ED Cardiac Care Tech
Company: WVU Medicine
Location: Ranson
Posted on: April 25, 2024
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Job Description:
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This is a dual role position which includes:
Performs non-professional direct and indirect patient care
activities under the supervision of a registered professional
nurse. Assists in providing high quality, cost-effective care by
performing delegated tasks.
Provides extensive monitoring function for all cardiac monitoring
function for all cardiac telemetry and hard-wire monitored patients
and monitors a specified number of patients ordered pulse oximetry
in a centralized location.
This position also possesses a good knowledge of dysrhythmia
interpretation and utilizes effective communication with multiple
units nursing staff and interdisciplinary team members.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:
1. High School diploma or equivalent.
2. ACT certification or CNA/GNA.
3. BLS within the first 30 days of hire.
4. Successful completion of 240 hours orientation in the telemetry
surveillance center.
5. Successful completion of the Basic dysrhythmia course or receipt
of a passing score on a basic dysrhythmia test in lieu of the
entire course for experienced cardiac monitor techs.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
EXPERIENCE:
1. Prior experience
CORE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The statements described here are
intended to describe the general nature of work being performed by
people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be
constructed as an all-inclusive list of all responsibilities and
duties. Other duties may be assigned.
1. Assists in direct patient care by providing basic physical care
to promote patient comfort as directed by the registered nurse.
2. Assists in all assigned patients with activities of daily
living
3. Neatly and securely makes all assigned beds.
4. Maintains clean assigned, patient care areas, staff work areas
and unit equipment according to departmental procedure.
5. Obtains and records assigned patient specimens on schedule.
6. Performs assigned tests such as glucose monitoring, Urine and
stool. Maintains quality control testing & logs, according to
department policy.
7. Obtains and records assigned patients temperatures, pulse rate,
respiratory rates, blood pressure, intake and outputs, weights
according to department policy
8. Observes and reports all patient concerns/changes in condition
to the Registered Nurse immediately.
9. Prepares patients for examinations and diagnostic procedures
according to departmental procedures.
10. Provides total care to patient with in scope of practice (vital
signs, activities of daily living)
11. During shift, keeps all hallways and work areas free of unused
equipment
12. Performs cardiac monitoring for all telemetry monitored
patients that are routed to the Telemetry Surveillance Center
13. Each ACCT visually monitors up to 64 on telemetry units.
14. Monitors, identifies changes, addresses red and yellow alarms
that may be showing any abnormal heart rhythm variation and reports
it to the nursing staff. Interprets and measures ecg strip and
documents each patient's rhythm every 8 hours along with any
changes in rhythm that occur.
15. Maintains all documentation and logs as required, these include
daily call log, Telemetry report sheets and daily telemetry log.
Maintains log that indicates name of nurse and extension for
wireless phone assigned, for all patient monitored on
telemetry.
16. Properly enters and deletes patient information from TSC at
time of admission, transfer and discharge.
17. Communicates hand-off shift reports on all monitored patients
to on coming staff.
18. Keeps inventory on all telemetry on all telemetry units,
assigns units to new patients. Cleans each telemetry unit between
each patient use.
19. Monitor equipment and assists with trouble shooting of
malfunctioning equipment with proper notification and replaces any
defective equipment and reports failures to Health Care Technology
and nurse manager.
20. Courteously answers telephones, identifying self and unit at
all times and relays accurate and clear messages to appropriate
receiver, documenting in a timely manner.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: The physical demands described here are
representative of those that must be met by an employee to
successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.
1. Heavy/hard work: work requires strength and/or stamina, lifting,
moving, stooping, reaching, standing, and walking. Handling of
materials and equipment weighing up to 50lbs. Pushing/pulling cares
weighing up to 200lbs. note: The National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health recommends minimizing the need for
employees to manually lift patients, and limit safe patient
handling to 35lbs. All transfers, lifts and re-positioning will be
completed utilizing the lift equipment and /or other patient
handling aids as indicated by the patients and appropriate
algorithms.
2. Ability to visually monitor several computer screens with
multiple cardiac rhythms, pulse oximetry waveforms for sustained
periods of time. (vision/hearing within normal limits)
3. Ability to sit for long periods of time.
WORKING ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described
here are representative of those an employee encounters while
performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities
to perform the essential functions.
1. Working closely with others and able to communicate effectively
with the entire healthcare team.
2. Able to wear latex or vinyl gloves, with frequent changes and
hand washing.
3. Able to tolerate working with and around noxious odors.
SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
1. Demonstrates competency in the use of Safe Patient Handling
Equipment .
2. Ability to troubleshoot technology with Health Care Technology
and clinical staff.
3. Demonstrates basic computer knowledge and skills
4. Demonstrates good verbal and writing skills.
5. Ability to work as a cooperative, focused team player, take
direction well, and display a positive attitude to work with the
patients, nursing staff, and physicians. ACCT should display good
organizational skills and the ability to multi-task to keep track
of a large number of patients.
Additional Job Description:
7a-7p three shifts per week. Must be available for weekends
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
36
Shift:
Day (United States of America)
Exempt/Non-Exempt:
United States of America (Non-Exempt)
Company:
JMC Jefferson Medical Center
Cost Center:
51 JMC Nursing Emergency Services
Address:
300 S Preston St
Ranson
West Virginia
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