Telemonitor Technician

SSM Health; Fenton (MO); On-site; USD 18,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

SSM Health St. Clare Hospital – Fenton, MO is seeking a Telemonitor Technician for a part-time night shift. You will monitor cardiac rhythms using patient monitors and maintain accurate rhythm strip records according to nursing standards.

The role requires attention to alarms, timely notification of changes, and coordination with the care team. No prior experience is required, and a High School diploma or GED is acceptable; we offer competitive pay, benefits, and a supportive workplace.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Runs strip at admission, every 4 hours, and with 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.
• Posts strips on telemetry log for all units.
• Notifies appropriate unit and staff for rhythm changes and potentially lethal rhythms.
• Ensures alarms are on and set at appropriate limits for adults and children.
• Notifies staff when electrodes or batteries need to be checked or changed.
• Demonstrates awareness of effects of procedures or medications on rhythm.
• Runs continuous strip for sustained VT, V-fib, asystole and bradycardia (<40/min) until code team arrives.
• Maintains telemetry logs, current patient information, and telemetry charges.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience

Job description

It's more than a career, it's a calling.

MO-SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

Unit/location: Telemonitor Technician - SSM Health St. Clare Hospital – Fenton

Schedule: This is a Part-time Night-shift position working two 12-hour shifts per week from 6:30pm to 7am. Every 3rd weekend and holiday rotation.

Join Our Team and make a difference every day while enjoying competitive pay, great benefits, and a supportive work environment We offer competitive, affordable health insurance and benefits designed to support you and your family

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.

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:

3014000113 Monitor Techs

Work Shift:

Night Shift (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

24

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