About this role
White Oak Medical Center seeks to hire an experienced Monitor Technician for our Central Telemetry Unit who will embrace our mission to extend God’s care through the ministry of physical, mental and spiritual healing.
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
Qualifications include:
- High School Diploma or GED required
- 1-year experience with emergency situations and maintaining continuous strips of cardiac rhythms and or at least one (1) year of acute clinical experience required.
- Completion of the Monitor Technician Program within 6 months of hire
- Active American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required
- Proficiency in dysrhythmia recognition and interpretation - strongly preferred
Work Schedule:
- Employment Type: Full-time
- Hours per Week: 36 hours per week (three 12 hour shifts)
- Typical Daily Schedule: 6:45 PM–7:15 AM
- Shift Type: Night
- Weekend
Requirements
- Required, every other weekend rotation
- Holiday
Requirements
- Required to follow unit holiday calendar
- Shift Differential Eligible: Yes
Pay Range:
- 19.64 - 25.84
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), this position is classified as:
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United States of America (Non-Exempt)
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As a faith-based organization, with over a century of caring for the communities in the Maryland area, Adventist HealthCare has earned a reputation for high-quality, compassionate care.
We do this by offering:
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Work life balance through nonrotating shifts
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Recognition and rewards for professional expertise
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Free Employee parking
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Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision coverage for employees and their eligible dependents effective on your date of hire
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Employer-paid Short & Long-Term Disability, Basic Life Insurance and AD&D, (short-term disability buy-up available)
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Paid Time Off
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Employer retirement contribution and match after 1-year of eligible employment with a 3-year vesting period
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Voluntary benefits include flexible spending accounts, legal plans, and life, pet, auto, home, long term care, and critical illness & accident insurance
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Subsidized childcare at participating childcare centers
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Tuition Reimbursement
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Employee Assistance Program (EAP) support
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Adventist HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to attracting, engaging, and developing the best people to cultivate our mission-centric culture. Our goal is to have a welcoming, equitable, and safe place to work and grow for all employees, no matter their background. AHC does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy and related medical conditions, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Adventist HealthCare will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities, in accordance with applicable law. Adventist HealthCare is a religious organization as defined under applicable law; however, it will endeavor to provide reasonable accommodations for applicants’ religious beliefs.