Location:Altru Hospital1200 South Columbia RoadGrand Forks, ND 58201
Pay Range: $16.26 - $24.38
Summary:Schedule/Hours: 36 hours per week, Day/Night shift rotation (7am-7pm, 7pm-7am) with rotating weekends and holidays.
The Telemetry Tech monitors the electrical activity of patients' heart rhythms through a central monitoring station in the hospital setting. They are responsible for identifying and reporting changes in heart rhythms to assigned nursing staff.
Essential Job Functions:- Monitors telemetry central. Detects, analyzes, records, and reports any rhythm changes. Functions as a resource to nursing staff for rhythm analysis.
- Reads, interprets, and sends rhythm strips to each unit for nurse review and documentation.
- Serves as a resource to bedside staff for applying telemetry monitors, maintenance of monitors and leads, and troubleshooting problems regarding telemetry monitoring
- Monitors telemetry orders and communicates changes of patient's telemetry order status to the direct care team.
- Advises direct care team of unsatisfactory outcomes and patient concerns
- Prepares and maintains telemetry Kardex
- Communicates accurate and thorough patient information to nursing staff and providers and assures that nursing staff and providers communicate pertinent patient information to telemetry central.
- Performs triaging process for telemetry central when indicated according to standard work
- Maintains telemetry equipment, reporting any technical issues per policy. Tracks telemetry devices to assure location is known. Cleans telemetry equipment per standard operating procedure.
- Other Duties as assigned
Certification:- Basic Life Support (BLS) American Heart Association (AHA) Within 90 days of Start Date Learning Management System
Physical Demands :•Sit: Frequently (34-66%)
•Stand: Occasionally (5-33%)
•Walk: Frequently (34-66%)
•Stoop/Bend: Occasionally (5-33%)
•Reach: Frequently (34-66%)
•Crawl: Not Applicable
•Squat/Crouch/Kneel: Occasionally (5-33%)
•Twist: Occasionally (5-33%)
•Handle/Finger/Feel: Continuously (67-100%)
•See: Continuously (67-100%)
•Hear: Continuously (67-100%)
Weight Demands:•Lift -Floor to Waist Level: Sedentary (
•Carry: Sedentary (
•Push/Pull: Sedentary (
•Slide/Transfer: Sedentary (
Working Conditions:•Indoor: Continuously (67-100%)
•Outdoor: Not Applicable
•Extreme Temperature: Not Applicable
Driving Requirement Definitions: - Professional Drivers: Persons who drive as their main responsibility OR transport passengers or hazardous materials.
- Frequent Drivers: Persons whose main responsibility is not driving, but drive daily or almost daily.
- Occasional Drivers: Persons who drive from once per month to as frequently as once per week.
- Infrequent Drivers: Persons who are generally not expected to drive.
Driving Requirement for this position: Infrequent Driver
Reference ID: R5587PandoLogic.