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Regular Job Highlights:

Join a team where your work matters—every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM Health, you'll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact. In this role, you will provide hands-on support in a fast-paced care environment where every shift makes a direct impact on patients and families. Your attention to detail, compassion, and ability to work closely with clinical teams will help create safer, smoother care experience. If you enjoy interacting with patients and want to grow in a collaborative care setting, this role is perfect for you.

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Telemonitor Technician - SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St.

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This is a full-time day-shift position working three 12-hour shifts per week with a weekend and holiday rotation. The shift is from 7am-7:30pm Apply today. SSM Health - We bring out the incredible in you, every day.

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 patient's 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:

3014000128

DePaul Monitor Techs Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

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