Telemetry Tech

CHI Mercy Health offers the unique opportunity to grow professionally in a supportive highly rewarding work environment and to satisfy your soul in the surroundings of a breathtakingly beautiful natural setting. More than 100 years after the founding of our organization the core values - Compassion Inclusion Integrity Excellence and Collaboration - that guide our interactions with our patients and each other remain the same. In the welcoming embrace of these nurturing communities you will feel immediately at home. 

Roseburg is located on Interstate 5 in Southern Oregon's scenic Douglas County. The community is nestled in a lush forested region known as the 100 Valleys of the Umpqua. In many places you’ll find it hard to maintain a healthy work-life/personal-life balance because the pace of one is indistinguishable from the other. Not here. Life never stops here but it slows to an easy welcome pace. A traffic jam means you missed the yellow and have to wait for the next green. A terrible parking space is the one across from the restaurant instead of in front of it. And the three words you may never hear are “Wow that’s expensive.” Easy is the best way to describe life here. Hard-to-beat works too.

Shift: Week 1 Sun Days, Mon Nights; Week 2 Mon Nights, Sat Days

Job Summary:

Performs monitoring of inpatient units and emergency department telemetry.

Essential Duties:

• Monitors patient’s cardiac rhythms and/or oxygen saturation using appropriate cardiac monitoring equipment; obtains a baseline ECG strip on all monitored patients according to department guidelines; records and posts cardiac strips in accordance with established procedures; Updates and verifies patient data in information system; maintains department specific records as assigned.
• Recognizes rhythms with the potential to alter the patient’s physiology and obtains a documentary ECG strip; immediately reports all arrhythmias to the RN responsible for the patient in accordance with established protocols.
• Maintains current knowledge of the technical operation and capabilities of the central monitoring station; maintains alarm systems according to established protocols and responds appropriately to monitor alarms; identifies/troubleshoots routine technical problems with the monitors and sends work orders for maintenance/clinical engineering repairs as necessary.
• Handles incoming and outgoing communications, answers questions and assists staff in accordance with established procedures.
• Maintains a safe work and patient environment, adhering to the hospital’s safety, risk management, infection prevention, and regulatory standards.
• Maintains a neat and organized work environment; orders, stocks and replenishes supplies and equipment as necessary; identifies and reports problems with supplies or equipment.
• Participates in quality assurance/improvement initiatives and activities; participates in growth opportunities.
• Performs related duties as required and other duties as assigned by management.

License/Certification:

• Must have current BLS certification within 30 days of hire.

Experience:

• CNA-II license issued by the State of Oregon or previous EKG experience preferred.
• Knowledge of Medical Terminology required.
• Advanced computer skills.

Education:

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Must successfully pass a Basic EKG Arrhythmia course within 3 months of hire.