Telemonitor Technician - Nights

SSM Health-posted 1 day ago
Full-time • Entry Level
Onsite • Saint Charles, MO
5,001-10,000 employees
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It's more than a career, it's a calling. MO-SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Worker Type: Regular Job Highlights: This is a full-time, night-shift position working three 12-hour shifts per week with a weekend and holiday rotation. The hours are 7pm-7am. Must have good attention to detail and alertness. 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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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