Telemetry Monitor Technician

Kaweah Delta Health Care District•Visalia, CA

13h

About The Position

The Telemetry Monitor Technician ensures remote monitoring of patients’ cardiac rhythms occurs as ordered by the physician and in accordance with Kaweah Health policy. The role monitors and documents cardiac rhythms and related observations, identifies rhythm changes and arrhythmias, maintains appropriate alarm parameters, and promptly communicates concerns to the patient’s RN. The position is in Monitor Tech Services and is full-time, benefit eligible, with a 12-hour night shift. For the Central Monitoring Coordinator addendum, the role also serves as a primary resource and role model for Central Monitoring Room staff; supports problem solving, employee orientation, equipment tracking, and coordination of staffing and central telemetry activities. The technician provides patient- and family-appropriate services, taking cultural, linguistic, spiritual, gender, and age-specific needs into account, and performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Complete an Advanced Arrhythmia course and exam with a minimum score of 85% within 60 days of hire or transfer; the exam must be passed by the second attempt.
Knowledge and understanding of basic patient care activities gained through successful completion of a formal healthcare training program, such as CNA, EMT/Paramedic, or Medical Assistant training, or completion of the first semester of an RN program, or one year of recent employment in a hospital, skilled nursing facility, or healthcare setting.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or equivalent.
Telemetry Monitor Technician experience or completion of an EKG/Cardiac Monitoring course.

Responsibilities

Observe, monitor, review, and document each patient’s cardiac rhythm; monitoring may also include blood pressure and SpO2.
Differentiate lethal from non-lethal arrhythmias and promptly notify the RN of new dysrhythmias or cardiac variances.
Observe, report, and document arrhythmias, artifact, leads off, proper lead placement, and subtle cardiac rhythm changes to the RN caring for the patient.
Measure heart rates and ECG intervals from graphic tape readouts.
Identify and correctly interpret baseline heart rhythms and note the information on the rhythm strip.
Maintain appropriate alarm limits and verify alarm parameters for all monitored equipment.
Print strips for every arrhythmia or dysrhythmia variance, or at least once per shift.
Promptly report cardiac monitoring system or central station equipment malfunctions to Clinical Engineering.
Maintain an adequate supply of monitoring materials.
Assist with orientation and teaching of new Monitor Technicians.
Follow Standards of Practice developed for Central Telemetry.
Complete the yearly arrhythmia-recognition competency with a passing score.
As Central Monitoring Coordinator, serve as a primary resource and role model for Central Monitoring Room staff; provide coordination and support through problem solving and decision making.
Support new employees during orientation.
Oversee and coordinate central telemetry activities, including daily equipment tracking; notify department charge nurses or managers about missing equipment and report equipment or system malfunctions to ISS or Clinical Engineering.
Coordinate staffing needs, balance schedules, and approve shift trades for Telemetry Monitor Technicians.
Provide lunch and break coverage for Tele Sitters.
Understand and use Kaweah Health’s chain of command.
Demonstrate the knowledge and skills needed to provide care and services appropriate to the population served in the assigned unit or work area.
Account for patient and family cultural, linguistic, spiritual, gender, and age-specific needs and communicate and provide care in keeping with the Plan for Provision of Care.
Perform other duties as assigned.