EKG Telemetry Monitor Tech - (Full Time / Days) at Texas Health Resources – Dallas, Texas

Telemetry Monitor Technician (Full-Time / Days)

Bring your passion to Texas Health so we are Better + Together

Work location: Texas Health Dallas 8200 Walnut Hill Ln., Dallas, TX 75231

Work hours: Full-Time, Days, 36 hours weekly, 7a-7p, including rotating weekends

Telemetry Monitoring Department Highlights:

• Self-scheduling that helps with work/life balance as well as opportunities for educational and career growth,
• Fast-Paced, high-volume department
• Robust Unit Based Council (UBC) and engaged leadership team

Here's What You Need

• High School Diploma or Equivalent required
• 1 year of telemetry monitoring experience strongly preferred
• Basic understanding/ability to learn medical terminology

What You Will Do:

• Demonstrates competency in the set up and use of the telemetry monitoring equipment.
• Collects, reports, and documents patient information (rhythms/rate) timely and accurately.
• Seeks assistance, supervision, or consultation when unsure of rhythm(s) identification.
• Distinguishes and reports abnormalities and initiates action to provide continuity of care.
• Processes admission and discharge or patients in system promptly. Prepares monitor for next patient admission.
• Notifies patient's primary RN promptly of any changes in patient's monitor view.
• Communicates promptly of perceived risks specific to patient safety or immediate need for assistance to co-workers, nurses, and physicians/providers.
• Serves as a patient advocate.
• Assists with documentation that supports and meets hospital and regulatory requirements.
• Uses Professional Practice Model philosophy to work in partnership with patients, families, physicians, peers, and all other disciplines.

Additional perks of being a Texas Health Telemetry Monitor Technician

• Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, student Loan forgiveness as well as several other benefits.
• Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.
• Strong Unit Based Council (UBC).
• A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.

Entity Highlight:

For more than a half-century, Texas Health Dallas has been at the forefront of health care in North Texas. We're an 875-bed, Magnet-designated, full-service hospital serving our community in and around Dallas since 1966.

We specialize in cancer care, cardiology, neurosciences, women's services and emergency medicine. Plus, we're a renowned Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a Comprehensive Stroke and Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence and provide wellness services, outpatient surgery and women's imaging services.

Texas Health Dallas is a joint Commission-certified Comprehensive Stroke Center, a Level I Trauma Center, a Comprehensive Heart Attack Center and a designated Magnet hospital. We're a top choice in North Texas for cancer and emergency services, bariatric services, cardiac care and much more.

If you're ready to join us in our mission to improve the health of our community, then let's show the world how we're even better together!

Learn more about our culture, benefits, and recent awards.

Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org

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Primary Location: Dallas
Job: Support Services
Organization: Texas Health Dallas 8200 Walnut Hill Ln. TX 75231
Shift: Day Job
Employee Status: Regular
Job Type: Standard
Schedule: Full-time