Monitor Technician
3 weeks ago
**UPMC Mercy is hiring a Full-Time Monitor Technician to support our hospital** Central Telemetry encounters many patients throughout the building and can see patients at different stages of their care. We are critical in identifying heart attacks and deadly heart rhythms. The Central Telemetry Unit is the heartbeat of the hospital **This position will work daylight/evenings** **.** Candidates with a cardiology and/or EMT background are encouraged to apply **Purpose:** Provide continuous visual surveillance of numerous patient cardiac rhythm monitors and notify appropriate nursing personnel immediately of changes and/or life-threatening dysrhythmias. Performs quality EKGs. Place and scan Holter monitors. Transtelephonic Pacemaker Clinic (if cross trained). Work is performed in patient care areas throughout the hospital. May be exposed to chemicals and infectious diseases. **Responsibilities:** + Promotes and maintains desired public, interpersonal, and interdepartmental relationships and patient confidentiality. + Demonstrates a working knowledge of the physical and electronic character of the diagnostic instrumentation used and must demonstrate equipment troubleshooting skills. + If cross trained, conducts transtelephonic pacemaker function testing including scheduling and billing components. + Responsible for personal job skill development and maintaining clinical expertise. Maintains certification in CPR once oriented. Attends in-service education and skill development courses as offered. + Is available to cover subsequent shift if staffing is inadequate. + Accurately manages ECG tracing/order matching in computerized equipment for physician on line reading and upload to electronic medical record. Completes billing for technical component of ECGs and Holters. + Explains the nature and rationale of examinations to patients/hospital personnel in understandable terms. Completes a brief patient history prior to Holter monitor procedures. Properly positions the patient to perform the exam and make any specific preparations required to assure thoroughness and accuracy of the study. + Supports peer personnel in daily work assignments maintaining a constant awareness of the nature and volume of work and takes necessary actions to expedite completion of procedures. + Cleans equipment on a daily basis. Stocks supply areas and distributes inventory. Notifies key personnel or manager of need for supplies and reports need for equipment service and repair to manager or bio-med medical department. + Responsible for receiving and accurately completing and processing requests for ECGs and Holter monitors. Ability to push ECGs machines on carts with wheels in order to perform studies in various areas throughout the hospital. + Provides visual surveillance of numerous cardiac monitors simultaneously while maintaining 100% accuracy in terms of dysrhythmia recognition and classification (ventricular or atrial ectopic, normal or unknown). Maintains alarms per policy. Recognizes and immediately notifies appropriate hospital personnel of changes in a patient's rhythm or life threatening dysrhythmia and documents changes on patient record system. + If cross trained, scans Holter monitor tapes with 100% accuracy in terms of dysrhythmia recognition and classification (ventricular and atrial ectopic, pacemaker, normal and unknown). + High school or equivalent. + Experience in Cardiac Telemetry monitoring or EKG desired. + Prior experience desired in a clinical or diagnostic cardiac health care setting, preferably hospital based. + Or an equivalent combination of education and experience. + Documented proficiency of cardiac dysrhythmias recognition required. + Ability to pass hospital provided dysrhythmia course with a score of 90% or better. + Performance of basic keyboarding skills required to operate equipment. **Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:** + CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire. + Cardiac Technician, Medical Assistant, Emergency Medical Technician or Paramedic background desired. + Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) + Act 34 **UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran**
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NOC Technician
4 weeks ago
Pittsburgh, United States US Main Full timeRole : NOC Technician Location : Pittsburgh , PA Network operations center (NOC) technicians have three primary responsibilities: Tier 1 support for all calls to call center and support requests placed online. Proactive network monitoring Manage trouble ticket queue. NOC technicians provide tier 1 technical support for calls to the call center and...
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EKG Technician
2 weeks ago
Pittsburgh, United States UPMC Full timeUPMC Presbyterian is hiring a full-time EKG Technician to join our growing department! The EKG Technician will perform electrocardiographic testing/signal averaging and Holter monitor/Event Monitor testing as a service to inpatients and outpatients of the UPMC Health System and perform necessary support functions to complete the testing and report...
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Anesthesia Technician
2 weeks ago
Pittsburgh, United States UPMC Full timeUPMC Mercy is hiring a full-time Anesthesia Technician to join our team! Schedule: M-F 12p-830p. _Applicants will be placed in the appropriate job title and salary from the career ladder based on their individual experience and education._ **Responsibilities:** + Maintains anesthesia supplies and drugs by establishing inventory levels; requisitioning...
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Research Technician
2 weeks ago
Pittsburgh, United States University of Pittsburgh Full timeThe Lee Oesterreich Lab is seeking a Research Technician to join their group at the Women's Cancer Research Center. The Research Technician will be expected to perform complex and specialized cellular and molecular biology experiments using cancer cell lines, patient specimens, and animal models in a laboratory setting. The candidate will also participate in...
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Cardiac Technician I
2 weeks ago
Pittsburgh, United States University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Full timeUPMC is hiring a Cardiac Technician to join our team on a full-time basis! The Cardiac Technician will implement and prepare for interpretation of cardiac testing that includes EKGs, Holter Monitoring Hook-ups and Stress Testing. Responsibilities: * Edit EKGs, after physician review, by deleting, inserting or making additions of established phrases in the...
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Cardiac Technician I
2 weeks ago
Pittsburgh, United States UPMC Full timeUPMC is hiring a Cardiac Technician to join our team on a full-time basis! The Cardiac Technician will implement and prepare for interpretation of cardiac testing that includes EKGs, Holter Monitoring Hook-ups and Stress Testing. Responsibilities: + Edit EKGs, after physician review, by deleting, inserting or making additions of established phrases in the...
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Research Technician
2 weeks ago
Pittsburgh, United States University of Pittsburgh Full timeThe Lee Oesterreich Lab is seeking a Research Technician to join their group at the Women's Cancer Research Center. The Research Technician will be expected to perform complex and specialized cellular and molecular biology experiments using cancer cell lines, patient specimens, and animal models in a laboratory setting. The candidate will also participate in...
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Research Technician
2 weeks ago
Pittsburgh, United States University of Pittsburgh Full timeSeeking a research technician to work in a dynamic and fast-paced Translational Oncology research laboratory at the Hillman Cancer Center of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. The candidate will work under the direction of a physician-scientist in the Department of Radiation Oncology and will help carry out experiments investigating pediatric brain...
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Research Technician
4 days ago
Pittsburgh, United States University of Pittsburgh Full timeSeeking a research technician to work in a dynamic and fast-paced Translational Oncology research laboratory at the Hillman Cancer Center of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. The candidate will work under the direction of a physician-scientist in the Department of Radiation Oncology and will help carry out experiments investigating pediatric brain...
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Patient Care Technician
2 weeks ago
Pittsburgh, United States UPMC Full time**UPMC Shadyside is hiring a full-time Patient Care Technician to join their Post Anesthesia Care Unit!** **Patient Care Technicians in the PACU work closely with RNs to provide excellent care to immediate postoperative patients from all surgical service lines. This position will also include cross-training to work as a Health Unit Coordinator to facilitate...
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Student Nurse Technician
3 weeks ago
Pittsburgh, United States Veterans Health Administration Full timeSummary The Pittsburgh VA Healthcare System has opportunities for Student Nurse Technicians (SNT). Positions are open in the following departments: Critical Care Med-surg/telemetry In-patient Behavioral Health Surgical clinic (M-F, day light) Long-term care- Aspinwall location A minimum of two (2) 8-hour shifts per pay period must be...
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Cardiology Technician, HVI
2 weeks ago
Pittsburgh, United States UPMC Full time**Purpose:** Perform specialized clinical functions related to Electrocardiogram, Holter and Event monitoring, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, cardiac device remote monitoring, rooming for hospital based and outpatient clinics. **Responsibilities:** + Obtain patient medical records as well as correctly scan documents and enter data into the patient...
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Cardiology Technician, HVI
2 weeks ago
Pittsburgh, United States University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Full timePurpose: Perform specialized clinical functions related to Electrocardiogram, Holter and Event monitoring, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, cardiac device remote monitoring, rooming for hospital based and outpatient clinics. Responsibilities: * Obtain patient medical records as well as correctly scan documents and enter data into the patient...
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Anesthesia Technician Student
1 week ago
Pittsburgh, United States UPMC Full timeUPMC Mercy is hiring a casual Anesthesia Technician Student to join our team while they are in school! Responsibilities: Ensure contaminated equipment is cleaned, disinfected per policy, and returned to service quickly. Ensure there is adequate equipment available. Terminal cleaning of anesthesia equipment and stocking of carts at the end of each...
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Anesthesia Technician Student
2 weeks ago
Pittsburgh, United States University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Full timeUPMC Mercy is hiring a casual Anesthesia Technician Student to join our team while they are in school! Responsibilities: * Ensure contaminated equipment is cleaned, disinfected per policy, and returned to service quickly. * Ensure there is adequate equipment available. * Terminal cleaning of anesthesia equipment and stocking of carts at the end of each...
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Anesthesia Technician Student
2 weeks ago
Pittsburgh, United States UPMC Full time**UPMC Mercy is hiring a casual Anesthesia Technician Student to join our team while they are in school!** **Responsibilities:** + Ensure contaminated equipment is cleaned, disinfected per policy, and returned to service quickly. + Ensure there is adequate equipment available. + Terminal cleaning of anesthesia equipment and stocking of carts at the end...
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Anesthesia Technician Student
2 days ago
Pittsburgh, United States UPMC Full timeUPMC Mercy is hiring a casual Anesthesia Technician Student to join our team while they are in school! Responsibilities: Ensure contaminated equipment is cleaned, disinfected per policy, and returned to service quickly. Ensure there is adequate equipment available. Terminal cleaning of anesthesia equipment and stocking of carts at the end of each...
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Research Technician
2 weeks ago
Pittsburgh, United States University of Pittsburgh Full timeThe Mendoza-Halliday Lab is currently seeking candidates for a Research Technician position (2 years or more) in the field of Cognitive Neurophysiology. We use high-count multi-area neuronal recordings & optogenetics to investigate how neurons generate, monitor, and transform mental representations in working memory. The Lab is affiliated with the Department...
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NOC Technician
3 weeks ago
Pittsburgh, PA, United States US Main Full timeRole : NOC Technician Location : Pittsburgh , PA Network operations center (NOC) technicians have three primary responsibilities: Tier 1 support for all calls to call center and support requests placed online. Proactive network monitoring Manage trouble ticket queue. NOC technicians provide tier 1 technical support for calls to the call center and...
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Patient Care Technician
1 week ago
Pittsburgh, United States UPMC Full timeThe 6A Surgical Unit at UPMC St. Margaret is currently looking to hire a Patient Care Technician! Patient Care Technicians (PCTs) are vital partners in the patient care provided at UPMC. They work on patient care units and perform a variety of important basic and advanced skills. They work closely and continuously with patients, partnering with nurses and...
