What are the responsibilities and job description for the Health Technician - Monitor Technician position at American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science?
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Posted: 04-Jun-26
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
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Allied Health
Internal Number: 871430400
Summary
The Health Technician (Monitor Technician) works as a member of the Critical Care Team of the Columbia Healthcare System. The incumbent provides cardiac monitoring under the supervision of the registered nurse. The incumbent exhibits skill and proficiency sufficient to effective EKG monitoring - documenting data in the electronic health record (EHR) and operating commonly used equipment.
Qualifications
To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 06/15/2026. Time-in-Grade Restriction - Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements. These applicants must have held the GS-5 grade or higher for a year in order to meet this requirement for the GS-6 level of this vacancy. The grade may have been in any occupation but must have been held in the Federal service. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-5 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include - but are not limited to: Health Technician - Monitor Tech. Specialized experience includes assisting with providing continuous monitoring of cardiac rate - rhythm and patterns of conduction at a monitoring station. Measures prints and interprets rhythmed at designated intervals and PRN. Recognizes and reports changes in a patients rhythm that are outside the established parameters. Monitors patients vital signs and response to treatment throughout a procedure. For more information on these qualification standards - please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
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Posted: 04-Jun-26
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Categories
Allied Health
Internal Number: 871430400
Summary
The Health Technician (Monitor Technician) works as a member of the Critical Care Team of the Columbia Healthcare System. The incumbent provides cardiac monitoring under the supervision of the registered nurse. The incumbent exhibits skill and proficiency sufficient to effective EKG monitoring - documenting data in the electronic health record (EHR) and operating commonly used equipment.
Qualifications
To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 06/15/2026. Time-in-Grade Restriction - Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements. These applicants must have held the GS-5 grade or higher for a year in order to meet this requirement for the GS-6 level of this vacancy. The grade may have been in any occupation but must have been held in the Federal service. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-5 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include - but are not limited to: Health Technician - Monitor Tech. Specialized experience includes assisting with providing continuous monitoring of cardiac rate - rhythm and patterns of conduction at a monitoring station. Measures prints and interprets rhythmed at designated intervals and PRN. Recognizes and reports changes in a patients rhythm that are outside the established parameters. Monitors patients vital signs and response to treatment throughout a procedure. For more information on these qualification standards - please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
Duties
- Duties include but not limited to: Obtains and analyzes rhythm strips every 4 hours 0800-1200-1600-2000-2400-0400 Contacts units at the beginning of each shift to identify and document primary nurse Verbalizes actions to take when monitoring system fails
- Call WHEN supervisor - primary nurse - ICU charge nurse Confirms MD orders - assign telemetry box and completes CPRS telemetry admit note Demonstrates how to perform a 12 lead EKG Obtains rhythm strip within the first 30 minutes of patient's arrival to the floor - labels and stores in monitoring system
- Verbalizes the need to repeat this procedure with any rhythm changes Demonstrates skill in the operation of and monitoring of EKG monitoring systems Demonstrates ability to use computerized software to enter data which can be properly analyzed and stored for subsequent retrieval Upon discontinuation of telemetry - discharges patient from monitoring system - cleans telebox per IFU Monitors patient rhythm and determines proper alarm settings after verifying with RN Demonstrates skill in operation of monitoring of various equipment which includes cardiac monitors 12 lead EKG machines - vital sign machine machines - pulse oximetry and various other clinical equipment found in the telemetry setting
- Promptly identifies critical or lethal rhythms and notifies primary nurse and ICU charge nurse Demonstrates how to perform a 12 lead EKGCOMPETENCY Work Schedule: 7pm to 7am - Facilities needs
- Virtual: This is not a virtual position
- Position Description/PD#: Health Technician - Monitor Technician/PD074320 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
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About Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest integrated health care system in the United States, providing care at 1,321 health care facilities, including 172 VA Medical Centers and 1,138 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics) to over 9 million Veterans enrolled in the VA health care program. VHA Medical Centers provide a wide range of services including traditional hospital-based services such as surgery, critical care, mental health, orthopedics, pharmacy, radiology and physical therapy. In addition, most of our medical centers offer additional medical and surgical specialty services including audiology & speech pathology, dermatology, dental, geriatrics, neurology, oncology, podiatry, prosthetics, urology, and vision care. Some medical centers also offer advanced services such as organ transplants and plastic surgery.
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