Telemetry Tech - Central Telemetry - Sharp Grossmont - Nights - Part Time

This position is covered by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with SEIU-UHW. As part of the terms of employment, employees in this role are required to join the union within 31 days of hire and remain a member (e.g. dues paying, fee paying, religious exception contributor) for the duration of the collective bargaining agreement.

Schedule

• Shift Start Time: 7 PM
• Shift End Time: 7:30 AM
• 12-hour shift (12/36 schedule)
• Weekend Requirements: Every Other
• On-Call Required: No

Pay

Hourly Pay Range: $25.550 – $35.680 (Minimum – Maximum)

What You Will Do

This position supports patient monitoring needs, including:

• Monitoring and interpreting patients' cardiac rhythms
• Monitoring continuous oxygen saturations and/or end tidal carbon dioxide levels
• Reporting life-threatening arrhythmias, decreased oxygen saturations, or abnormal carbon dioxide levels to appropriate personnel
• Communicating with patients and staff to ensure needs are met or referring to appropriate resources
• Facilitating patient data management through accurate documentation and communication
• Supporting best use of resources in management of equipment, supplies, and other department resources

Responsibilities

• Admissions, discharges, and transfers
  • Expedites patient flow through communication of patient data pertinent to the A/D/T process
  • Enters accurate disposition of patient requiring admission, transfer, or discharge per unit time guidelines
  • Maintains Central Telemetry Log per unit guidelines
  • Assists team members in locating patient data information
  • Gathers and organizes patient telemetry rhythm data for processing by medical records
• Arrhythmia Interpretation
  • Identifies and reports cardiac and respiratory monitoring assessment data fundamental to development and/or update of patient's plan of care
  • Interprets EKG per competency (EKG Rhythms I & II)
  • Identifies changes and trends in cardiac rhythms per standards
  • Communicates changes and trends in cardiac rhythms, O2 saturation, and/or EtCO2 abnormal values to other staff per standards
  • Maintains telemetry record per unit guidelines/competencies
  • Identifies arrhythmias necessary for the nurse to download into electronic documentation systems to maintain an accurate rhythm history in the electronic record
  • Places paper documentation into medical record upon discharge per unit standards
• Customer Service and Teamwork
  • Responsive to customer needs through communication and coordination with members of the team
  • Greets and makes welcome a variety of customers by telephone and in person utilizing AIDET communication model
  • Obtains information from visitors/callers, directs as appropriate, or takes complete and accurate messages
  • Acts on requests for customer assistance
  • Uses scripts as appropriate, including answering phones, transferring calls, and service recovery
  • Answers calls within 4 rings; transfers calls as indicated
  • Responds to all inquiries with timeliness that promotes customer satisfaction
  • Communicates and collaborates with interdisciplinary team regarding patient monitoring events, including RNs, MDs, and Providers
  • Assists in directing others during crisis interventions (codes, disasters, etc.)
• Data Entry and Inquiry
  • Ensures accurate data entry into the central monitoring system
  • Ensures patient is placed upon the monitor within 30 minutes of admission
  • If applicable, verifies DNR status and accurately follows guidelines of care for DNR documentation
  • Seeks clarification before completing data entry regarding resuscitation status
  • Dates, times, and signs to confirm data entry per unit standards
• Department Efficiency and Effectiveness
  • Maximizes operational efficiency through ensuring best use of resources
  • Efficient in completing own work, organizing, prioritizing, and delegating to support productive completion of work within unit time guidelines
  • Orders supplies, forms, and equipment; maintains stock per guidelines
  • Manages unit equipment, ensuring proper operation, obtaining supplies, troubleshooting, and calling for maintenance as needed (e.g., fax, copier, printer, phone systems, and other equipment supportive of completing clerical work)
  • Logs, assigns, and tracks telemetry boxes and other portable equipment as designated by the organization
• Central Monitoring Unit Management
  • Obtains accurate patient cardiac rhythm and respiratory values through set-up, troubleshooting, and operating cardiac monitoring system
  • Views, prints, and analyzes ECG per unit guidelines
  • Sets alarms with parameters
  • Reviews alarm histories (scan events and print events)
  • Assures pacemaker detection and capture
  • Determines best view/lead for arrhythmia detection
  • Prints trends of arrhythmias
  • Prints arrhythmias for healthcare personnel to download into electronic documentation systems
  • Measures rhythm strips with on-screen calipers and prints documents
• Unit Safety
  • Consistently utilizes proper body mechanics and available support equipment to ensure staff safety and avoidance of personal injury
  • Enters work order to facilitate repair of equipment; reports urgent or unresolved equipment malfunction to Biomed, Material Management, etc.
  • Reports personal injury within two hours after incident and follows reporting procedures
  • Follows safety procedures required for equipment use
  • Reports observed hazards and unsafe practices
  • Complies with universal precautions and hospital infection control policies

Requirements

• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) – Required

Preferred Qualifications

• High School Diploma or Equivalent
• 1 year of experience as a telemetry technician in an acute care setting
• Telemetry Certification – National Telemetry Association – Preferred

Skills

• Must demonstrate EKG competency