Telemonitor Technician

Job Information 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. Agnes – Fond du Lac, 430 E Division St., Fond du Lac, WI 54935 Position Details Schedule: Full-time, 32 hours per week Shift: Evenings Hours: 2:45 pm to 11:15 pm Weekend Rotation: Every other weekend Holiday: Every other holiday 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 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. Processes 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 as per 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, performs transmitter/SPO2 inventory per shift, and handles telemetry charges. Works in a constant state of alertness and safety. 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 Benefits Paid Parental Leave: one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro‑rated based on FTE). Flexible Payment Options: voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay gives eligible hourly team members instant access to earned, unpaid base pay before payday. Upfront Tuition Coverage: upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members. Equal Opportunity Employer Statement 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 under applicable law. #J-18808-Ljbffr