UPMC Hamot is looking for a Telemetry Technician to support the Medical Center by monitoring patients on all units!

If you’re passionate about patient care and looking for a career that offers great benefits and plenty of room for growth, we invite you to explore this opportunity today!

This position is Full-Time, with rotating day and evening shifts.

Title and salary will be determined based upon education and experience.

Responsibilities:

• Instructs staff on nursing units to troubleshoot minor problems (e.g., lead placement). Identifies own learning needs and sets personal education goals.
• Aware of quality improvement issues in the unit and contributes appropriately. Maintains effective inter- and intra-departmental communications, both written and oral.
• Interacts positively with patients, families, physicians, nursing staff, and other disciplines. Identified as positive, approachable, and consistently respectful and team-oriented.
• Identifies and communicates patient information to the next shift and ensures effective handoff. Promotes a positive image by refraining from participating in gossip.
• Maintains a clean and safe environment by establishing routine schedules for cleaning the unit. Provides routine maintenance to telemetry equipment and troubleshoots minor problems.
• Identifies problems and seeks resources to resolve issues within their control. Delivers correct telemetry reports to the appropriate nursing units.
• Files patient documents on the correct charts. Acquires and maintains supplies; stocks and organizes the unit.
• Displays awareness of cultural diversity and values patients' perceptions regarding care. Meets the full range of customer needs.
• Actions demonstrate commitment to Hamot's vision 'to serve.' Handles information in a confidential manner.
• Demonstrates Hamot's commitment to Service Excellence by understanding the needs of patients, their families, physicians, and co-workers, and fulfilling requirements responsibly, sensitively, accurately, timely, coordinated, and thoroughly.
• Interprets cardiac rhythm of patients on in-house telemetry. Identifies normal cardiac rhythms and recognizes basic arrhythmias.
• Reports changes outside stated parameters to the appropriate nursing unit immediately.
• Is alert and responsive to urgent and emergency situations, acting within established guidelines, and informing responsible persons in case of emergencies. 
• Maintains and updates each patient monitor record consistently and timely. Provides safe patient care, obtaining accurate patient data, and reporting findings promptly with attention to detail.
• Responds appropriately to delegated duties. Makes annotations on the recording regarding patient movement, artifact, and questionable seizure activity.
• Learns how to apply electrodes according to the 10-20 system. Recognizes normal waveforms during awake, drowsy, and asleep states.