Summary
Job Description:
Monitor Technician
Part-Time I Third Shift (12hrs)
Emergency Department I Hamburg
The Emergency Department at Baptist Health Hamburg is a part of a 344,000-square-foot medical center offering 24/7 emergency care for patients of all ages. The ED includes specialty treatment rooms, an Extended Care Unit for short-stay observation, and access to 24-hour EMS transport, including ALS ambulance support. Our team delivers high-quality, patient-focused care in a modern, collaborative environment.
Description:
- Observes cardiac monitor, oxygen saturation and Blood pressure. Maintains equipment and supplies.
- Documents and communicates information regarding patient rhythms and Oxygen saturations, and blood pressure.
- Responsible for identification of patient arrhythmias, abnormalities, or significant changes from baseline and reporting on the condition of patient/client to the appropriate supervisor or other health care team members.
- Responsible for assisting providers with cardiac monitoring, therapeutic measures, and procedures related to cardiac monitoring.
Requirements:
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Less than one year's experience.
- RN License, LPN, prior monitor tech experience (substitute for degree)
- Dysrhythmia courses are completed during orientation and recertified annually.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is required. If not already certified, applicants must obtain BLS within 30 days of their hire date.
Benefits:
- Preventive Plan
- Life Insurance
- Retirement Plans
- Flimp Decisions - Flimp Decisions will help you pick the best value plan option given your expected medical needs. The proprietary algorithm provides a personalized financial analysis and recommendation, considering both premium and expected out-of-pocket cost (copays, etc.), as well as other important plan features.
Skills Required
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Less than one year of experience
- RN license, LPN license, or prior monitor technician experience may substitute for the degree
- Basic Life Support certification, or obtain it within 30 days of hire
- Complete dysrhythmia courses during orientation and recertify annually
What We Do
Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 400 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. Learn more at BaptistHealth.com.
