Telemonitor Technician - Nights

SSM Health • Madison, WI

3d • Onsite

About The Position

It's more than a career, it's a calling. WI-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Worker Type: Regular Job Highlights: Department: Monitoring Center Location: SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital – Madison 700 South Park Street Madison, WI 53715 Position Details: Schedule: 24 hours a week Shift: Nights Shift Options: Three 8-hour shifts 11PM - 7AM Two 12-hour shifts per week 7PM - 7AM General Job Responsibilities Machine Monitoring : Operate and oversee medical equipment, ensuring functionality and safety. Respond promptly to alarms and auditory signals in a high-noise environment. Communication : Answer incoming calls professionally and efficiently, providing accurate information and directing inquiries appropriately. Discharge Preparation : Assist in preparing discharge documentation and coordinating logistics, ensuring timely and accurate processing without direct patient care responsibilities. 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.

Requirements

• High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience
• No experience required
• 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.

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.

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).
• 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 : we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED