Per Diem Cardiac Monitor (EKG) Technician – Central Monitoring Unit – Westwood

Work Location
Los Angeles,CA

Job #18805

Work Hours
1-day per week minimum; 0700 – 1900, including weekends and holidays

Employment Type
6 – Staff- Per Diem

Duration
Indefinite 7AM TO 7PM

Salary Range
$32.41-32.41 Hourly

Posted Date
September 20, 2024

Bargaining Unit
AFSCME – EX

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Use your expertise, compassion, and kindness to transform the patient experience. When you join UCLA Health as a nurse, you’ll deliver leading-edge care as you build an exceptional career with a health system that’s consistently ranked among the best in the country.

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This position serves primarily as a Monitor Tech to remotely monitoring 5-lead electrocardiogram (EKG) activities on patients from off-site nursing units, under the supervision of charge nurse.

The EKG MT is responsible for continuous monitoring of EKG, pulse oximetry, respiratory rate (RR), and end-tidal CO2 at the Central Monitor Station. Must be able to recognize EKG components, interpret basic arrhythmias and discern ST-segment changes and QT prolongation. Identify actionable audio and visual alarms. Effectively articulate age-specific changes of EKG, RR, and pulse oximeter readings to RNs and/or physicians in a timely manner. Document and perform hand-off report census reconciliation, patient’s EKG activities, and equipment inventory. Maintain the Equipment Malfunction Log. Take proper chain of command to notify malfunctioning equipment.

Salary: $32.41 – $32.41 Hourly