Telemonitor Technician

• It's more than a career, it's a calling.
• OK-SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital Midwest

• Worker Type:

• PRN

• 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:

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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

• Work Shift:

• Day Shift (United States of America)

• Job Type:

• Employee

• Department:

• 3015000087 CENTRAL

MONITOR TELE

• Scheduled Weekly Hours:

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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).

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• 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
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