Overview:
Location: UF Health North
15255 Max Leggett Pkwy, Jacksonville, FL 32218
Schedule: Varies | 7:00pm - 7:00am (24hrs. per week)
Employment Type: Part-Time
An Excellent Opportunity to Join a World Class System!
- As part of the University of Florida, it is a hub for research and advanced medical training
- It provides extensive specialized services, including cardiovascular services, and emergency care
- Excellent opportunity for growth
Responsibilities:
In this role the Monitor Technician/Epilepsy Monitoring (EMU) will perform the following job duties:
- Continuously monitor cardiac telemetry and EKG rhythms for assigned patients.
- Recognize and identifies cardiac dysrhythmias and other significant rhythm changes.
- Immediately notifies the registered nurse (RN) of pertinent changes in a patient's heart rate or cardiac rhythm.
- Produce and maintain accurate telemetry rhythm strips for patient documentation.
- Inventory, troubleshoot, and maintain telemetry monitoring equipment, including the central monitor bank and bedside patient units.
- Continuously observe patients undergoing Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) testing for seizure activity.
- Recognize and differentiates various types of seizure activity and documents findings accurately.
- Promptly notifies the RN of observed seizure activity or other significant patient events.
- Ensures EMU monitoring equipment is maintained, functional, and properly stocked within patient rooms.
- Supports continuous patient monitoring by maintaining accurate documentation and ensuring monitoring systems operate effectively.
Qualifications:
Education
Required: GED or High School Diploma
Preferred: PCA, Medic Corpsman, or a nursing student having completed the first clinical rotation successfully
Licensure/Certifications/Training
Required: Must successfully complete an EKG/Dysrhythmia course within 90 days of hire and within 6 months of hire, must attend unit-based courses relative to specialized area.
Experience
Required: Less than one year of related experience
Preferred: One year or more working in a healthcare environment as a monitor technician
Necessary Skills
- Basic medical terminology
- Knowledge of standard precautions, recognizing obvious job related emergencies
- An awareness of ethical and legal responsibilities as they relate to the job
- Ability to read EKG arrhythmias
- Demonstrates the essential knowledge necessary to effectively monitor patients for seizure activity connected to an Epilepsy Monitor (EMU)