This position is located in Nursing/Patient Care Services at the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center. The Health Technician (Telemetry Monitor) works as a member of the Acute Care Team, providing cardiac monitoring under the supervision. The incumbent exhibits skill and proficiency sufficient to effective EKG monitoring, age appropriate assessment, evaluation, and documentation. The incumbent performs cardiac monitoring after proper training, supervised demonstration, and with periodic review.

Duties

Duties include but not limited to: Obtains and analyzes rhythm strips every 4 hours 0800-1200-1600-2000-2400-0400 Contacts units at the beginning of each shift to identify and document primary nurse Verbalizes actions to take when monitoring system fails. Call WHEN supervisor, primary nurse, ICU charge nurse Confirms MD orders, assign telemetry box and completes CPRS telemetry admit note Demonstrates how to perform a 12 lead EKG Obtains rhythm strip within the first 30 minutes of patient's arrival to the floor, labels and stores in monitoring system. Verbalizes the need to repeat this procedure with any rhythm changes Demonstrates skill in the operation of and monitoring of EKG monitoring systems Demonstrates ability to use computerized software to enter data which can be properly analyzed and stored for subsequent retrieval Upon discontinuation of telemetry, discharges patient from monitoring system, cleans telebox per IFU Monitors patient rhythm and determines proper alarm settings after verifying with RN Demonstrates skill in operation of monitoring of various equipment which includes cardiac monitors 12 lead EKG machines, vital sign machine machines, pulse oximetry and various other clinical equipment found in the telemetry setting. Promptly identifies critical or lethal rhythms and notifies primary nurse and ICU charge nurse Demonstrates how to perform a 12 lead EKGCOMPETENCY Work Schedule: Night shift 12 hr shifts 7:00pm - 7:30am; 8 hour shift 11:00pm - 7:30am. Work hours subject to change per the needs of the agency.. Position Description/PD#: Health Tech (Telemetry Monitor)/PD16395A and PD16395A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: 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, 08/08/2024. Time-in-Grade Restriction - 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. These applicants must have held the GS-5 grade or higher for a year in order to meet this requirement for the GS-6 level of this vacancy. The grade may have been in any occupation but must have been held in the Federal service. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-5 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Health Technician - Monitor Tech. Specialized experience includes assisting with providing continuous monitoring of cardiac rate, rhythm and patterns of conduction at a monitoring station. Measures prints and interprets rhythmed at designated intervals and PRN. Recognizes and reports changes in a patients rhythm that are outside the established parameters. Monitors patients vital signs and response to treatment throughout a procedure. 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

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center One Freedom Way Augusta, GA 30901 US
• Name: Deborah Niebauer
• Phone: 228-523-5000 X40010
• Email: [email protected]