PART TIMEGENERAL SUMMARY:To monitor noninvasive cardiac activity and other clinical parameters of patient populations ranging from adolescence to geriatric by continuous electrocardiographic display and pulse oximetry. The technician is responsible for the interpretation the patient\xe2\x80\x99s cardiac rhythm and preforms critical alarm hand off with the nursing unit appropriately. The technician also maintains data related to the monitoring and provides daily reports for the patient\'s permanent medical record via electronic shift report directly into EMR.ESSENTIAL DUTIES:1. Telemetry Technician- Monitors cardiac rhythms and pulse oximetry, reviews history alarms, scans 24-hour data, and performs arrhythmia analysis.2. Interpretation, measurements and documentation of cardiac rhythm strips, maintaining two-hour rate and rhythm documentation, providing 24-hour reports and discharge summaries via eDoc shift report to the patient\xe2\x80\x99s medical record.3. Direct, immediate communication with the patient\xe2\x80\x99s nurse regarding changes in the patient\'s rhythm status including the ability to recognize life-threatening arrhythmias. Providing critical alarm hand off to appropriate nurse.4. Communication with unit to verify proper patient identification, correct telemetry box number, and correct unit location for patient safety5. Record box placement, maintain renewals, ASO and discharges in EMR. Providing Access Center with unit availability.6. Ensuring communication staff assignments are complete for all units at all sites. Providing real time feedback to units to complete assignments.7. Clerical activity including utilizing Box Status Report and scanning supplemental documentation in Epic.This document represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described.STANDARD QUALIFICATIONSTo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.Education / Training:
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