Telemonitor Technician

JOB DESCRIPTION

It's more than a career, it's a calling.

MO-SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles

Worker Type : Job Highlights :

Job Highlights :

This role requires a compassionate professional who can effectively monitor and observe cardiac monitors. In an inpatient setting, you would be instrumental in monitoring patients, and notifying unit staff for any changes.

Department : Monitor Techs

Patient Population : Medical, Surgical, and Ortho

Schedule : PRN, 12 hour shifts, every 3rd weekend

Starting Pay : $18.00 / hour(Offers are based on years of experience and equity for this role.)

Shift Differentials : Nights- $1.50, Weekends- $1.25

Location : St. Joseph Lake St Charles

Job Summary :

Ensures continuous monitoring of cardiac rhythms by observing cardiac monitors; maintains all records and reports of rhythm strips in accordance with the established nursing standards and procedures.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements :

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Runs strip at time of admission, every 4 hours, and with any rhythm change.
• Measures PR, QRS, and QT and interprets rhythm accurately when a strip is run.
• Each strip is signed with first initial, full last name and position.
• Tubes completed rhythm verification form to appropriate unit in a timely manner. Posts strips on telemetry log for all units.
• Notifies appropriate unit and staff for any changes in baseline rhythm, including heart rate, or potentially lethal rhythms in adults or children according to protocol.
• Ensures that alarms are on at all times and set at appropriate limits for adults and children according to protocol.
• Notifies appropriate staff when electrodes or batteries need to be checked, replaced or changed.
• Demonstrates awareness of the effect certain procedures or medications have on a patients rhythm.
• Runs continuous strip for sustained VT, V-fib, asystole and bradycardia less than 40 per minute until code team arrives or otherwise notified.
• Maintains telemetry logs, current patient information, does transmitter / SPO2 inventory per shift, and telemetry charges.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

High School diploma / GED or 10 years of work experience

EXPERIENCE

No experience required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent lifting / carrying and pushing / pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot / leg and hand / arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent keyboard use / data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
• Occasional lifting / carrying and pushing / pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Rare climbing.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND / OR CERTIFICATIONS

None

Department : Med Surg - 4CD

Med Surg - 4CD

Work Shift :

PRN / Per Diem Shift (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours :

Benefits

SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs.

• Paid Parental Leave : we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).
• Flexible Payment Options : our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.
• Upfront Tuition Coverage : we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.

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