Health Technician (Telemetry Monitor)

Health Technician (Telemetry Monitor)

The Health Technician (Telemetry Monitor) duties include, but are not limited to the following:

• Provide continuous monitoring and of cardiac rate, rhythm, and patterns of conduction at a monitoring station.
• Measures, prints and interprets rhythms at designated intervals and as needed per patient clinical presentation.
• Recognizes and reports to appropriate professional care providers in a patient's rhythm that is outside established parameters.
• Promptly validates and responds to alarm conditions for each patient
• Continuously monitors invasive and non-invasive vital signs and patient response to treatments while undergoing various procedures and medication regimens
• Recognizes life threatening situations and notifies the Registered Nurse, simultaneously initiating emergency procedures, strips including the PRI, QRS duration and rate using designated length of strip/ time frames
• Reports findings to the RN during diagnostic/ treatment procedures
• Detects need for lead changes by observing accuracy of computer diagnosis and noting clarity of EKG signal at console oscilloscope
• Notifies appropriate personnel of monitor/major/life threatening cardiac rhythm disturbance
• Maintains accurate documentation and computer data input for all information gathered to formulate a permanent record of the EKG.
• Troubleshoots and identifies equipment malfunction or failure; and monitors supply levels

Preferred Experience: Telemetry experience is preferred but not required.

Work Schedule: Various Tours of Duty 7:00pm -7:30am, (6) 12 hr. shifts and (1) 8 hr. shifts per pay period. Subject to change to meet the needs of the agency.

Telework: This position is not authorized for telework.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Health Technician (Telemetry Monitor)/ PD16395A

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized