Telemetry Technician Jobs

Description

Telemetry Technician at Swedish Issaquah Campus in Issaquah, WA.

The monitor tech I (MT) is responsible for continuously monitoring patients via telemetry of oxygen saturation (Sp02) levels and/or electrocardiogram (ECG) rhythm on patients from a remote workstation located in the TeleICU Clinical Operations Room (COR). The Monitor Tech communicates all concerns to staff registered nurse (RN). Utilizes TeleICU RN (tRN) as a resource. If the MT is unable to reach the bedside RN in a timely manner, the MT may escalate the concern by calling the charge nurse, Rapid Response Team or Code Blue per unit procedure. Additionally, the MT provides clerical support to the workflows of the TeleICU clinical staff (tMD and tRN), assists and participates with the orientation of new MT and nursing staff, and other duties as assigned.

Required qualifications:

• Successful completion of Basic Cardiac Arrhythmia Interpretation class with a score of at least 80% on final exam.
• Required upon hire: National Provider BLS - American Heart Association
• Individuals hired with previous monitor technician experience must pass a challenge exam with a score of at least 80%.
• 1 year Recent ECG monitoring experience managing patients on cardiac monitors in a telemetry, neurological, cardiac ICU, ICU or TeleICU.

Preferred qualification:

• Previous experience using electronic medical record.
• To be promoted to a Monitor Tech II level, EICU Monitor Tech must successfully complete 3 months of orientation with one on one training in the ICU with an assigned Preceptor. After the 3 month orientation period, will then complete 9 months of experience in the EICU monitoring patients with an assigned resource support staff member. At the conclusion of the 9 months of training experience must be able to independently monitor a patient load of 35 patients and successfully pass competencies. At that time Employee may qualified to promote to a Monitor Technician II level.
• Preferred upon hire: Monitor Tech Certification

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About Providence

At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.

The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

Check out our benefits page for more information about our Benefits and Rewards.

About the Team

Swedish is the largest not-for-profit health care system in the greater Seattle area. It is comprised of five hospital campuses (First Hill, Cherry Hill, Ballard, Edmonds and Issaquah); emergency rooms and specialty centers in Redmond (East King County) and the Mill Creek area in Everett; and Swedish Medical Group, a network of more than 128 primary care and specialty care locations throughout the Puget Sound. Swedish, named a LinkedIn Top Company to grow your career, employs nearly 13,000 caregivers (all employees), including nearly 1,400 providers. Whether through physician clinics, education, research and innovation or other outreach, we're committed to caring for the people in our region and beyond.

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Requsition ID: 167294

Company: Swedish Jobs

Job Category: Technical Services

Job Function: Clinical Care

Job Schedule: Part time

Job Shift: Night

Career Track: Clinical Support

Department: 3904 SIS ICU TELEMETRY

Address: WA Issaquah 751 NE Blakely Dr

Pay Range: $23.37 - $33.78

The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

Check out our benefits page for more information about our Benefits and Rewards.

Swedish Health Services is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Providence does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law.