Memorial Hospital At Gulfport

Job Description

The Clinical Technician provides safe, efficient, and therapeutic effective patient care as scheduled. The technician performs monitoring and reporting of cardiac rhythm patterns and changes. Performs electrocardiographs (EKGs). Monitors and manages ambulance reports.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the provision of patient care services
  • Ensures daily living activities are performed as scheduled and documented
  • Performs technical skills per standards as assigned/ delegated
  • Promptly responds to call lights as appropriate
  • Follows safety rules in all areas of patient care and ensures a safe patient environment
  • Maintains supplies and equipment for assigned area
• Monitors, identifies, and reports cardiac rhythm patterns and changes
  • Observes scope for normal and abnormal EKG patterns for all monitored patients as assigned
  • Provide accurate and timely cardiac rhythm information to the appropriate health care provider
  • Notifies appropriate RN immediately of any change and/or irregularity in the patient's EKG pattern
  • Recognizes and documents EKG rhythm every four hours while on telemetry and as needed
  • Collaborates with Biomedical Engineering to ensure cardiac monitoring equipment is in proper working order
• Manages ambulance reports and communicates incoming patient assignments
  • Receives and documents ambulance reports on incoming patients
  • Communicates pre-arrival patient report to appropriate health care team member
  • Documents and reserves appropriate treatment rooms for incoming patients
  • Manages and activates teams as instructed by provider
• Communicates patient and family health care needs to the appropriate health care provider
  • Reports significant events and information timely to appropriate team member
  • Assists with planning by sharing input from patient and family with appropriate team members
  • Answers telephone appropriately and timely delivering information to appropriate team members

Qualifications

Education:

• High School or GED
• Vocational/Technical Diploma
• Successful completion of EKG recognition course or health care courses

Experience:

• 0
• 1
• 2
• As a multi-skilled technician, nursing assistant, or similar role: or nursing student second semester clinical experience is accepted in lieu of work experience
• As a clinical or multi-skilled technician, nursing assistant, patient care assistant, EMT, Corpsman, or similar role. Previous experience as a monitor technician in a healthcare setting

Skills:

• Effective oral and written communication skills