Telemetry / Monitoring Tech - Mira Mesa

This is a benefited, full time position working 12-hour day shifts on varied days. Hours are generally 0630-1900. Rotating holidays and weekends required. Located at Scripps Centralized Services on Rehco Road. If you are selected to move forward in the process and interview for this position, be prepared to take a proctored telemetry test during the interview.

Why join Scripps Health?

At Scripps Health, your ambition is empowered and your abilities are appreciated:

• Nearly a quarter of our employees have been with Scripps Health for over 10 years.
• Scripps is a Great Place to Work Certified company for 2025.
• Scripps Health has been consistently ranked as a top employer for women, millennials, diversity, and as an overall workplace by various national publications.
• Becker's Healthcare ranked Scripps Health on its 2024 list of 150 top places to work in health care.
• We have transitional and professional development programs to create a learning environment that enables you to thrive in your specific field as well as in your overall career.
• Our specialties have been nationally recognized for quality in areas such as cardiovascular care, oncology, orthopedics, geriatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and gastroenterology.

Why Scripps Hospital Centralized Services?

• Pioneering Innovation: Be part of a trailblazing team in California, the first to remotely monitor a network of hospitals from one centralized location.
• Collaborate with Experts: Work alongside experienced telemetry technicians, gaining valuable skills and insights in a cutting-edge healthcare environment.
• Make a Difference: Play a key role in revolutionizing patient care through advanced technology and streamlined systems.

What you'll do:

• Responsibility for monitoring patients on cardiac and/or SPO2 (continuous oxygen saturation) via telemetry equipment.
• Monitoring patients when transporting to and from procedures/units.
• Interpreting cardiac rhythms/SPO2 and reports changes to the RN.
• Ability to prioritize notification to the RN based on emergent patient care needs.
• Identifying and maintaining integrity of the telemetry system and reports all malfunctions and needed adjustments.
• Responsibility for printing telemetry strips and documenting per unit standards.
• Responsibility for placing patient on cardiac/SPO2 monitor, change batteries, and set up leads.
• Performing clerical and other duties as requested per unit standard.

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Required Qualifications:

• Must successfully complete the Scripps Health EKG Examination during interview process

Preferred Qualifications:

• Completion of formal telemetry training which may include a class or online course OR electrocardiogram (EKG) OR Arrhythmia Certification course OR completion of a Paramedic, Cardio-Vascular, EMT, MD, or RN Program, OR other cardiac related programs
• 6 months of Cardiac Monitoring experience preferred
• Basic Arrhythmia Certification
• EKG certification
• EMT experience