Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
11.5hr Night shifts (including weekends and holidays)
Posted Date
12/16/2025
Salary Range $26.57 - 35.02 Hourly
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
27942
As a Cardiac Monitor (EKG) Technician in the Central Monitoring Unit at UCLA Health, you will play a vital role in supporting patient safety and clinical care. From the Central Monitor Station, you will provide continuous observation of patients’ cardiac rhythms and other critical vital signs, serving as a key partner to the care team.
In this role, you will:
·Monitor 5-lead EKG, pulse oximetry, respiratory rate, and end-tidal CO₂
·Recognize and interpret arrhythmias, ST-segment changes, and QT prolongation.
·Respond promptly to actionable alarms and communicate findings to nurses and physicians.
·Document patient activity, hand-off reports, and census reconciliation.
·Ensure equipment functionality and escalate issues appropriately.
This position offers the opportunity to make a direct impact on patient safety while collaborating with a world-class team at UCLA Health.
Salary: $26.57 - $35.02 Hourly
We’re seeking a highly-skilled, self-motivated EKG-proficient healthcare professional with:
·Certification as an EKG Tech - preferred
·Associate degree or diploma - preferred
·Experience in 5-lead EKG monitoring using Phillips® monitor - preferred
This position could have the potential to float between the UCLA Health Santa Monica Medical Center and the UCLA Health Ronald Regan Westwood Medical Center.
As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.
For more than half a century, UCLA Health has provided the best in healthcare and the latest in medical technology to the people of Los Angeles and throughout the world.
Comprised of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, UCLA Medical Center Santa Monica, Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, UCLA West Valley Medical Center and the UCLA Medical Group with its wide-reaching system of primary-care and specialty-care offices throughout the region, UCLA Health is among the most comprehensive and advanced healthcare systems in the world.
Our physicians are world leaders in the diagnosis and treatment of complex illnesses, and our hospitals are among the best in the country. Consistently ranked one of the top ten hospitals in the nation and the best medical center in the western United States by U.S. News & World Report, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is at the cutting edge of biomedical research, and our doctors and scientists are leaders in performing pioneering work across an astounding range of disciplines, from organ transplantation and cardiac surgery to neurosurgery and cancer treatment, and bringing the latest discoveries to virtually every field of medicine.
