Sign on Bonus up to $2,500 for Eligible Candidates

Walker Baptist Medical Center: Located in Jasper, this facility is equipped with 267 beds and specializes in cardiology; orthopedics, including rehabilitation; psychiatric care; urology; and detox therapy.

Job Summary
Responsible for the set up of telemetry on physician orders by ensuring proper placement of electrodes, running strips, and replacing batteries as needed.

Job Responsibilities
Performs general clerical duties by preparing, compiling and maintaining records in a hospital nursing unit. Maintains current and orderly chart files. Answers telephone; records and relays messages. Prepares routine, confidential, and/or special reports, documents, and records; assist with quality improvement activities.

Education
Required: High school diploma or equivalent

Experience
Required: Successful completion of EKG class. Familiar with Medical Terminology.

Qualifications

Education:

Required: High school diploma or equivalent.

Experience:

Required: Successful completion of EKG class. Familiar with medical terminology.

Certifications:

Required: Current BLS certification.

Physical Demands:

Responsibilities

Selects, sets-up, calibrates and adjusts monitoring equipment in accordance with physician orders. Ensures continued proper functioning of equipment; troubleshoots equipment problems as identified. Collects, transmits, and documents pertinent patient data to the Registered Nurse (RN) with correct interpretations and interval measurements on each patient at required intervals every shift and with any significant rhythm change. Maintains current monitored patients in the system; confers with nursing staff to determine correct validation counts and alarm parameters for patients. Reports alarms and changes of rhythm to RN staff. Greets, screens and processes incoming unit/dept calls, patients, visitors, and messages. Transcribes physician orders, enters tests, and treatment requests into system. Assembles and maintains patient medical records including posting of results.