About Us
The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals across the state, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 730-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 242,000 Michigan lives, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network, and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 93,000 network providers throughout Michigan.
Telemetry Technician
Position Summary: Assists healthcare service providers by monitoring patients' EKG waveforms. Interprets results, recognizes irregular heart functions, such as an arrhythmia and informs provider of potentially hazardous arrhythmias. Maintains monitoring equipment.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Monitors cardiac rhythms, reviews and tests memory alarms, set alarm parameters, and performs arrhythmia analysis.
- Monitors and documents cardiac rhythm strips per hospital guidelines.
- Communicates changes in patient telemetry status according to policy.
- Applies and removes telemetry equipment from patients using proper technique and universal precautions.
- Troubleshoots monitoring equipment and paging system as necessary.
- Performs activities related to equipment maintenance including routine battery changes, equipment checks, and reports malfunctioning equipment to appropriate personnel.
- Maintains monitoring supplies at designated par levels.
- Communicates effectively with nursing and medical staff.
- Maintains technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications.
- Performs other related duties as required and directed.
Qualifications:
Required:
· Completion of course in arrhythmia detection OR one (1) year of directly related experience
Preferred:
- Three months of job-related experience.
Completion of formal coursework in EKG.
Equal Opportunity Employer
McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.
