Monitor Technician
Monitor Technician
Primary Location Los Angeles, California
Job Number 1142591
Date posted 01/18/2023
Description:
Perform arrhythmia or ECG monitor observations while on duty under direct supervision, and notify the nursing staff of any changes.
Essential Purposes
– Gather, assemble, arrange, and keep records for the designated nursing unit.
– Watch the patients’ heartbeats on a monitor.
– At certain intervals, run while posting rhythm stripes.
– Launch code blues.
– Recognizing rhythms and confirming computer readout.
– Examine and confirm the placement of leads on patients.
– Compare the current strip to the prior one and let the nursing personnel know of any changes.
– Alert the nursing team to any modification in the heart rhythm.
– Stick a patient identity label on the television.
– Recognize strange or aberrant patient conditions and act accordingly.
– Instruments and equipment should be cleaned following each patient usage.
– The apparatus consists of an ECG monitor for the heart, a telemetry transmitter, a bank of central monitors, and an Arrhythmia analysis/printer.
– Check the equipment’s functionality.
– Verify that the machinery is in proper operating order.
– Inform the supervisor of any equipment issues.
– Keep the workspace neat and tidy.
– Occasionally take on additional duties and tasks as directed.
Read also employees expected conduct for this job
Basic Qualifications:
• Previous monitor observer experience preferred.
• High School diploma or GED.
• Formal EKG or arrhythmia class with a minimum of 20 hours.
• Successful completion of arrhythmia updated within the last two years if basic arrhythmia class taken over two years ago.
• Successful completion of the Kaiser Permanente basic arrhythmia assessment test with a score of 80% or better.
• Current BCLS card.
• Adequate hearing either alone or with a hearing device.
• Ability to organize and ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Ability to work as a team member.
Notes:
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This is an on-call position, days and hours may vary
Primary Location: California,Los Angeles,West Los Angeles Medical Center
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 1
Shift: Day
Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Working Hours Start: 08:01 AM
Working Hours End: 05:01 PM
Job Schedule: Call-in/On-Call
Job Type: Standard
Employee Status: Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation: B01|SEIU|Local 399
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Department: West LA Medical Center – Mixed MedSurg/Tele Unit 2 – 0801
Pay Range: $23.72 – $26.15
