Cardiac Monitor Tech / Clinical Support Assistant

Essential Job Functions Duties and Responsibilities

Vital Sign Collection and documentation

• Obtains vital signs including blood pressure, oxygen saturation, pulse, temperature, and respirations. Maps Vital Sign monitors with patients in Cerner. Reviews and documents vital signs that have be scheduled and are automatically taken. Reports any abnormal vital signs to the appropriate nurse in a timely manner.

Cardiac monitor/ Telemetry Patch placement

• Places telemetry or bedside monitor leads appropriately on patient’s body and ensures that a waveform is visible from the central station upon placement of leads.
• Adds patient name to central monitoring station to ensure the correct waveform is associated with the appropriate patient.
• Prints waveforms from central monitoring station to be placed on patient’s chart.
• Interprets telemetry tracings in preparation for nurse co-signature.

Intake and Output

• Delivers patient’s tray as needed. Documents percentage of meal eaten. Replenishes ice water and provides other food and snacks as needed throughout the shift. Documents amount of fluid/ food in and urine/feces out as ordered for patient’s plan of care.

Care Environment

• Assists in maintaining a clean environment for patient care. Assists in cleaning emergency room and patient rooms after discharge per room cleaning policy. Assists in removing trash from the patient care environment. Assists in frequent monitoring and emptying of patient urinals, hats, bed pans. Changes sheets and other linens as necessary for the daily care of patients. Replenishes bathroom linens for patient use.

Clerical Duties

• Obtains Drivers License and insurance information from ER and inpatients, and obtains electronic or written consent from patients or guardians.
• Collects Admission paperwork for bedded patients, including but not limited to consent, MOON notice/ Medicare notice, PRAPARE tool, depression screening, advance directive paperwork.
• Notifies Prior Authorization staff of new admissions and those patients that are routinely seen by the VA.
• Assists in putting together patient charts upon admission and tearing down charts upon discharge, as well as adding information to the chart throughout the patient’s stay. Creates worksheets to enhance work flows as needed using excel or other electronic documents.
• Compiles discharge and transfer packets in collaboration with nursing staff by printing information from the patient’s electronic medical record.
• Makes phone calls to providers, lab, radiology, or emergency transfer services as directed by nursing staff to ensure timely care for patients.
• Assign staff in patient care board
• Assign staff in Vocera
• Answer phones and doors—contact the appropriate person for follow-through.
• Maintain the ER Ledger

Supplies

• Outdates supplies located in the nurse’s station.
• Monitors patient refrigerator and cabinets to keep stocked supplies and outdates complete.
• Ensures an adequate supply of admission packets, transfer packets, and copied forms are available for immediate use.
• Order supplies from Materials Management