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Medical Instrument Technician (Ekg)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 116 days ago
On-site Milwaukee, WI $47K – $69K Apply by Jun 18, 2026 Medical Instrument Technician ESFJINFJISFJISTJ HealthcareTrades
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This position is located at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and is organizationally aligned within the Emergency Department. The position functions as a non-licensed member of the nursing care team in the Emergency Department and combines the responsibility and selected aspects of a productive team member carrying out and ensuring quality and timely delivery of care.
What You'll Do
- →Major Duties: Interprets cardiac rhythms, heart rate and arrhythmias and communicates them to the appropriate staff promptly.
- →Reports all changes in heart rate/rhythm to appropriate nursing staff via verbal or phone communications.
- →Monitors patient's rhythm and records strips per unit standard Monitors invasive and non-invasive waveforms (including but not limited to telemetry, pulse oximetry, end-tidal CO2, central venous pressure, arterial line readings, etc.) - demonstrates competence in waveform knowledge and calls appropriate staff promptly for changes in waveform quality, monitoring values, etc.
- →Applies various monitoring equipment, i.e., blood pressure, pulse oximetry and ECG Performs routine and STAT procedures such as bedside ECGs Assigns new telemetry patients in the monitor.
- →Cleans Tele equipment and wires as needed after admission/discharge/transfer.
- →Assesses equipment needs and maintains adequate stock of supplies and materials.
- →Identifies equipment needing preventative maintenance or repair and takes appropriate action.
- →Prepares and processes semi-critical and non-critical Reusable Medical Equipment (RME) in accordance with appropriate Standard Operating Procedures.
- →Participates in RME competency completion and RME audits.
- →Able to troubleshoot problems with monitoring equipment.
- →Maintains nursing unit assignments, phone numbers, and adjusts throughout the shift as needed Performs duties with full understanding of related age-specific factors.
- →Orients and mentors new staff members.
- →Reports and receives shift report, both verbally and on written handoff.
- →Research patient's chart for significant history: pacer, AICD, arrhythmias, diagnosis and pertinence for rhythm disturbances, doctors' orders for monitoring parameters.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 9b32a0fd-ae39-4b3c-8761-0d67d9fc8686
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