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Monitor Technician I

Lexington Medical Center
West Columbia, SC Full Time
POSTED ON 4/22/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/21/2025

Monitor Techs
Full Time
Night Shift
7p-7a


Sign-On Bonus: 1,500

Consistently named best hospital, Lexington Medical Center dedicates itself to providing quality health services that meet the needs of its communities. Ranked #1 in the Columbia metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Medical Center is the only hospital named one of the Best Places to Work in South Carolina and the first hospital in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care.

The 607-bed teaching hospital anchors a health care network that includes six community medical centers and employs more than 8,700 health care professionals. The network includes a cardiovascular program recognized by the American College of Cardiology as South Carolina’s first HeartCARE CenterTM and an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence affiliated with MUSC Hollings Cancer Center for research and education. The network also features an occupational health center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, an Alzheimer’s care center and nearly 80 physician practices. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies.

Job Summary

Directly monitors patient cardiac rhythm and oxygen saturation via remote monitoring system. Enters patient's data into the monitoring system, responds to alarms, identifies changes in patients status and reports to the appropriate RN in timely manner. Serves as preceptor for other MT I staff and assists staff in critically thinking and problem solving issues in a timely manner.

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum Education: High School Graduate or Equivalent
Minimum Years of Experience: None.
Substitutable Education & Experience: None.
Required Certifications/Licensure: None.
Required Training: Successful completion of outside basic arrhythmia class or successful completion of LMC's Basic Arrhythmia Course within new hire probationary period. Candidates with Monitor Tech experience who successfully pass LMC's Basic Arrhythmia exam can be considered as having met this requirement.

Essential Functions

  • Works in a cooperative manner, which fosters relations between employees and patients, patients’ families, visitors, fellow employees, and the medical staff. Accepts chain of command, supervision, and constructive criticism.
  • Exhibits commitment and pride through personal example by speaking positively about LMC, the department employees, and guests.
  • Contributes to teamwork and creates harmonious, effective and positive working relationships with others by:
    • Responding to requests in a cooperative and responsive manner.
    • Speaking respectfully of/to other employees and guests by minimizing criticism and adversarial behaviors.
    • Assuming responsibility without making excuses, offering assistance whenever possible without being asked.
  • Respects, understands, and responds with sensitivity to employees and guests by treating others as one would wish to be treated.
  • Resolves conflicts and problem-solves by:
    • Remaining calm when confronted.
    • Listening carefully.
    • Acknowledging that the problem is valid to the other person’s perception.
    • Attempting to identify solutions and/or referring person to the appropriate authority.
    • Attempting to deliver more than is expected.
  • Exhibits telephone courtesy by:
    • Answering promptly with proper name and department.
    • Speaking with a pleasant tone while focusing attention to caller.
    • Transferring calls correctly and promptly.
    • Attending to calls on hold in a timely manner.
  • Maintains confidentiality by:
    • Discouraging gossip.
    • Using discretion when discussing patient, work or LMC related information with others.
  • Assists in the provision of quality patient care through monitoring of clinical data.
  • Receives orders and enters patient data into monitoring system and assigns transmitter for remote telemetry.
  • Enters orders and other pertinent information into the computerized Patient Care System.
  • Demonstrates ability to use and troubleshoot the monitoring system effectively.
  • Demonstrates competence in recognizing cardiac rhythms and changes in patient status, and follows through with appropriate action.
  • Provides rhythm strips for charts by uploading into correct patient record in a timely manner according to policy and documents information on them as required (interpretation, heart rate, PQRS measurements and O2 saturation).
  • Will demonstrate those behaviors, philosophies and values, which serve to uphold the ideals and enhance the image of Lexington Medical Center.

Duties & Responsibilities

  • Establishes and maintains positive interpersonal relationships and promotes effective teamwork within monitor tech department and with clinical patient care staff.
  • Demonstrates knowledge of unit and organizational initiatives by attending or reading minutes of staff meetings and/or process improvement meetings.
  • Abides by LMC’s Code of Conduct and respects the Patient Bill of Rights.
  • Maintains professional appearance by adhering to dress code.
  • Accepts work assignments readily.
  • Participates actively in change process by adopting new methods.
  • Participates in performance improvement/patient safety initiatives.
  • Presents positive image to enhance recruitment and retention of staff.
  • Shares knowledge/expertise with co-workers.
  • The Manager promotes the effective and efficient allocation, distribution and use of unit and organizational resources for the delivery of safe, cost-effective patient care services.
  • Assist with orientation of new monitor techs.
  • Efficient use of supplies.
  • Assists as needed with tracking equipment.
  • Uses proper procedure for securing supplies from other areas.
  • Prioritizes work load to best meet both patient and unit needs.
  • Effectively uses electronic, verbal, non-verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills in a clear and concise manner to ensure appropriate understanding and response.
  • Able to clearly express self orally and legibly.
  • Demonstrates direct open communication with co-workers by resolving issues on a peer to peer basis.
  • Appropriately utilizes electronic communication and other system supports for conveying information.
  • Keeps leaders informed of reports/activities and stat results as available.
  • Meets all requirements as defined by Human Resources Policies.
  • Completes yearly safety training and other mandatory classes.
  • Completes employee health workup.
  • Reports to work on time and as scheduled, meeting organizational attendance and tardiness requirements.
  • Successfully pass the annual Basic Arrythmia exam.
  • Performs all other duties as assigned.

We are committed to offering quality, cost-effective benefits choices for our employees and their families:

  • Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits
  • Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
  • Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one. LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
  • Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
  • Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary
  • Adoption assistance
  • LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Student loan forgiveness

Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of LMC to provide equal opportunity of employment for all individuals, and to remain compliant with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. LMC strives to provide a discrimination-free environment, and to recruit, select, on-board, and employ all employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including but not limited to, lactation. LMC endeavors to upgrade and promote employees from within the hospital where possible and consistent with the employee’s desires and abilities and the hospital’s needs.

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