Cardiac Monitor Technician

Job Description Summary
The Monitor Technician III has the responsibilities of 1) recording routine, emergent, and specialty electrocardiograms (EKGs) of customers ranging in age from newborn to geriatric and determining the quality of said tracings; 2) downloading EKGs from cart to MUSE EKG Computer System; 3) delivering cardiac rhythm strips from the telemetry station to the various nursing units and posting these strips in specified unit locations; 4) performing miscellaneous duties related to cardiac monitoring, including but not limited to troubleshooting telemetry transmitter packs (i.e., replacing worn electrodes, changing batteries, changing wires, retrieval of misplaced telemetry transmitters and cardiac pacers, etc.); and 5) observing cardiac rhythms and pulse oximetry readings displayed on the monitor, interpreting these rhythms, in a timely manner, communicating changes in observed rhythms to nursing units in an emergent or non-emergent manner. The Monitor Technician III, by virtue of his/her experience and expertise, will function as a preceptor for newly hired staff as well as a resource for current Monitor Technicians (Level I and II), nursing, physicians, students of various disciplines, and other healthcare providers. He/she will be responsible for presenting at least one educational offering* to the Cardiac Monitoring/EKG staff ever year. (*Note The educational offering is to be approved in advance by the Monitor Technician III’s Supervisor. This requirement may be waived in lieu of other projects deemed worthy by the Cardio-Respiratory Services Management Team.);