About this role
Join our team as a day shift, full-time, Central Telemetry Monitor Technician in Albuquerque, NM.
Why Join Us?
Thrive in a People-First Environment and Make Healthcare Better
- Thrive: We empower our team with career growth opportunities, tuition assistance, and resources that support your wellness, education, and financial well-being.
- People-First: We prioritize your well-being with paid time off, comprehensive health benefits, and a supportive, inclusive culture where you are valued and cared for.
- Make Healthcare Better: We use advanced technology to support our team and enhance patient care.
Get to Know Your Team:
- Lovelace Medical Center is an acute care hospital with 263 licensed beds, providing comprehensive care, including around-the-clock emergency care, surgical services, non-invasive robotic spine surgery, stroke care, radiology, and oncology services.
Learn About a Day in the Life of a Monitor Technician:
Responsibilities
- Provide advanced ECG monitoring with a focus on assessment of ECG strips and arrhythmia interpretation.
- May also be responsible for monitoring alerts from patient wearable devices to include escalation to a Virtual RN.
- Possess troubleshooting skills to recognize monitoring the problems, identify probable causes, and seek solutions to correct the problem.
- Identify and respond to potentially life-threatening rhythm changes, initiate codes, record rhythms during code, and continuous EKG monitoring with accurate interpretation of cardiac rhythms and dysrhythmias and interval measurements.
- Appropriately responding to all monitor alarms.
- Must be able to manage multiple technology platforms and develop collaborative relationships with other staff via remote platforms.
Qualifications
Job Requirements:
- High School Diploma or GED.
- Must, successfully complete the cardiac monitoring exam.
BLS certification must be obtained within 14 days of hire or transfer into the role and prior to providing direct patient care.
- Ability to demonstrate arrhythmia recognition.
Preferred Job Requirements:
- Associate degree in a related field.
- One (1) year in the specialty area, rhythm recognition skill set.
Other facts
About Lovelace Health System
For nearly 100 years, Lovelace Health System has set new standards of care in New Mexico through revolutionary advances in medicine and surgery. Today, that legacy of accomplishment continues in our commitment to advanced technology and sensitive care. At Lovelace, we believe that each encounter with a patient or health care consumer offers an opportunity to make a difference in their health and well-being – and in our reputation for caring, customer service and positive outcomes. We've made investments in technology and programs to meet Albuquerque's evolving needs. With a network of acute care hospitals and Lovelace Medical Group clinics, we serve patients throughout the greater Albuquerque and Rio Rancho metropolitan area, as well as Roswell. We not only strive to be the provider of choice for patients, but employer of choice for health care professionals in New Mexico.
What you'll do
- The Monitor Technician is responsible for advanced ECG monitoring, including assessment of ECG strips and arrhythmia interpretation. They must respond to potentially life-threatening rhythm changes and manage multiple technology platforms.
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