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Medical Instrument Technician-EKG
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 17 days ago
On-site Salt Lake City, UT $36K – $66K Apply by Sep 28, 2026 Medical Instrument Technician ESFJINFJISFJISTJ HealthcareTrades
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The Medical Instrument Technician (Telemetry/Electrocardiograph Technician) position is located within the Telemetry/Step-Down unit within the Critical Care department at the SLC VAMC. The MIT's functions are to monitor the Central Information Computer (Telemetry Monitor) which displays patients' electrocardiographic waveforms, remote pulse oximetry, and hemodynamic measurements and notify primary nurses and clinical staff as directed
What You'll Do
- →Recognizes typical patient reactions and signs of distress and recognize, report, and treat potentially lethal arrhythmias.
- →Maintains common equipment settings and standardized procedures and troubleshoot common errors with corrective measures.
- →Modifies procedures/positions to obtain the correct results with patients with complicating conditions such as amputations, · Parkinson's disease, · structural defects, and scar tissue.
- →Acts as a mentor or preceptor to lower graded technicians.
- →Conducts in-service training on the EKG equipment and related instrumentation.
- →Uses specialized equipment such as EKG machines, CIC, remote telemetry monitors.
- →Monitors ECG tracings.
- →Interprets a variety of normal, abnormal, and life-threatening arrhythmias and communicates information to the appropriate clinical provider.
- →Recognizes acute changes in patients' condition and identifies the need for intervention.
- →Has practical knowledge of bedside procedures performed within the Telemetry/Step-Down Unit (e.g. cardioversions, transesophageal echocardiograms).
- →Maintains patients' cardiac rhythm trends by documenting appropriate rhythms, interval measurements, and other clinical changes in the medical record.
- →Monitors remote pulse oximetry (Sp02), arterial blood pressure (IABP), central venous pressure (CVP) as indicated by the provider orders and clinical condition of the patient.
- →Detects and notifies appropriate clinical staff of changes in Sp02, IABP, CVP in a timely manner.
- →Selects appropriate sample portions of tracings for review by providers.
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 identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓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.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
Personality Fit
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