Telemonitor Technician

SSM Health; Fond du Lac (WI); On-site; USD 30,000 - 38,000; Part time

Job summary

SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison is seeking a part-time Telemetry Technician to monitor cardiac rhythms and respond to alarms.

You will operate medical equipment, document rhythm strips, and coordinate with the care team. This role involves no direct patient care and supports discharge preparation and safety protocols.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Run strips at admission, every 4 hours, and with rhythm changes.
• Measure PR, QRS, and QT and interpret rhythm changes.
• Post strips with initials and name in telemetry log.
• Notify staff of rhythm changes per protocol.
• Ensure alarms are active and set per protocol.
• Assist in discharge documentation and logistics.

Skills

Telemetry monitoring

Alarm response

Communication

Education

High School diploma/GED or 10 years of experience

Job description

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

WI-St. Agnes Hospital

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: Part-time; scheduled 24 hours a week

Shift: Days

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

3016000038 CENTRAL TELEMETRY

Work Shift

Day Shift (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours

24

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