Telemetry Technician - Central Monitoring - F/T with Benefits Night

Hackensack Meridian Health•Edison, NJ

5d•$21

About The Position

The Telemetry Technician prepares, places, and maintains ordered telemetry monitoring for patients, including orienting patients to the system. The role identifies cardiac rhythms, obtains and mounts arrhythmia strips and trends with labels and interpretations, and reports rhythm changes to nursing staff. The technician reviews alarms with the interdisciplinary team and communicates with patients, families, and colleagues. The position also maintains telemetry and EKG documentation, gives handoff reports to oncoming technicians, coordinates telemetry placement and removal with nursing staff and transport, and helps orient new Telemetry Technicians. Additional responsibilities include answering phones, performing administrative tasks as assigned, maintaining equipment and supplies, tracking equipment maintenance, reporting malfunctions, and following organizational competencies and standards of behavior.

Requirements

High school diploma, GED, and/or GED-equivalent program completion.
Successful completion of a cardiac rhythm course within three months of hire.
Documentation of successful training as a monitor technician or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

Prepare, place, and maintain telemetry monitoring on patients as ordered, including orienting patients to the telemetry system.
Identify cardiac rhythms and obtain and mount arrhythmia strips and trends with labels and interpretations.
Report cardiac rhythm changes to the primary nurse and/or charge nurse.
Review alarms with the interdisciplinary team, including physicians, nursing staff, and therapies.
Communicate effectively with patients, families, and colleagues.
Maintain accurate and current Admission/Discharge Sheets, Telemetry Report Sheets, and EKG Logs.
Give reports to oncoming Telemetry Technicians.
Coordinate with the charge nurse, primary nurse, and transport when telemetry monitoring needs to be put on or taken off a patient.
Precept and orient new Telemetry Technicians as needed.
Answer phones and perform other administrative tasks as deemed necessary by the Nurse Manager or charge nurse.
Maintain adequate stock and supplies.
Maintain the cleanliness of telemetry equipment, including telemetry transmitters.
Maintain an accurate and current maintenance log.
Report equipment malfunctions to the charge nurse or biomedical engineering.
Perform other duties and/or projects as assigned.
Adhere to HMH organizational competencies and standards of behavior.