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UPMC Western Maryland is seeking observant Monitor Technicians to join their team of life-changers!

As a Monitor Technician, you’ll provide continuous visual surveillance of numerous patient cardiac rhythm monitors and notify appropriate nursing personnel immediately of changes and/or life-threatening dysrhythmias. Performs quality EKGs. Place and scan Holter monitors. Transtelephonic Pacemaker Clinic (if cross-trained).

Responsibilities:

+ Promotes and maintains desired public, interpersonal, and interdepartmental relationships and patient confidentiality.

+ Demonstrates a working knowledge of the physical and electronic character of the diagnostic instrumentation used and must demonstrate equipment troubleshooting skills.

+ If cross trained, conducts transtelephonic pacemaker function testing including scheduling and billing components.

+ Responsible for personal job skill development and maintaining clinical expertise.

+ Maintains certification in CPR once oriented.

+ Attends in-service education and skill development courses as offered.

+ Is available to cover subsequent shift if staffing is inadequate.

+ Accurately manages ECG tracing/order matching in computerized equipment for physician on line reading and upload to electronic medical record.

+ Completes billing for technical component of ECGs and Holters.

+ Explains the nature and rationale of examinations to patients/hospital personnel in understandable terms.

+ Completes a brief patient history prior to Holter monitor procedures.

+ Properly positions the patient to perform the exam and make any specific preparations required to assure thoroughness and accuracy of the study.

+ Supports peer personnel in daily work assignments maintaining a constant awareness of the nature and volume of work and takes necessary actions to expedite completion of procedures.

+ Cleans equipment on a daily basis.

+ Stocks supply areas and distributes inventory.

+ Notifies key personnel or manager of need for supplies and reports need for equipment service and repair to manager or bio-med medical department.

+ Responsible for receiving and accurately completing and processing requests for ECGs and Holter monitors.

+ Ability to push ECGs machines on carts with wheels in order to perform studies in various areas throughout the hospital.

+ Provides visual surveillance of numerous cardiac monitors simultaneously while maintaining 100% accuracy in terms of dysrhythmia recognition and classification (ventricular or atrial ectopic, normal or unknown).

+ Maintains alarms per policy.

+ Recognizes and immediately notifies appropriate hospital personnel of changes in a patient's rhythm or life threatening dysrhythmia and documents changes on patient record system.

+ If cross trained, scans Holter monitor tapes with 100% accuracy in terms of dysrhythmia recognition and classification (ventricular and atrial ectopic, pacemaker, normal and unknown).

+ High school or equivalent.

+ Experience in Cardiac Telemetry monitoring or EKG desired.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

+ CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire.

+ Cardiac Technician, Medical Assistant, Emergency Medical Technician or Paramedic background desired.

+ Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

+ **UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran**