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Monitor Technician-Central Telemetry Part Time Days

Northwestern Medicine · Palos Heights, IL · Part time · Health Care Provider

Posted Sep 17, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Part time days, seven to seven thirty with alternating weekends and holidays at Palos Heights. How does that fit your life?

What they are checking: The posting states the hours, the rotation and the site.

What would you do

How do you stay alert across a twelve-hour shift watching monitors?

What they are checking: The posting is a twelve-hour day shift and attention is the safety margin.

How do you handle a nurse who does not act on what you told them?

What they are checking: A monitor tech has no authority at the bedside and still has to be heard.

What do you do when several patients change at once?

What they are checking: Central monitoring means competing alarms with one person watching.

About the work

Tell me about your cardiac monitoring experience or your ECG coursework.

What they are checking: The posting requires ECG interpretation coursework or a year of cardiac monitoring.

Which rhythms would make you call the nurse right away?

What they are checking: The posting names identifying abnormal and normal rhythms, and the sorting is the job.

Walk me through what you do when you see a rhythm change.

What they are checking: The escalation path is the whole purpose of central telemetry.

The tracing on one patient is poor quality. What do you do?

What they are checking: A bad trace hides the thing you are watching for.

How do you hand over at the end of a shift so nothing is lost?

What they are checking: Continuous monitoring only works if the handover carries what has been trending.

Where are you with your Basic Life Support certification?

What they are checking: The posting requires CPR Basic Life Support.

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The full job description

As published by Northwestern Medicine.

This position requires successful completion of ECG interpretation coursework or 1 year of previous cardiac monitoring experience. See what our staff have to say about working at Northwestern Medicine! It Takes a Team ! The Monitor Technician, 12 hours reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards. Responsibilities: • The central telemetry monitor technician is responsible for continuously monitoring the cardiac monitors of patients, identifying abnormal and normal rhythms, prompt reporting of cardiac rhythm and rate changes, and accurate record keeping. Must possess effective communication skills. Must have basic computer skills. This position is part-time, 48 hours per pay period, day shift, 7:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. with alternating weekends and holidays. Required : • High School diploma • Successful completion of ECG interpretation coursework or 1 year of previous cardiac monitoring experience • CPR – Basic Life Support Northwestern Medicine is an equal opportunity employer (disability, VETS) and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status. Background Check Northwestern Medicine conducts a background check that includes criminal history on newly hired team members and, at times, internal transfers. If you are offered a position with us, you will be required to complete an authorization and disclosure form that gives Northwestern Medicine permission to run the background check. Results are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, and we follow all local, state, and federal laws, including the Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Artificial Intelligence Disclosure Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in some portions of the candidate review process for this position, however, all employment decisions will be made by a person. Benefits We offer a wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical, emotional, and financial well-being while providing protection for unexpected life events. Please visit our Benefits section to learn more. Sign-on Bonus Eligibility (if sign-on bonus offered for position): Internal employees and rehires who left Northwestern Medicine within 1 year are not eligible for the sign on bonus. Exception: New graduate internal employees seeking their first licensed clinical position at NM may be eligible depending upon the job family.

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