Monitor Tech I - per diem

43 New Scotland Avenue Albany, NY 12208

Part time

71966

Department/Unit:

Cardio-Respiratory Services

Work Shift:

Per Diem (United States of America)

Salary Range:

$46,215.00 - $60,080.00

The Monitor Technician I have the responsibilities of recording electrocardiograms (EKGs) of customers ranging in age from newborn to geriatric, ensuring that EKGs are transmitted from cart to MUSE EKG Computer System, utilizing patient identifiers, placing telemetry transmitter packs, communication with monitor technician for verification of signal, delivering cardiac rhythm strips from the Cardiac monitoring station to the various nursing units and posting these strips in specified unit locations during periods of medical record downtime, performing miscellaneous duties related to cardiac monitoring including but not limited to troubleshooting telemetry transmitter packs (i.e., replacing worn electrodes, changing batteries, changing wires, etc.), and assisting in the search and retrieval of misplaced telemetry transmitter packs and cardiac pacemakers.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Understands the hospital strategic plan within scope of EKG technician expectation and role.

• Responsible to interpret and follow Physicians’ orders

• Ability to triage workload and complete accordingly

• Representative of Cardio-Respiratory Services in support of the ideals and principles of the department and organizational culture.

• Exemplifies Albany Med CARES guiding principles

• Assists, as needed, the onboarding of new staff, conducting department orientation

• Understands and promotes Patient and Employee Safety as our number one priority

• Promotes a safe environment for patients and staff

• Understands the Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals as it pertains to EKG technician role

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/G.E.D. - required

• 1-3 years of patient experience - preferred

• Honest, punctual, and performs the job in adherence to the highest standards of ethical conduct as defined by AMC and the tenets of the profession.

• Ability to communicate cooperatively and effectively with patients, family members, employees and others.

• Ability to read documents such as requisitions

• Ability to document on established forms and in the EMR

• BCLS - Basic Life Support Upon Hire - required

Equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate. Physical Demands

• Standing - Constantly

• Walking - Constantly

• Sitting - Rarely

• Lifting - Frequently

• Carrying - Frequently

• Pushing - Occasionally

• Pulling - Occasionally

• Climbing - Occasionally

• Balancing - Occasionally

• Stooping - Frequently

• Kneeling - Frequently

• Crouching - Frequently

• Crawling - Occasionally

• Reaching - Frequently

• Handling - Frequently

• Grasping - Frequently

• Feeling - Constantly

• Talking - Constantly

• Hearing - Constantly

• Repetitive Motions - Constantly

• Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination - Constantly

Working Conditions

• Extreme cold - Rarely

• Extreme heat - Rarely

• Humidity - Rarely

• Wet - Rarely

• Noise - Constantly

• Hazards - Frequently

• Temperature Change - Rarely

• Atmospheric Conditions - Rarely

• Vibration - Rarely

Thank you for your interest in Albany Medical Center!Albany Medical Center is an equal opportunity employer.

Thank you for your interest in Albany Med Health System!

Albany Med Health System is an equal opportunity employer.

This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Med Health System, its patients, affiliates, and partners, including but not limited to HIPAA Protected Health Information and other information regulated by Federal and New York State statutes. Workforce members are expected to ensure that:

Access to information is based on a “need to know” and is the minimum necessary to properly perform assigned duties. Use or disclosure shall not exceed the minimum amount of information needed to accomplish an intended purpose. Reasonable efforts, consistent with Albany Med Health System policies and standards, shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification.

Albany Medical Center is the centerpiece of medicine, research, and medical education in New York’s CapitalRegion and is the area's largest private employer with more than 10,000 employees.

Albany Medical Center offers excellent career opportunities in a wide range of roles in both patient care andadministration. We value all our staff members and offer outstanding employee benefits (https://www.albanymed.org/careers/albany-medical-center-careers/employee-benefits-and-advantages/) including:

• Excellent health care coverage with no copay at Albany Medical Center providers

• A wide array of services and programs to support emotional, physical, and mental wellbeing

Anchored in the state’s historic capital city, Albany Medical Center offers a full range of inpatient and outpatient careand is home to the region’s largest hospital, only Level 1 adult and pediatric trauma centers, and only children’s hospital. Thedowntown campus also offers opportunities at Albany Medical College.

Albany Medical Center (https://www.albanymed.org/albany/) , along with Columbia Memorial Health (http://columbiamemorialhealth.org/) , Glens Falls Hospital (http://glensfallshospital.org/) , Saratoga Hospital (http://saratogahospital.org/) , and the Visiting Nurses (https://www.albanymed.org/visitingnurses/) , form the Albany Med Health System, serving more than three million people over 25 counties.