Monitoring Technician

When you join Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, CA, you are aligning yourself with an organization whose values drive our philosophy of care. Our focus on delivering quality, service, and cutting edge care, enables Huntington Hospital to be an organization committed to patient outcomes-not the bottom line. More importantly, it empowers you to enact change and deliver the results that continuously improve our ability to provide our community with care.

The Monitoring Technician is responsible for monitoring patients' rhythm and heart rate, and reporting relevant changes in them to the assigned nursing staff. Monitoring up to 40 patients via telemetric equipment and will be accountable for appropriately responding to the alarms identifying potentially life-threatening rhythm changes.

Education: High school diploma or GED. Completion of an approved arrhythmia or EKG interpretation class.

Experience/Training: Completion of an approved arrhythmia or EKG interpretation class, knowledge of telemetry services, ability to determine appropriate course of action in more complex situations. Prior telemonitoring experience preferred.

Licenses/Certifications: Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider required or must be obtained within thirty (30) days of hire/transfer. Current American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification preferred. Telemetry monitoring certification preferred.

Skills: Must attend and successfully pass the Basic Dysrhythmia course curriculum within 30 days of hire/transfer required