As a Monitor Technician, you will:
• Document rhythm on EKG flow sheet. Immediately reports any change in cardiac rhythm to the nurse.
• Obtains strips on irregularities.
• Maintain charge requisitions on monitored patients
• Make nursing personnel aware of need for replacement of patient electrodes and/or newly monitored patients to be connected.
• Maintain safe and effective operation of the Monitoring Console at all times.
• Ensures that paper loaders are full.
• Monitor assigned telemetry console.
• Obtains monitor strips at the start of each shift, interprets strip, puts date and time on each strip, and places it on flow sheet.
• Participate in multidisciplinary quality and service improvement teams.
• Provides a verbal report to relief persons and gives a patient report to oncoming technicians.
• Verify and adjusts alarm limits as established for the levels appropriate to the individual patient.
• Verify alarms are on at all times.
• Perform other duties as assigned