Monitor Tech FT Days
Wellstar Health Systems

Facility: Kennestone Hospital

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Excellence in Customer Service by partnering with health care team, patient and family
• Protects rights and dignity of patient at all times
• Maintains confidentiality
• Answers telephone and call lights promptly and notifies appropriate individual of need for follow-up
• Resolves unit monitoring concerns
• Present self in positive and professional manner and show sensitivity to concerns and needs of others

Observes Telemetry Monitors
• Recognizes cardiac arrhythmias and reports promptly
• Records telemetry strips each shift and as changes or events are noted. Ensures 12 hour strips are printed and distributed to the units per policy
• Accurately interprets rhythms and measures intervals, able to identify age appropriatedifferences

Performs telemetry functions
• Accurately maintains required units dispensation records and monitor logs
• Ensures appropriate assignment of patient to telemetry unit and documentation of allequipment
• Prepares each telemetry unit for patient use; cleans each unit upon return

• Keeps necessary telemetry supplies available and organized
• Reports broken or defective equipment to immediately to Manager and Biomed

Team Work & Communication
• Supports initiatives of the health care team
• Participates in unit performance improvement initiatives
• Supports professional nursing practice through evidenced-based practice and ethical
• Provides unit supplies, patient care supplies, and equipment as assigned
• Uses effective written and oral communication skills with physicians and healthcare team
• Uses safety communication techniques
• Communicates completion of assignment/duties
• Gives concise report of all patients monitored and status of equipment to oncoming shift
• Communicates patient safety concerns/problems/ emergencies to the RN
• Notifies the appropriate nursing unit promptly of rhythm changes. Communicates need for immediate response, if indicated
• Uses positive and respectful communication with all members of healthcare team, patients and families.

Safety and Infection Control
• Provides safe patient monitoring
• Follows all policies and procedures with regard to safety and emergency preparedness
• Cleans all equipment properly utilizing appropriate cleaning process per isolation guidelines
• Practice 200% accountability

QUALIFICATIONS

Required Minimum Education:

• High School Graduate or equivalent

• Previous experience as monitor technician in an acute care setting
• Staff members with monitor tech experience are required to provide proof of participation in a EKG monitoring course such as Learn Rhythm of a comparable course
• EMT, Paramedic, CNA, or Monitor tech Certification

• Basic Life Support