Monitor Tech

Where Youll Work

About CHI Health St. Elizabeth : Founded by the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration in 1889 CHI Health St. Elizabeth is a vibrant full-service 260-bed nonprofit regional medical center in Lincoln Nebraska. We are dedicated to providing compassionate high-quality care across a wide range of specialties including newborn and pediatric care womens health burn and wound cardiology oncology emergency medicine orthopedics and neuroscience. Join a team committed to excellence and community service.

Job Summary and Responsibilities

The Monitor Technician at CHI Health St. Elizabeth is a critical member of our patient care team responsible for continuous centralized surveillance of patients cardiac rhythms and vital signs. This role demands exceptional vigilance analytical acuity and the ability to quickly and accurately interpret complex data to identify significant changes. Beyond direct monitoring the Monitor Technician provides essential clerical and administrative support ensuring smooth unit operations and efficient communication within a fast-paced healthcare environment. This position requires a keen eye for detail strong communication skills and the ability to act promptly under the direction of nursing staff.

Key Responsibilities :

1. Central Monitoring and Cardiac Surveillance :

• Continuous Cardiac Monitoring : Vigilantly observes and interprets cardiac rhythms on the central monitoring station for assigned patients identifying and reporting significant changes to the nursing staff immediately.
• Patient Management : Accurately admits and discharges patients from the central monitor system ensuring correct patient identification and assigning arrhythmia monitoring protocols as directed.
• Alarm Management : Adjusts alarm limits precisely at the direction of the Registered Nurse (RN) validates critical alarms accurately changes paced status and manages alarm activation / deactivation as per policy.
• Documentation & Reporting : Prints high-quality rhythm strip recordings at prescribed intervals and upon alarm events. Ensures that any changes in conduction rhythm or rate requiring immediate attention are promptly reviewed and acknowledged by an RN.
• Chart Maintenance : Posts reviewed strip sheets to the appropriate patient chart (ICU) or unit (PCU or Telemetry) daily maintaining meticulous records.
• Troubleshooting : Identifies and troubleshoots basic monitor malfunctions signal loss and equipment issues contacting Bio-Med for advanced repairs as appropriate to minimize downtime.
• Communication : Proactively notifies the appropriate nursing unit and nursing staff of critical patient events such as significant arrhythmias no signal events low battery alerts or other urgent monitoring concerns requiring immediate patient assessment.

2. Clerical and Administrative Support :

3. Equipment Maintenance and Readiness :

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Employment Type : Unclear

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1