information in patient's log and maintains accurate, neat account of patient's cardiac monitoring status during episode of care
Identifies and records patient's rhythm and changes in patient rhythm and condition
Updates patient's records with all readings taken from the heart monitor or EKGs
Documents the electrocardiograph tracings of patients on telemetry monitors
Identifies arrhythmias, deviation in each patient's baseline, signs of patient deterioration, and intervenes to ensure patient safety
Reports abnormal or change in patient's telemetry monitoring to nursing staff or immediate supervisor or designated chain of command
Identifies and corrects for artifacts
Attaches electrode to patients' bodies to record electrical impulses from the heart to perform continuous ECG Monitoring
Performs continual and simultaneous surveillance for the operation of complex cardiac monitoring systems, including ECG rhythm screens, computerized dysrhythmia detection system and rhythm printers
Activates emergency response or rapid response for lethal arrhythmia or cardiac arrest

Vocation Technical: Electrocardiogram Competency (Required)
BLS American Heart E-Card (BLS AHA ECARD) - American Heart Association
BLS Cert American Heart_non ecard (BLS AHA) - American Heart Association
BLS Certification Grace (BLS GRACE) - Employee Grace Period for Essential Credential
BLS Cert Red Cross (BLS RC) - Red Cross
Requires critical thinking skills, effective communications skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision
Knowledge of anatomy and physiology of the heart in relation to waves, complexes, time and voltage as shown through the conduction system and strip interpretation
Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action
Requires sitting for long period of time monitoring and interpreting patients' cardiac rhythms
Knowledge of telemetry services
Ability to handle frequent interruptions and adapt to changes in the workload and work schedules
Minimum (6) six months of experience required after completion of the Monitor Technician Extern program
Minimum of (6) months experience in lieu of Vocation Technical (VOCTECH) in cases where the applicant is not a graduate of Monitor Technician Extern program
Monitor Technician certification required
Electrocardiogram Competency (ECG/EKG) required
New Hires minimum of six (6) months experience required
Successful completion of ECG/EKG interpretation coursework required