Full-Time
Cardiac Monitor Tech
Deadline 5/1/27
Cooper University Health Care
Compensation Overview
$17.50 - $27/hr
Philadelphia, PA, USA
In Person
On-site in Camden, NJ; 7PM–7AM shifts; 3 shifts/week; every 3rd weekend; alternating holidays.
Category
 Medical, Clinical & Veterinary (1) |
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Requirements
- High School Diploma or Equivalent required.
- AHA Basic Life Support Certification required.
- Successfully pass the CUH Dysrhythmia Telemetry Exam with a minimum score of 80%, including 100% accuracy on all Leathal Arrhythmia identification questions.
- Shift Requirements: 7PM-7AM; 3 shifts every week; Every 3rd weekend preassigned; Every other holiday and 1 hallmark holiday.
- Special Requirements: Communication – Ability to communicate with patients, visitors and coworkers.
Responsibilities
- Assists in providing direct, indirect, and non-patient care responsibilities.
- Assumes responsibility for record keeping, intra-departmental and interdepartmental communications, written and electronic medical record keeping.
- Follow policies and procedures to ensure patient safety.
- Record keeping responsibilities include documenting Snippets in GE Airstrip every four hours.
- Document patient’s rhythm interpretation and measure HR, PR, QRS and QT intervals when applicable for each patient monitored on telemetry.
- Use Telemetry Report Sheet to Document patient’s rhythm including ectopic events, rhythm changes.
- Document each patient’s hourly rhythm and heart rate on the Telemetry Report Sheet.
- Notify nursing staff for loss of telemetry signal, weak batteries and changes in patient’s condition including rhythm changes, ectopic events and significant changes in patient’s heart rate.
- Utilize Event Report Sheet to document notification of patient’s rhythms and ectopic changes to nursing staff.
- Document escalation calls utilizing chain of command for any delay in response from nursing staff.
- Utilize Emergency Intercom to communicate life threatening rhythms and ectopic events to the nursing unit.
Desired Qualifications
- 0-2 years experience preferred.
- Previous telemetry experience preferred.
- Dysrhythmia course completion preferred.
- CRAT – Certified Rhythm Analysis Technician preferred.
- CCT – Certified Cardiographic Technician preferred.