Cardiac Arrhythmia Technician (Part-Time Day), Toms River, NJ

at  RWJBarnabas Health

Req #: 0000168633
Category: EKG/EEG Technician
Status: Part-Time
Shift: Day
Facility: Community Medical Center
Department: Telemetry Services

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• BLS through American Heart Association
• Successful completion of all Orientation Programs

Preferred:

• Telemetry and/or successful completion of a cardiac dysrhythmia course

SCHEDULING REQUIREMENTS:

• 24 hours per week
• Part-Time
• Day Shift
• Every other weekend required

• Demonstrates compliance when placing patient alarms in suspend and resuming alarms upon patient s return to the unit
• Performs transmitter to channel number checks daily
• Notifies RN of episodes of class II arrhythmias and documents appropriately
• Sets high and low cardiac alarm limits and documents settings on all strips
• Performs the essential functions of a telemetry runner
• Recognizes class I and class II arrhythmias and notifies RN through urgent broadcast/urgent call and documents appropriately
• Recognizes significance of a prolonged PR interval, widened QRS complex and prolonged QT interval
• Recognizes the significance of changes in the ST/T segment: ST/T elevations and ST/T depressions
• Make follow-up phone calls to all breastfeeding mothers after discharge and respond to all calls received on warm-line in a timely manner
• Documents all elements required for cardiac rhythm strip interpretation
• Demonstrates competency in arrhythmia interpretation
• Demonstrates competency in proper application of telemetry transmitter using five lead system