Telemonitor Technician

SSM Health; Alabama; On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Parental Leave

Flexible Payment Options

Upfront Tuition Coverage

Job summary

SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital – Madison in Madison, WI is seeking a Regular Monitor Technician to ensure continuous cardiac rhythm monitoring and accurate documentation. You will operate telemetry equipment, respond to alarms, and coordinate with care teams to support safe patient care.

This role focuses on non-clinical duties like discharge preparation and log maintenance, with no direct patient care. Ideal candidates are detail-oriented, capable of working evenings, and comfortable working in

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED; 10 years of work experience also acceptable.
• No experience required for consideration; on-the-job training provided.

Responsibilities

• Operate and oversee telemetry equipment; respond to alarms promptly.
• Answer calls professionally and direct inquiries appropriately.
• Assist with discharge documentation and coordinate logistics (no direct patient care).
• Maintain telemetry logs and patient information per protocol.

Skills

Communication

Alarm management

Attention to detail

Telemetry familiarity

Education

High School diploma/GED

Tools

Telemetry equipment

Job description

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

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.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements

PRIMARY 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.

Education

• High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience

Experience

• No experience required

Physical Requirements

• 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.

Required Professional License and/Or Certifications

• None

Department

3016000007 Pt Monitoring Center (PMC)

Work Shift

Evening Shift (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours

24

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.

Explore All Benefits

Equal Opportunity

SSM Health is an equal opportunity employer. SSM Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Click here to learn more.