Monitoring Technician

Avera McKennan Hospital

Worker Type:

Regular

Work Shift:

Rotating days/evenings/nights/weekends/holidays (United States of America)

Pay Range:

The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience.

$18.00 $23.50

Position Highlights

12 HR Shifts rotating Day/Night 6:00 am6:00pm/6:00pm6:00am every 3rd wk/hl.

You Belong at Avera

Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

A Brief Overview

Monitors patient activity by continuous utilizing the monitoring system in the area of practice. The Monitoring Technician is accountable for assisting with basic care needs of patients attention to the monitors and maintaining the medical record. The Monitoring Technician collaborates with the Nursing Units by communicating with both the patient and staff as needed to ensure patient safety.

What you will do

• Responsible to provide continuous monitoring of patients utilizing the monitoring platform in their area of practice.
• Always maintains observation of assigned patients both visually and/or through use of the monitoring platforms alerts.
• May verbally redirect patients as needed using the monitoring platform audio/visual system. Immediately alerts clinical staff or nursing staff if the patient requires assistance.
• Must be able to recognize and assess alerts and changes in patient and respond appropriately.
• Dependent on the Monitoring Platform may provide patient with explanations as necessary through the monitoring system voice output.
• May assist nurses in providing patient care.
• Serves as a resource to unit staff for placement equipment management and troubleshooting of monitoring platform.
• With accuracy and detail records and charts clinical data such as temperature pulse respiration and similar patient information received from nursing and medical staff.
• Maintains accurate patient data seeks clarification from appropriate source when in doubt.
• May transcribe physicians orders complete all necessary forms requisitions and computer entries to implement orders.

Essential Qualifications

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others hear understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge skills and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

Required Education License/Certification or Work Experience:

• Less than 1 year Previous experience as a Patient Care Technician or Certified Nurse Assistant

Preferred Education License/Certification or Work Experience:

• High School or GED Equivalent
• Previous experience in medical field
• Previous experience with telemetry monitoring

Minimum Age Requirements
18

Expectations and Standards

• Commitment to the daily application of Averas mission vision core values and social principles to serve patients their families and our community.
• Promote Averas values of compassion hospitality and stewardship.
• Uphold Averas standards of Communication Attitude Responsiveness and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Work effectively in a team environment coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
• Comply with safety principles laws regulations and standards associated with but not limited to CMS The Joint Commission DHHS and OSHA if applicable.

Benefits You Need & Then Some

Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying parttime and fulltime employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future.

• PTO available day 1 for eligible hires.

• Free health insurance options for fulltime single coverage on Avera High Deductible Health Plan

• Up to 5 employer matching contribution for retirement

• Career development guided by handson training and mentorship

Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability Veteran Status or other categories protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application please callor send an email to .