Monitor Technician

Under the general direction of the Nurse Manager, the Monitor Technician plays a vital role in maintaining a safe and supportive care environment. In this position, you will provide continuous monitoring and surveillance on special care units, ensuring early detection of changes in patient behavior or activity. Your quick communication with the care team helps prevent falls, injuries, elopement, and other safety risks.

You will be assigned to observe and support patients who require enhanced safety measures, including those identified as suicidal or at elevated risk of self-harm. By maintaining vigilance, documenting observations, and escalating concerns promptly, you help protect vulnerable patients and contribute to the overall quality of care.

• Suicidal patient
• Administrative hold patient
• Pediatric patients not boarded in a secured area and/or at risk of harm
• Impulsive
• Cognitively impaired/confused
• Unsteady gait

The Monitor Tech collaborates with all unit members, including the patient and family, and is vital to patient care.

Hourly Pay Rate: $16.22 - $23.92

• Requires a high school diploma or GED.
• Prefer completion of an accredited Unit Technician school for Monitor Technician.

• Prefer one (1) year of previous Central Surveillance and Unit Coordinator experience.
• Prefer experience as a patient safety attendant in a hospital, nursing home, or home care setting for patients with medical or behavioral needs.

• Must successfully complete approved Valley wise Health computer classes.

• Requires a BLS card obtained through an approved
  
  American Heart Association (AHA) training center upon hire.

• Requires the ability to read, write, and speak effectively in English.
• Must have the ability to work with culturally diverse people.
• Requires excellent interpersonal, communication, and customer service skills.
• Must have a working knowledge of medical terminology and be proficient in computer programs such as Microsoft Office.