Hiring Monitor Technician - Holy Name Medical Center
Location: Teaneck, NJ, United States
Date Posted: Jun 14, 2024
Description
Holy Name is New Jersey's last remaining independent, Catholic health system, comprising a comprehensive 361-bed acute care medical center, a cancer center, medical fitness center, residential hospice, nursing school, and physician network. The system has a national reputation for providing culturally sensitive care to a diverse population, drawing patients from across the New York City region to its specialty centers and renowned doctors. Holy Name's mission to provide technologically advanced, compassionate and personalized care extends across a continuum that encompasses education, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and wellness maintenance. The system is known as a high-quality, low-cost provider of extraordinary clinical care given by compassionate, highly trained physicians and staff.
A Brief Overview
Monitors the patient's cardiac rhythms on the Telemetry Unit.
What you will do
Records and performs monitoring procedures as assigned
Reports observations and any rhythm changes immediately to the responsible RN or Charge Nurse
Recognizes and verifies all alarms promptly counts rhythm stripping as assigned and whenever a change in rhythm occurs
Applies monitor leads to patient to obtain the best ECG signal
Performs 12 lead EKG as requested
Completes all monitor recording
Enters patient data into the monitoring system correctly with patient medical record number included. Keeps an accurate written record of monitor rhythms on the shift
Recognizes equipment inadequacies and promptly reports to the Charge Nurse and Biomedical for an equipment check
Maintains proper par levels of the necessary batteries, electrodes, papers needed for around the clock monitoring
Reports off duty to the Charge Nurse before leaving the nursing unit or to incoming monitor technician
Establishes a good rapport and professional working relationship with all departmental personnel; maintains appropriate inter departmental communications
Assumes responsibility for reading all posted minutes and memos
Attends mandatory education classes as assigned
Education Qualifications
High School or equivalent Required
Experience Qualifications
Acute care hospital experience. Previous experience as Monitor Technician preferred Preferred
Apply Here! https://careers.holyname.org/jobs/14173270-monitor-technician
Company Website: https://careers.holyname.org/
Holy Name is a mission-driven facility whose quality standards and philosophy are rooted in the principles of its founders, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace. Those principles are exercised daily by the Medical Center's dedicated and talented team of physicians, nurses, allied health employees, and a wide variety of non-clinical administrative and operational staff members. Holy Name is an Equal Opportunity Employer.