Job Description
Role Description
- As a National Internal Traveler Virtual Cardiopulmonary Technician, you will employ sophisticated IT for remote surveillance of high-acuity cardio-pulmonary rhythms system-wide, directly enhancing patient safety and outcomes.
- Accurate rhythm recognition and ensuring baseline ECGs.
- Immediate notification of critical arrhythmias to bedside RNs.
- Maintain the central monitoring station's technical integrity and troubleshoot issues.
- Communication management and precise shift reporting.
- Workplace safety, supply management, and quality improvement participation.
- Monitors patient’s cardiac rhythms and/or oxygen saturation using appropriate cardiac monitoring equipment.
- Obtains a baseline ECG strip on all monitored patients according to department guidelines.
- Records and posts cardiac strips in accordance with established procedures.
- Updates and verifies patient data in the information system.
- Maintains unit/department specific records as assigned.
- Ability to perform at a fast pace where each Technician can potentially watch up to 64 patients using advanced telemetry and communication technologies.
- Recognizes rhythms with the potential to alter the patient’s physiology and obtains a documentary ECG strip.
- Immediately reports all arrhythmias to the RN responsible for the patient in accordance with established protocols.
- Maintains current knowledge of the technical operation and capabilities of the central monitoring station.
- Maintains alarm systems according to established protocols and responds appropriately to monitor alarms.
- Identifies/troubleshoots routine technical problems with the monitors and sends work orders for maintenance/clinical engineering repairs as necessary.
- Handles incoming and outgoing communications, answers questions, and assists staff in accordance with established procedures.
- Provides accurate shift reports to other monitor technicians, relating to patient’s condition and rhythm status consistently at every change of shift.
- Qualifications
- 2 years of recent electrocardiogram technician experience that would demonstrate attainment of the requisite job knowledge/abilities.
- Certified EKG Tech, upon hire.
- Certified Cardiographic Technician, upon hire.
- Requirements
- Graduation from one of the following accredited programs:
- EKG Interpretation
- Monitor Technician
- Health Unit Coordinator
- EKG Technology
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