Description

American Traveler is hiring an EKG Technologist / Monitor Tech to support a new acute care remote patient monitoring department, requiring 2+ years of specialty experience and Epic proficiency.

Details

• Monitor Tech position supporting a new acute care remote patient monitoring department
• Reviews AI-enabled biometric alerts and escalates signs of patient deterioration to bedside teams
• Day shift, 3x12 hours from 6:00 AM to 6:30 PM
• Every third weekend required
• Will accept 36 or 48 hour schedules
• Centralized telemetry monitoring and on-unit telemetry monitoring settings
• Uses GE monitoring systems
• May be required to float among five designated hospital locations based on staffing needs

Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years of specialty experience, with recent experience within the last 12 months
• BLS certification required
• Epic charting system experience required
• Telemetry certification preferred
• License required if applicable
• Proficient in rhythm interpretation including heart blocks, atrial fibrillation, asystole, ventricular arrhythmias, pacemaker rhythms, and PVCs
• Skilled in measuring cardiac intervals and rate
• Experience communicating rhythm variances to nursing and physician staff
• Experience maintaining rhythm strips and documentation in patient charts
• Experience troubleshooting alarms and placing/transferring patients in cardiac monitoring systems
• Cardiac arrest/CPR skills preferred

Additional Information

• Must pass a dysrhythmia exam during orientation for specialties including MS/Tele, ER, PCU, ICU, PCU/ICU, CathLab, PACU ENDO, IR, and L&D (only two attempts allowed)
• L&D candidates must be willing to float to the High-Risk Obstetric Unit
• COVID-19 and Flu vaccines required with no exemptions
• Must be clean shaven for fit testing prior to working on the unit
• Pre-employment labs must be completed within 48 hours of signing
• RTO must be submitted at time of consideration; requests made afterward will not be accepted
• No RTO permitted during the first week of the assignment
• Block scheduling is not permitted
• Candidates living within 50 miles of their primary facility are subject to the local rate