Job Overview
The University of Minnesota Medical Center - East Bank Campus is looking for a passionate and hardworking Nursing Monitor Technician to join our Cardiology unit!
Our 38-bed unit cares for patients with heart conditions, heart and lung transplants, surgeries, chest pains, heart failures and rhythm issues.
This position works a .7FTE (56 hours per 2 week pay period). These are are 8 hour shifts, rotating evening and overnight shifts (evening-3pm-11:30pm and overnight 11pm-7:30am) with every other weekend rotation.
This position is responsible for:
- Observing central cardiac monitor and interpreting EKG rhythm strips
- Reporting changes in rhythm, rate and regularity of configuration to facilitate prompt nursing assessment
- Accurately measuring PR, QRS, QT intervals on each rhythm Q 8 hours and PRN
- Accurately interpreting arrhythmia's (Heart Block, Sinus Bradycardia, Junctional rhythms, SVT, A-fib, A-flutter)
- Accurately recognizing and immediately reporting life threatening arrhythmia's (VT, VF, asystole) to the nurse
- Initiating appropriate action in crisis or emergency situations
- Escalating all concerns promptly and according to the escalation pathway
- Demonstrating proper use and maintenance of monitoring equipment to facilitate optimum working conditions
- Setting and maintaining alarms of monitor
- Anticipating the need to place alarms in and out of suspension
- Stating the need for alarms when patient is attached to the cardiac monitor
- Identifying and reporting defective equipment immediately to appropriate repair services ( Bio-med)
- Follow through on defective equipment
- Notifiying management of ongoing problems
- Anticipating and ordering supplies as needed
- Independently seeking to identify and correct reasons for poor quality EKG tracings
Required Qualifications:
- Basic Life Support
- Basic ECG training, reading and interpretation at time of hire or within 30 days -OR-
- NST for minimum of one year on Cardiac Telemetry PCU - OR -
- Nursing Student with successful completion of one year
Preferred Qualifications:
- Completion of formal Medical Assistant, EMT, Nursing Assistant or other formal health science education program
- 1+ years related health care experience
- Formal ECG training
- ECG Certification
Additional Requirements (must be obtained or completed within a period of time):
- Successful completion of Basic ECG interpretation class within 30 days of hire and annual ECG tes
Benefit Overview
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EEO Statement
EEO/Vet/Disabled: All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any lawfully protected status