Monitor technician resume examples from 2026
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How to write a monitor technician resume
Craft a resume summary statement
A well-written resume summary is basically an elevator pitch. You are summing up your skills and experience in a few sentences to wow recruiters, hiring managers, and decision makers into giving you an interview. Here are some tips to putting your best foot first with your resume summary:
Step 1: Mention your current job title or the role you're pursuing.
Step 2: Include your years of experience in monitor technician-related roles. Consider adding relevant company and industry experience as relevant to the job listing.
Step 3: Highlight your greatest accomplishments. Here is your chance to make sure your biggest wins aren't buried in your resume.
Step 4: Again, keep it short. Your goal is to summarize your experience and highlight your accomplishments, not write a paragraph.
These tips will help you demonstrate why you are the perfect fit for the monitor technician position.Please upload your resume so Zippia’s job hunt AI can draft a summary statement for you.
List the right project manager skills
Many resumes are filtered out by hiring software before a human eye ever sees them. A robust Skills section can let recruiters (and bots) know you have the skills to do the job. Here is how to make the most of your skills section:
- Start with the job listing. Frequently, the keywords looked for by recruiters will be listed. Be careful to include all skills in the job listing you have experience with.
- Consider all the software and tools you use on a daily basis. When in doubt, list them!
- Make sure you use accurate and up to date terms for all the skills listed.
Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a monitor technician resume:
- Patients
- EKG
- BLS
- Medical Terminology
- Cardiac Rhythms
- Arrhythmia
- Customer Service
- ECG
- CPR
- Cardiac Monitors
- Physician Orders
- Telemetry Equipment
- Patient Safety
- Rhythm Strips
- Rhythm Changes
- Electrocardiogram
- Rehabilitation
- Direct Patient Care
- Emergency Situations
- Excellent Interpersonal
- Compassion
- Home Health
- Patient Charts
- Troubleshoot
- Telemetry Monitors
- Vital Signs
- ICU
- Data Entry
- Transmitters
- Cardiac Telemetry
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How to structure your work experience
A work experience section is a vital part of your resume because it shows you have the experience to succeed in your next job.
- Put your most recent experience first. Prospective employers care about your most recent accomplishments the most.
- Put the job title, company name, city, and state on the left. Align dates in month and year format on the right-hand side.
- Include only recent, relevant jobs. This means if you're a fairly experienced worker, you might need to leave off that first internship or other positions in favor of highlighting more pertinent positions.
How to write monitor technician experience bullet points
Remember, your resume is not a list of responsibilities or a job description. This is your chance to show why you're good at your job and what you accomplished.
Use the XYZ formula for your work experience bullet points. Here's how it works:
- Use strong action verbs like Led, Built, or Optimized.
- Follow up with numbers when possible to support your results. How much did performance improve? How much revenue did you drive?
- Wrap it up by explaining the actions you took to achieve the result and how you made an impact.
This creates bullet points that read Achieved X, measured by Y, by doing Z.
Here are examples from great monitor technician resumes:
Work history example #1
Monitor Technician
DaVita
- Provided direct quality nursing care to patient's comfort, personal hygiene and safety needs under the direction of RN staff.
- Provided CPR (Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation) and administered normal saline if patient became unresponsive.
- Maintained a current CPR certification as well as Dialysis Technician National Registry.
- Obtained necessary records and information from internal and external sources.
- Obtained patients EKG transmissions and related symptoms to on duty RN.
Work history example #2
Telemetry Technician
Bon Secours Health System
- Collaborated with nursing staff in determining difficult to decipher, cardiac rhythm strips.
- Assisted cardiologists in the running of stress tests; applied Holter Monitors to patients per physician requests.
- Analyzed and accurately documented EKG rhythms based on physician's prescribed care plan.
- Performed 12 lead EKG's for hospital when needed.
- Reported any changes in telemetry to registered nurse immediately.
Work history example #3
Monitor Technician
Schuylkill Medical Center East Norwegian Street
- Monitored patients and administered EKG.
- Monitored electrocardiograph readings and documented patient's arrhythmias.
- Administered EKGs, pulmonary function testing, auditory screenings and visual testing
- Prepared and assisted physicians with administering medication for patients according to their individual diagnoses.
- Performed continuous cardiac monitoring, which included measurement of complexes and alerting both physicians and nurses of any acute cardiac arrhythmias.
Work history example #4
Monitor Technician
Children's National Medical Center
- Performed cardiology-based testing including pediatric echocardiograms, trans-esophageal echocardiograms, stress echocardiograms via Philips ie33 Cardiology Ultrasound Systems.
- Produced two-dimensional ultrasonic recordings, doppler flow analyses of heart and related structures.
- Performed 12 Lead ECG's, prepped patients, monitor vital signs, and performed stress test/nuclear medicine as well.
- Earned my CNA, although not required for my job position.
- Transported patients to and from recovery and ICU rooms.
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Add an education section to your resume
The education section should display your highest degree first.
Place your education section appropriately on your resume. If you graduated over 5 years ago, this section should be at the bottom of your resume. If you just graduated and lack relevant work experience, the education section should go to the top.
If you have a bachelor's or master's degree, do not list your high school education. If your graduation year is more than 15-20 years ago, it's better not to include dates in this section.
Here are some examples of good education entries from monitor technician resumes:
Associate's Degree in nursing
Excelsior College, Albany, NY
2003 - 2005
Associate's Degree in medical technician
Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX
2005 - 2007
Highlight your monitor technician certifications on your resume
Certifications are a great way to showcase special expertise or niche skills. Some jobs even require certifications to be hired.
To list, use the full name of the certification and the organization that issued it, along with the date of achievement.
Here are some of the best certifications to have on monitor technician resumes:
- Certified EKG Technician (CET)
- Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
- Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT)
- EKG Technician
- Patient Care Technician
- Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT)
- Phlebotomy Technician (PBT(ASCP))
- Cisco Certified Technician Data Center (CCT)
- ECG Technician
- Certified Nurse Technician (CNT)