Monitor Technician

**Responsibilities** **Job Summary:** The Hospital Monitor Technician is responsible for continuously monitoring and analyzing patient vital signs and cardiac rhythms using specialized electronic equipment. This role involves promptly identifying and reporting any abnormalities or critical changes to the medical team to ensure patient safety and support timely medical intervention. **Key Responsibilities:** + Monitor real-time cardiac rhythms and vital signs of patients via centralized monitoring systems. + Identify abnormal cardiac rhythms or signs of distress and immediately notify nursing staff or physicians. + Maintain and operate electrocardiographic (ECG) monitoring equipment and related technology. + Document and record patient data accurately, ensuring proper logs and reports are maintained. + Respond to alarms and alerts quickly and appropriately, following hospital protocols. + Collaborate closely with nursing staff, physicians, and other healthcare team members to support patient care. + Assist with patient setup for telemetry monitoring, including placement of electrodes and ensuring proper signal quality. **Qualifications** **Minimum:** + HS Diploma/GED **Preferred:** + EKG or EMT certification + One year of Monitor Technician experience **Overview** Hello Humankindness ( Located conveniently off the Loop 101 and Glendale Avenue in Glendale, Arizona ( , St. Joseph's Westgate Medical Center ( , a campus of St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, is the centerpiece of Dignity Health's West Valley expansion. With a vision of _"_ _Partnering with patients, physicians, employees and communities to improve the health of all we serve";_ St. Joseph's Westgate Medical Center is collaborating with groups to build an organization that meets today's changing healthcare needs. As part of the new 35-acre medical campus, St. Joseph's Westgate Medical Center features new approaches to healthcare via its onside collaboration with Dignity Health partners. The Westgate team has a solid patient/physician focused style to customer service; actively partnering with patients and physicians to plan for the continuum of care. It is with Dignity Health's humankindness movement that gives St. Joseph's Westgate Medical Center the opportunity to open a hospital that is based upon partnerships with patients, physicians, employees, and the community. With future plans to expand, St. Joseph's Westgate Medical Center, a 60,000 square foot hospital, includes a 12-bed full-service emergency department, a 24-bed inpatient unit, 2 operating rooms, 2 procedural rooms, dedicated space for diagnostic services, an ambulance bay and helipad. The campus features some of the most innovative uses of materials to promote patient safety, patient satisfaction and medical efficiency. We are extremely proud to be a nationally recognized center for quality quaternary care, medical education and research. St. Joseph's includes the internationally renowned Barrow Neurological Institute ( , Norton Thoracic Institute ( , Cancer Center at St. Joseph's ( , Ivy Brain Tumor Center ( , and St. Joseph's Level I Trauma Center ( (which is verified by the American College of Surgeons). The hospital is also a respected center for high-risk obstetrics, neuro-rehabilitation, orthopedics, and other medical services. St. Joseph's is considered a sought-after destination hospital for treating the most complex cases from throughout the world. Every day, approximately 20 percent of the hospital's patients have traveled from outside of Arizona and the United States to seek treatment at St. Joseph's. Tobacco-free campus. **Pay Range** $18.00 - $21.40 /hour We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.