Overview:
Location: UF Health North
15255 Max Leggett Pkwy, Jacksonville, FL 32218
Schedule: Varies | 7:00am-7:00pm (24hrs. per week)
Employment Type: Part-Time
An Excellent Opportunity to Join a World Class System!
- As part of the University of Florida, it is a hub for research and advanced medical training
- It provides extensive specialized services, including cardiovascular services, and emergency care
- Excellent opportunity for growth
Responsibilities:
In this the role the Monitor Technician/Epilepsy Monitoring (EMU) will perform the following job duties:
- Continuously monitors EKG rhythms.
- Recognizes dysrhythmias.
- Immediately notifies the nurse of pertinent changes in the patient's heart rate and rhythm.
- Produces rhythm strips for telemetry patients.
- Inventories and maintains equipment for both the main monitor bank and individual patient units.
- Continuously observes all patients on EMU therapy.
- Recognizes different types of seizure activity and documents it accordingly.
- Notifies the RN of any seizure activity.
- Maintains EMU equipment in the EMU room.
Qualifications:
Education
Required: GED or High School Diploma
Preferred: PCA, Medic Corpsman, or a nursing student having completed the first clinical rotation successfully
Licensure/Certifications/Training
Required: Must successfully complete an EKG/Dysrhythmia course within 90 days of hire and within 6 months of hire, must attend unit-based courses relative to specialized area.
Experience
Required: Less than one year of related experience
Preferred: One year or more working in a healthcare environment as a monitor technician
Necessary Skills
- Basic medical terminology
- Knowledge of standard precautions, recognizing obvious job related emergencies
- An awareness of ethical and legal responsibilities as they relate to the job
- Ability to read EKG arrhythmias
- Demonstrates the essential knowledge necessary to effectively monitor patients for seizure activity connected to an Epilepsy Monitor (EMU)