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Description:

Position Highlights:

• Competitive salary

• Benefits Medical Dental & Vision PTO Free Parking Metro Access Tuition Reimbursement 403(b)

• Quality of Life:Flexible work schedules

• Advancement:Career growth opportunities

• Location:Holy Cross Health has two hospitals and four healthcare centers all a short driving distance from Washington DC and Baltimore MD

Description:

Monitors records and reports heart rhythm seizure and fall risk activity for patients with orders for telemetry Electronic Monitoring Unit and AvaSys Telesitter monitoring. Ensures equipment in working order in conjunction with Clinical Engineering and IT Departments.

Responsibilities

• Monitors heart rhythm patterns of patients in special care unit of hospital to detect abnormal pattern variances using telemetry equipment.

• Reviews patient information to determine normal heart rhythm pattern current pattern and prior variances.

• Observes screen of cardiac monitor and listens for alarm to identify abnormal variations in heart rhythm. Informs nurse of variances to initiate examination of patient.

• Measures length and height of patient heart rhythm pattern on graphic tape readout using calipers and posts information on patient record.

• Provides accurate and timely interpretation and dissemination of information to critical care staff members and other members of health care team related to patient cardiac rhythms as per cardiac monitoring.

• Promotes and supports all standards of quality and customer service. Promotes continuous quality improvement in operations and job performance.

• Supports Mission of Trinity Health and Holy Cross

What you will need:

• High school diploma or equivalent.

• Six months experience performing rhythm strip interpretation.

• Ability to communicate and work with medical professionals.

• Any equivalent combination of education and work experience required to provide comparable knowledge skills and abilities.

• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS)

• 1-3 years of experience

About us:

Holy Cross Health is a Catholic not-for-profit health system that serves more than 240000 individuals each year from Marylands two largest counties Montgomery and Prince Georges counties. Holy Cross Health earns numerous national awards clinical designations and accreditations across a wide range of specialties for providing innovative high-quality health care services.

We were named one of Americas 100 best hospitals.

Our Commitment

Rooted in our Mission and Core Values we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives experiences and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability veteran status or any other status protected by federal state or local law.