Monitor Technician
Job in
Grand Rapids, Itasca County, Minnesota, 55745, USA
Listing for:
Grand Itasca Clinic & Hospital
Full Time
position
Listed on 2026-02-01
Job specializations:
-
Healthcare
Healthcare Nursing
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 60000 USD Yearly
USD
60000.00
YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Grand Itasca Clinic & Hospital, a part of Fairview Health Services, is currently seeking a dedicated Critical Care Unit Monitor Technician to join our team! A management team that takes a personal interest in every employee is one of the many advantages you'll find here at Grand Itasca.
POSITION: Critical Care Unit Monitor Technician
EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Casual (as-needed basis)
WORK SCHEDULE: Days, Nights, 12‑hour shifts
DEPARTMENT: Critical Care Services
Internal Posting Through: 09/24/2025
JOIN OUR TEAM: Nestled in the heart of the Northland, Grand Itasca Clinic & Hospital is the dominant provider of primary care services in the local and surrounding area to include roughly 50,000 people. We're a non‑profit organization with a clear vision of being the leader in transforming rural health care by achieving the highest levels of quality, access, and value.
Our strength stems from teamwork and collaboration among a talented and diverse group of professionals. With over 600 employees in hundreds of different roles, Grand Itasca can offer a variety of career opportunities.
Job Summary This position serves the hospital patient population by observing and monitoring cardiac rhythms/capnography, recognizing changes in regularity, configuration and rate of rhythm, and reporting findings to the primary nurse. The Technician also documents and communicates monitored recordings, performs clerical functions, and provides patient care duties to facilitate efficient and comprehensive services in critical care areas. The Nurse Director/House Supervisor may re‑assign to other units based on changes in volume and acuity.
Job Duties Clerical Duties
Accurately identify and enter patient information: initials and telemetry box number into the monitor system.Assemble and disassemble patient shadow charts in a timely fashion.Promptly and accurately respond to delegated tasks within scope of practice.During EHR downtime, accurately and promptly complete necessary paperwork to ensure tests, consults and treatments are initiated/completed.Report appropriate overhead pages via the paging system to the Admitting staff in accordance with established organizational procedures.Complete after‑visit summary (AVS) and any additional discharge or transfer process.Maintain a clean and organized workstation.Identify all patient information using HIPAA standards.Patient Care Duties
Assist in the delivery of patient care as directed to include transfers, ambulation, feeding, dressing, bathing, weighing and toileting.Promptly deliver specimens and supplies within the hospital.Respond promptly to all patient safety alarms, e.g., call lights, bed and chair alarms.Apply monitors and report to the RN the effectiveness of any safety device or mobility alarm.Participate with the RN in rounding for patient safety checks and customer service.Initiate cleaning of patient care areas upon discharge and prepare the room for new admission by disinfecting, changing linen, restocking supplies, removing garbage and readying equipment.Notify primary nurse immediately of significant changes in monitor patterns and follow the chain of command if no response or inappropriate response occurs.Accurately recognize and report life‑threatening arrhythmias (Ventricular Tachycardia, Ventricular Fibrillation, Asystole).Accurately interpret and measure intervals of the cardiac rhythm and other parameters upon admission, at the beginning of each shift, and with significant changes.Advocate for the patient by ensuring appropriate alarms are on and limits are set — individualized for the patient in collaboration with the RN or physician or deferring to default settings when appropriate.Alert to alarms when not directly in eye sight of monitor while initiating NA duties.Advocate for patient safety by troubleshooting problems at the bedside; performing battery replacement, ensuring the replacement of electrodes to achieve the best possible waveform in a timely manner.Demonstrate accurate interpretation of monitors including appropriate documentation and communication of monitored recordings to the primary nurse.Provide the primary nurse with a printout of a rhythm strip…
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