Monitor Technician

Requisition Number: 14823

Position Title:

External Description:

Nuvance Health has a network of convenient hospital and outpatient locations — Danbury Hospital, New Milford Hospital, Norwalk Hospital and Sharon Hospital in Connecticut, and Northern Dutchess Hospital, Putnam Hospital Center and Vassar Brothers Medical Center in New York

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates knowledge of cardiac rhythm interpretation by meeting requirements of a 4 hour class, accompanying exam, and 40 hours of h&s on training with a qualified monitor tech.
• monitors and reviews patient information to determine baseline cardiac rhythm & prior variances.
• Notifies nursing staff when leads are off patient or of incorrect lead placement. Assists staff with patient skin preparation and correct lead placement as necessary.
• Maintains current knowledge of the technical operation of the central monitoring station.
• Identifies and troubleshoots routine technical problems with the central monitoring system & initiates biomedical repairs as necessary.

 

Required: Maintain competency for Basic Life Support (BLS). Successful test score on cardiac rhythm interpretation test. Minimum Experience: six months Desired: Acute care experience and prior completion of dysrhthmia recognition course preferred.

Location: Danbury

Work Type: Part-Time

Work Shift:3p-11p

 Education:* HS Graduate or Equivalent

 

EOE, including disability/vets.

City: Danbury

State: Connecticut

Community / Marketing Title: Monitor Technician

Company Profile:

Health Quest and Western Connecticut Health Network have combined to form a new nonprofit health system. The name for the new health system will be Nuvance Health. The new health system was created to provide communities across New York’s Hudson Valley and western Connecticut with more convenient, accessible and affordable care.

EEO Employer Verbiage:

Location_formattedLocationLong: Danbury, Connecticut US

Job Number: 45212