What are the responsibilities and job description for the Central Monitor Tech position at Lake Regional Health System?
LRHS is looking for incoming Central Monitor Tech who is a strong team member with great communication skills; caring, energetic and dependable.
Responsibility Overview:
- Observe and Interpret Heart Monitors
The monitor tech’s work day is observing and interpreting the heart monitors of patients in the ICU, PCU, and Medical-Surgical Unit. They also interpret heart readings from the monitors and look for any significant changes.
- Observe and Interpret Patient Vital Signs
The monitor tech will be responsible for evaluating the vital signs of patients from the ICU, PCU, and Medical-Surgical unit. They will also interpret continuous changes from the monitors and look for any significant changes for these patient’s
- Report Changes
If a monitor tech notices any changes in the patient’s heart readings or EKGs, they report them immediately to a nurse, ICU Charge Nurse, or doctor assigned to that patient.
- Update Patient Records
After taking new readings from the patient’s heart monitors, the monitor tech is responsible for updating that patient’s records. This may take place either on paper records or in the medical software that the hospital uses.
- Maintain Equipment
- Monitor techs are responsible for cleaning their equipment. They are also responsible for recognizing when their equipment needs professional maintenance.
- Maintains education including BLS, Cardiac Rhythm Training and continues to expand education and skills level. Provides quality care through the use and participation in CQI activities.
- Maintains competency by maintaining a basic knowledge of electro cardiology and cardiac arrhythmia’s. Responds appropriately to ECG instability and hemodynamic instability. Maintains current course competency in BCLS, and ICU Competency Skill Lab. Maintains education in accordance with competency forms. Participates at least 75% of the time in the unit staff meetings, educational offerings and identifies areas for self-improvement. Perform tasks to ensure maintenance of patient rooms and support systems for patients care.
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Must have high school diploma or equivalent
- 1 year of acute care preferred
- Annual influenza vaccine required.
Opportunity Features: We offer a competitive compensation package including excellent benefits such as:
- Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
- Supplemental plans to fit your lifestyle
- Employer-sponsored Life and AD&D insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- 401K with a company match
- PTO
- Tuition assistance
- Meal discounts
- And so much more!
If you’d like to be a part of a team setting that fosters excellence, apply now!
