The position of Telemetry Technician serves as a member of the health care team South Texas Veterans Health Care System (STVHCS), providing continuous monitoring of the cardiac telemetry central monitoring station and provides clinical and administrative support in a wide variety of patient care related activities. The incumbent must possess personal qualities, desire and attitude necessary to adapt rapidly changing demand on time and workload to meet healthcare needs.

Duties

Telemetry Technician performs duties which require skill and knowledge of central telemetry station monitoring to include, but are not limited to: Observes, analyzes and records the cardiac rhythms of patients monitored via the cardiac telemetry centralized monitoring station. Records ECG strips and vital signs representative of changes in patients status and reports changes to the RN/LVN caring for the patient; Recognizes and documents arrhythmias; reports to the RN/LVN in a timely manner. Documents and maintains telemetry patient logs and related data; detects and reports all equipment malfunctions and/or loss of ECG monitor signal to nursing personnel and, when appropriate, to biomedical engineers/graphic control; documents nature of the problem in the telemetry equipment problem log; Includes information in report to oncoming personnel. Performs phlebotomy/blood draws; performs 12-lead ECGs perform patient care assignments which require skill and knowledge of specific patient conditions. Procedures include, but are not limited to: obtaining and recording vital signs, measuring and recoding intake and output, blood glucose monitoring and recording, providing all aspects of ADL to include patient bath, bed-making, turning/positioning, oral care, feeding, toileting, ambulating, transporting, and post-mortem care. Institute CPR; assist in all hospital codes as assigned; provide 1:1 observation of patients with special needs. Reinforce patient education provided by the nurse or physician on patient's role in various procedures, safety measures, equipment set-up and use, and on aspects of discharge teaching. Enters patient information into the medical record following documentation policies and guidelines. Maintain unit equipment, cleanliness, and safety as assigned. Work Schedule: Rotating tours including weekends: 0730-1600; 0730-2000; 1130-2000; 1130-2400; 1530-2400, 1930-0800, 2330-0800. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Health Technician (Telemetry)/PD671-03566-A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 01/25/2024. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-06 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR): The Health System Specialist 0640 occupational series requires specific education or experience to be met in order to be appointed into a position of this series. This IOR is set by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and one of the following must be met: Specialized Experience (for positions at GS-4 and above): Positions in this series range widely in type and include support duties to medical or health personnel such as audiologists, speech pathologists, medical officers, and optometrists. Therefore, technician experience is experience that required application of the knowledge, methods, and techniques of the position to be filled. In addition to meeting the IOR above, applicants must also meet the minimum qualifications as described below: GS-6 Minimum Qualifications: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-05 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: 1) Observes, analyzes and records the cardiac rhythms of patients monitored via the cardiac telemetry centralized monitoring station; 2) Performs phlebotomy/blood draws; 3) Specific technical duties: non-sterile dressing changes; set-up and application of SCDs; specimen collection; 4) Reinforce patient education provided by the nurse or physician on patient's role in various procedures, safety measures, equipment set-up and use, and on aspects of discharge teaching; and 5) Extensive knowledge of the telemetry equipment, including transmitters, central monitoring station, printers, trouble-shooting, lead placement, patient prep. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Communication Patient Care: Technical Competence Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: Duties require extensive periods of monitoring central telemetry station computers, sitting, standing and walking. Working with patients requires regular and recurring bending, lifting, stooping, stretching, reaching, pushing, pulling, and similar unrestricted activities that require use of effective body mechanics. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Contacts

• Address Audie L Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital 7400 Merton Minter Boulevard San Antonio, TX 78229 US
• Name: VISN 17 SSU USAS Group
• Email: [email protected]