Telemetry Monitoring Tech - League City (Casual Appointment)
About The Position
To provide specialized advanced technical skills in all technical aspects of the telemetry monitoring system. This role involves operating and troubleshooting all functions of the telemetry monitoring system, including admitting, transferring, and discharging patients, entering required information, adjusting alarms, and reviewing trends. The tech is responsible for cleaning and maintaining telemetry monitors/holders, accounting for monitors, and ordering monitoring supplies. Key duties include obtaining and documenting rhythm strips, maintaining a log book for monitored patients, and providing precise continual surveillance and analysis of cardiac rhythms on the electrocardiographic Central Station. This involves interpreting EKG rhythms, recognizing significant EKG events, and communicating information to the responsible individual within an appropriate time frame, immediately reporting significant or life-threatening changes to a Registered Nurse. The position also participates in orienting and teaching nursing staff, physicians, and students on monitoring equipment, assists with unit equipment maintenance, and performs daily quality checks of freestanding cardio-defibrillators. Maintaining a safe environment, ensuring equipment inspections, reporting malfunctions, providing age-appropriate interaction and care, using aseptic techniques and infection control measures, recognizing patient care priorities, respecting patient/family rights, practicing positive guest and peer relations, participating in quality improvement activities, demonstrating acceptable productivity, practicing cost containment, functioning as an interdependent team member, and promoting self and others' development while adhering to internal controls are also essential functions.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Successful completion of EMT – Paramedic program or graduation from related allied health sciences program or one (1) year related experience
- Passing score of 80%25 or higher of UTMB’s arrhythmia test
Responsibilities
- Operates and troubleshoots all functions of the telemetry monitoring system
- Admits, transfers, and discharges patient and enters all required information in telemetry monitoring system
- Adjusts alarms
- Reviews trends and alarms
- Cleans and maintains telemetry monitors/holders and accounts for monitor upon patient discharge
- Accounts for all monitors at the end of each assigned shift
- Orders monitoring supplies
- Obtains and documents rhythm strips per unit/department standards
- Maintains log book on all monitored patients
- Provides precise continual surveillance and analysis of cardiac rhythms on electrocardiographic Central Station
- Interprets EKG rhythms
- Recognizes significant EKG events
- Communicates information to the responsible individual within an appropriate time frame
- Immediately reports significant or life threatening changes to a RN
- Participates in orienting and teaching of nursing staff, physicians and students as related to monitoring equipment
- Assists with maintenance of unit equipment
- Performs daily quality checks of freestanding cardio-defibrillators
- Maintains a safe environment
- Ensures that equipment has current electrical and maintenance inspections
- Reports all malfunctioning equipment
- Provides age appropriate interaction and care as indicated
- Uses aseptic techniques and infection control measures in performance of duties
- Recognizes patient care priorities, treatment plans, objectives, and potential crisis
- Respects and supports patient / family rights
- Practices positive guest and peer relations
- Participates in and supports quality improvement activities
- Demonstrates acceptable productivity and practices cost containment
- Functions as an interdependent and supportive team member
- Participates in and promotes the development of self and others
- Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
