Er Tech I

**Overview**

Mercy Medical Center a Dignity Health member has been building a rich history of care in our community for more than 100 years. We have grown from a small one-story wooden structure into a major healthcare provider with a new 186-bed main campus offering the latest in facility design and technology. Mercy also operates Outpatient Centers a Cancer Center and several rural clinics.Wherever you work throughout our system you will find faces of experience with dedication to high quality personalized care. Joining our 1300 employees 230 physicians and many volunteers you can help carry out our commitment to providing our community with the excellence they have come to associate with Mercy Medical Center.

**Responsibilities**
**Position Summary**:
Under the direction of the Department Director and/or Registered Nurse assists nursing personnel in maintaining required medical record documentation as well as administrative/clerical processes surrounding the daily operations of the Nursing Unit. Monitors the central cardiac monitoring station and alerts appropriate members of the healthcare team to the presence of problematic and/or potentially lethal arrhythmias.

**Qualifications**
**Minimum Qualifications**:

- Must possess and maintain a current Basic Life Support (BLS) certificate.
- Must possess or complete a Basic EKG course within 6 months of hire
- Experience as a MA EMT CNA or equivalence
- Familiarity with computer operations

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Prior experience as a ER Tech Unit Clerk and/or Monitor Technician Previous experience with EKG equipment able to perform EKGs Prior acute care or emergency experience a plus Medical terminology

Please be advised that this location requires quarterly American Heart Association (AHA) Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) competency certification post-hire. This ongoing competency is required through resources internal to the facility; outside RQI competency resources are not acceptable for CommonSpirit Health compliance requirements.

**Pay Range**
$21.96 - $29.56 /hour