Telemonitor Technician - Nights | Janesville
Telemonitor Technician - Nights | Janesville
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Job Description
Its more than a career its a calling.
WI-SSM Health St. Marys Hospital - JanesvilleWorker Type:
RegularJob Highlights:
Department: Central Telemetry
Schedule:Full-time nights with an every 3rd weekend rotation
Hours: 7pm to 7am
Pay:$18 per hour (Offers are based on years of experience andequity)
Shift Differentials:Available for night weekend and additional shifts
Location: St. Marys Hospital - Janesville
3400 East Racine Street
Janesville WI 53546
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 patients 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:
Central TelemeteryWork Shift:
Night Shift (United States of America)Scheduled Weekly Hours:
36Benefits:
SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs.
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. Click here to learn more.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
