Monitor Technician, Night Shift, Heart and Vascular Unit (HVU)
Core
Monitor cardiac rhythms and telemetry equipment for patients in the Heart and Vascular Unit, ensuring alarm safety and documenting rhythm strips.
Role type
Clinical Monitor Technician
Builds
Continuous cardiac monitoring services for inpatients
Domain
Healthcare / Cardiology
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
EKG rhythm documentation, dysrhythmia recognition, alarm limit verification, telemetry console operation, patient electrode management, shift handover reporting
Preferred skills
Advanced dysrhythmia interpretation
Technologies
Telemetry consoles, EKG flow sheets, monitoring systems
Responsibilities
Document rhythm on EKG flow sheets, obtain and interpret monitor strips, verify and adjust alarm limits, maintain safe operation of monitoring consoles, ensure paper loaders are full, provide verbal reports to relief personnel, participate in quality improvement teams