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UPMC is dedicated to providing each patient with the right care, in the right way, at the right time, every time. Our Monitor Technicians are essential partners in that mission, enhancing the patient experience at UPMC with positivity and integrity.
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ANCC Magnet designated UPMC Passavant is currently hiring a Part-Time Monitor Technician to support our Heart Room at the McCandless location.
The Monitor Technician is a valued step in the UPMC Inpatient Patient Care Support Career Ladder, with opportunities for continued growth and advancement.
Title and salary will be determined based upon education and patient care experience.
Our Part-Time Monitor Technicians typically work 24 hourseach week to cover daylight, evening, overnight, weekend, and holiday shifts.
Hours may vary by unit. Candidates with prior patient care experience are highly preferred and encouraged to apply.
Hired candidates will be required to attend orientation (classroom-based and unit-based) at Passavant for up to two weeks prior to beginning in this role.
Purpose :
Provide continuous visual surveillance of numerous patient cardiac rhythm monitors and notify appropriate nursing personnel immediately of changes and / or life-threatening dysrhythmias.
Performs quality EKGs. Place and scan Holter monitors. Transtelephonic Pacemaker Clinic (if cross trained). Work is performed in patient care areas throughout the hospital.
May be exposed to chemicals and infectious diseases.
Responsibilities :
Attends in-service education and skill development courses as offered.
Completes billing for technical component of ECGs and Holters.
Explains the nature and rationale of examinations to patients / hospital personnel in understandable terms. Completes a brief patient history prior to Holter monitor procedures.
Properly positions the patient to perform the exam and make any specific preparations required to assure thoroughness and accuracy of the study.
Maintains alarms per policy. Recognizes and immediately notifies appropriate hospital personnel of changes in a patient's rhythm or life threatening dysrhythmia and documents changes on patient record system.
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances :
CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire.
Cardiac Technician, Medical Assistant, Emergency Medical Technician or Paramedic background desired.
Last updated : 2024-05-22
Full Time
$36k-44k (estimate)
05/23/2024
05/23/2024
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