Monitor Technician

ScionHealth - Kindred Cornerstone & Solara Hospitals is seeking a Monitor Technician for a job in Avenel, New Jersey.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Monitor Technician
• Discipline: Allied Health Professional
• Duration: Ongoing
• 40 hours per week
• Employment Type: Staff

Description

IT'S SIMPLE. You want to work in a hospital setting where you are valued and appreciated - where you receive respect from your superiors and co-workers as well as the patients you treat.   You want to be challenged by your job without being overwhelmed by it.  You want to play an instrumental role in helping a patient recover, sometimes against strong odds, and go home. What you want is Kindred Healthcare.   Our mission is to promote healing, provide hope, preserve dignity and produce value for each patient, resident, family member, customer, employee and shareholder we serve.  Join us   Kindred Hospital offers significant opportunities for growth and career advancement. This is an amazing opportunity to join Kindred Hospital and gain experience as a Monitor Technician.

You will continuously monitor the cardiac function of patients on telemetry, providing an accurate interpretation of the rhythm and promptly notifying the nursing staff of any significant findings or changes. Perform clerical and receptionist duties.

Responsibilities:

• Print and interpret rhythm strips every eight hours and place in patient's chart each shift; alert nursing personnel of rhythm changes or new occurrences and obtain a graphic tracing for each
• Accountable for alarm limit settings on the monitors
• Follow policies for placing telemetry leads on patients; troubleshoot any telemetry problems
• Compile new and current charts; enter patient information on chart and Kardex
• Perform clerical duties related to admission and discharge of patients
• Answer telephone and intercom, take messages and communicate information to appropriate person; call and follow-up with consultants
• Assist visitors on the nursing units

  Monitor Technician Technician Monitor Tech Monitor

Qualifications

Qualifications:

Education:

High School diploma or General Equivalency Diploma.

Licenses/Certification:

Current CPR certification.

Completion of Telemetry Training

Experience:

None

If you are a current Kindred/RehabCare employee Click Here.

ScionHealth - Kindred Cornerstone & Solara Hospitals Job ID #511665. Posted job title: Cardiac Monitor Technician full time Nights

About ScionHealth - Kindred Cornerstone & Solara HospitalsDefined by its team of approximately 22,000 talented, heroic caregivers, ScionHealth strives to provide quality-driven, patient-centered acute and post-acute hospital solutions in communities across the country.The health system is focused on driving innovation and investing in people and technology to deliver compassionate patient care and excellent health outcomes in ways that lift a community and improve health equity. Based in Louisville, Kentucky, ScionHealth operates 79 hospital campuses in 25 states - 61 long-term acute care hospitals, and 18 community hospital campuses and associated health systems.ScionHealth launched in December 2021 following a transaction between leading healthcare companies LifePoint Health and Kindred Healthcare, with talent and resources from both companies combining to form an organization devoted to providing great care to tens of thousands of patients annually.For years, the hospitals now operated by ScionHealth have been vital to the communities they serve – as medical providers, as supportive employers, and as inclusive partners in giving back. ScionHealth is proud to inherit this role and find innovative ways to grow and evolve for years to come.

---