What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cardiac Monitor Tech - Admission Holding Unit - Days (Flexible) position at jpshealthnet?
Job Summary: The Cardiac Monitor Technician I-IV performs monitoring of heart rhythm patterns to detect, record and report normal and abnormal heart rhythm patterns.
Essential Job Functions & Accountabilities:
- Interprets and documents appropriate rhythms, interval measurements and rates, and maintains an accurate logbook of ECG rhythm strips.
- Maintains equipment and performs environmental maintenance, reports equipment needing repair and maintenance to appropriate department.
- Maintains stock and inventory of remote cardiac monitoring supplies at the central monitoring station.
- Participates in the performance improvement process.
- Recognizes, records, and promptly reports any ECG artifact, poor ECG signal quality, leads off, and etc. to appropriate nursing staff.
- Runs legible ECG rhythm strips routinely and with any change in patient’s rhythm.
- Updates all necessary information with changes in patient room assignment.
- Verifies all alarm limits are set and in audible mode.
- Monitors the cardiac rhythm of patients and notifies appropriate nursing staff when a patient has an ECG rhythm change.
- Job description is not an all-inclusive list of duties and may be subject to change with or without notice. Staff are expected to perform other duties as assigned.