Job Description

Locations: Jacksonville, Florida

Categories: Technicians - Clinical

Req ID: 64988

Overview

An Excellent Opportunity to Join a World Class System!

• As part of the University of Florida, it is a hub for research and advanced medical training
• It provides extensive specialized services, including cardiovascular services, and emergency care
• Excellent opportunity for growth

Responsibilities

In this the role the Monitor Technician/Epilepsy Monitoring (EMU) will perform the following job duties:

• Continuously monitors EKG rhythms.
• Recognizes dysrhythmias.
• Immediately notifies the nurse of pertinent changes in the patient's heart rate and rhythm.
• Produces rhythm strips for telemetry patients.
• Inventories and maintains equipment for both the main monitor bank and individual patient units.
• Continuously observes all patients on EMU therapy.
• Recognizes different types of seizure activity and documents it accordingly.
• Notifies the RN of any seizure activity.
• Maintains EMU equipment in the EMU room.

Schedule

FTE: .60 (24 hours/week)

Hours: 7:00am-7:00pm

Days: Variable

Qualifications

Education

Required: GED or High School Diploma

Preferred: PCA, Medic Corpsman, or a nursing student having completed the first clinical rotation successfully

Necessary Skills

• Basic medical terminology
• Knowledge of standard precautions, recognizing obvious job related emergencies
• An awareness of ethical and legal responsibilities as they relate to the job
• Ability to read EKG arrhythmias
• Demonstrates the essential knowledge necessary to effectively monitor patients for seizure activity connected to an Epilepsy Monitor (EMU)

Licensure/Certifications/Training

Required: Must successfully complete an EKG/Dysrhythmia course within 90 days of hire and within 6 months of hire, must attend unit-based courses relative to specialized area.

Experience

Required: Less than one year of related experience

Preferred: One year or more working in a healthcare environment as a monitor technician