Telemonitor Technician

SSM Health; Mount Vernon (IL); On-site; USD 22,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Parental Leave

Flexible Payment Options via DailyPay

Upfront Tuition Coverage

Job summary

SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital Mount Vernon is seeking a Telemetry Monitor Technician to ensure continuous monitoring of cardiac rhythms. You will observe monitors, maintain records, and perform rhythm strip analysis following nursing standards.

The role emphasizes quick recognition of rhythm changes, accurate alarm management, and collaboration with unit staff. Scheduled hours include weekends and holidays, with comprehensive on-the-job training provided.

Qualifications

• High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience.
• No experience required.
• Ability to monitor telemetry and respond to alarms with prompt action.

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.
• Posts strips on telemetry log for all units and maintains telemetry logs.
• Notifies appropriate unit and staff for changes in rhythm or potentially lethal rhythms according to protocol.
• Ensures alarms are on at all times and set correctly for adults and children.
• Notifies staff when electrodes or batteries need replacement.
• Demonstrates awareness of effects of procedures or medications on rhythm.
• Runs continuous strip for VT, V-fib, asystole and bradycardia until code team arrives.
• Maintains transmitter/SPO2 inventory per shift and telemetry charges.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safety.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Cardiac rhythm monitoring

Attention to detail

Education

High School diploma/GED

Job description

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

IL-SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mount Vernon

Worker Type

Regular

Job Highlights

Join a team where your work matters—every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM Health, you’ll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact.

Clinical experience is preferred but not required, as comprehensive on-the-job training is provided. This role requires continuous monitoring of cardiac rhythms with a high level of concentration, strong attention to detail, and the ability to promptly recognize and respond to changes in cardiac rate and rhythm.

Department

Cardiac/ Tele- Monitor

Schedule

Scheduled hours are 7:00am to 7:30pm on Saturday and Sunday each week. This is a weekend position. Holiday rotation is required.

Pay Range

$15.63 - $23.45

Pay Rate Type

Hourly

SSM Health values the skills and talents that each team member brings to our organization. Compensation for this role is based on a variety of components including relevant experience, labor market, and other qualifications. The posted pay range for this position is what SSM Health reasonably expects, in good faith, to offer based on the circumstances at the time of posting. SSM Health may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range as permitted by law.

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 ID

3014000046 Monitor Technicians

Work Shift

Day Shift (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours

24

Benefits

• 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.

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.