Cardiac Monitor Technician
Company: Tampa General Hospital
Role summary
Cardiac Monitor Technician is a full-time role at Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Florida, United States (on-site). Posted 2026-10-07. Experience level: 0-2. No degree required.
- Job title
- Cardiac Monitor Technician
- Company
- Tampa General Hospital
- Location
- Tampa, Florida, United States
- Work arrangement
- on-site
- Employment type
- full-time
- Category
- Trades & Construction
- Experience level
- 0-2
- Degree required
- No
- Date posted
- 2026-10-07
This is a great entry-level opportunity at Tampa General Hospital where you can gain valuable healthcare experience without needing a degree. You'll learn to monitor patients' heart rhythms, a crucial role in patient care, with full-time hours available.
Job description
Under general supervision, follows established policies, procedures, and professional guidelines. Responsible for monitoring and identifying basic normal cardiac rhythms, dysrhythmias, and lethal arrhythmias; reporting these findings to the appropriate personnel, and rhythm documentation and labeling per TGH policy. Promotes and maintains patient support including but not limited to: interprets and post rhythm strips and protocol, performs 12 lead EKGs. Maintain and clean portable telemetry monitors between patient use according to manufacturer's guidelines.
Essential Functions
Accurately interprets changes in rhythms.
Records rhythm strips as required.
Demonstrates arrhythmia recognition skills.
Communicates lethal arrhythmias to nursing staff and documents strips as requested.
Maintains alarms on at all times with rates set safely to minimize false alarms.
Identifies individual EKGs with proper patient identifiers.
Works with the computer system, including Maintains flow through the ER and facilitate transfers, admissions and discharges timely.
Answers telephone and intercom in a pleasant and professional manner and relays message accurately and quickly.
Reports any malfunction of monitoring equipment to the Biomedical Technicians, Charge Nurse, and Nursing Director
Education
High School Diploma or GED
Certification
Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association or American Red Cross
Work Experience
Basic EKG class and demonstration of competency through testing
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