Telemetry Technician - Professional Performance Development Group, Inc
Biloxi, MS 39534
About the Job
Location: On-Site at Keesler Air Force Base
Hours: Panama schedule (rotating 4 days, then 3 days per week), not to exceed 12 hours per day and 84 hours every two weeks. Must be able to work AM and PM shifts.
Minimum Qualifications:
Hours: Panama schedule (rotating 4 days, then 3 days per week), not to exceed 12 hours per day and 84 hours every two weeks. Must be able to work AM and PM shifts.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Education: Completion of a cardiovascular technology program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Professionals or completion of a formal military program that trains telemetry technicians. In lieu of this requirement, applicants with 2 years of telemetry technician experience within the last 48 months will be considered.
- Experience: A minimum of 2 years of experience as a Telemetry Technician within the last 48 months.
- Certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS) - can be obtained and/or renewed at a later date if selected
- Must be a U.S. Citizen
Job Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
- Monitor, analyze, evaluate, interpret, document, and report cardiac rhythms, alarm parameters, waveforms, and trends on a central telemetry monitoring system.
- Immediately and accurately identify cardiac dysrhythmias and aberrancies, and immediately report events to the registered nurse or officer in charge and document notification.
- Obtain a baseline strip on all monitored patients, documenting and analyzing EKG rhythms of patients on telemetry.
- Replace electrode pads, wires, and batteries as needed.
- Obtain EKGs as necessary.
- Keep accurate records of EKG changes, update charting, and maintain active and accurate communication between physicians, staff nurses, charge nurses, or other designated professional staff.
Source : Professional Performance Development Group, Inc