Acadiana Management Group · 17 hours ago
Unit Secretary/Telemetry Monitor Technician
Acadiana Management Group is a healthcare organization that offers unique career opportunities for individuals passionate about making a difference in patients' lives. The Unit Secretary/Telemetry Monitor Technician will be responsible for monitoring cardiac rhythms, reporting changes, and providing indirect patient care in a medical surgical setting.
Health CareHospitalMedicalNursing and Residential CareRehabilitation
Responsibilities
Accurately interpret cardiac rhythm strips every 4 hours including rate, rhythm, PR interval, QRS, QT, signature and title
Immediately reports changes in patient’s rhythm to Primary Care Nurse
Posts copy of rhythm change in patients record
Documents arrhythmias and/or change in cardiac rhythm on report sheet and gives complete/accurate report to oncoming technician
Properly operates monitor system
Properly operates speaker system and phone system
Continuously runs a strip during a code blue
Properly completes emergency calls for staff
Tracks monitored patients at all times
Keeps charts prepped with labeled rhythm strips
Maintains nutritional supplies
Counts prior to ordering and maintains pre-set par limits
Keep patient label book up to date
Places completed rhythm sheets in patient charts
Provides indirect patient care in the medical surgical setting
Meets the communication needs of the patient/family, departmental staff and medical staff
Prepares and compiles records in the Medical Surgical Unit
Initiates directions from physician and nursing staff
Participates in performance improvement activities
Maintains regulatory agency requirements, nursing and hospital policies and procedures and standards
Performs other duties as needed or directed by supervisor
Qualification
Required
High school graduate or equivalent (GED)
Current BLS certification
Successful completion of Basic EKG Monitoring Course
Previous experience in rhythm interpretation
Knowledge of monitoring equipment
Preferred
Previous experience as a Telemetry Technician
Benefits
Market competitive pay rates and benefits