Cardiac Monitor (EKG) Technician - Central Monitoring Unit - WVMC

General Information

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Work Location: West Hills, USA Onsite or Remote Fully On-Site Work Schedule 12 hr day shifts including weekends and holidays Posted Date 06/18/2025 Salary Range: $25.3 - 33.35 Hourly Employment Type 2 - Staff: Career Duration Indefinite Job # 25005

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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This position serves primarily as a Monitor Tech to remotely monitoring 5-lead electrocardiogram (EKG) activities on patients from off-site nursing units, under the supervision of charge nurse.

The EKG MT is responsible for continuous monitoring of EKG, pulse oximetry, respiratory rate (RR), and end-tidal CO2 at the Central Monitor Station. Must be able to recognize EKG components, interpret basic arrhythmias and discern ST-segment changes and QT prolongation. Identify actionable audio and visual alarms. Effectively articulate age-specific changes of EKG, RR, and pulse oximeter readings to RNs and/or physicians in a timely manner. Document and perform hand-off report census reconciliation, patient’s EKG activities, and equipment inventory. Maintain the Equipment Malfunction Log. Take proper chain of command to notify malfunctioning equipment.

 

Salary range: $25.30 - $33.35 Hourly

Job Qualifications

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We’re seeking a highly-skilled, self-motivated professional with: 

• EKG certificate or certification, highly preferred
• Associate degree or diploma, preferred
  
• Experience in 5-lead EKG monitoring using Phillips® monitor, preferred
• This position could have the potential to float between the UCLA Health Santa Monica Medical Center and the UCLA Health Ronald Regan Westwood Medical Center

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.