Telemetry Technician

Full Job Description

Requirements

Duties may include but are not limited to the following:

• Observes, interprets, and documents patients' current cardiac rhythm, rate, trends, and other clinical information using cardiac telemetry, parameters, and central monitors; communicates changes to licensed clinical staff;
• Recognizes and immediately reports potentially lethal arrhythmias and alarms to nursing and medical staff;
• Monitors, logs, and labels telemetry and central monitoring strips; places all tracing strips into the patients' medical records;
• Cleans and maintains telemetry and central monitoring equipment; troubleshoots basic equipment problems; reports issues to the Biomedical Equipment unit and shift supervisor as soon as possible;
• Ensures alarm warnings are set according to standards and policy at all times; refers any variances from the prescribed standards to the manager before making any changes to the settings;
• Consistently practices excellent customer service, maintains patient confidentiality, and complies with hospital standards of conduct using the Acknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explanation Thank You (AIDET) framework and Studer principles;
• Ensures that department and hospital policies and procedures are followed and reports any variances regarding standards of patient care to the Clinical Nurse Manager;
• May assist in monitoring supply levels and ordering supplies and equipment as needed;
• May answer phones, take messages, open new charts, and assist in maintaining patient medical records; and
• Performs other related duties as required.

Qualifications

These are entrance requirements to the exam process and assure neither continuance in the process nor placement on an eligible list.

EDUCATION, TRAINING, and EXPERIENCE
Some experience which has led to the acquisition of the required knowledge, skills, and abilities. The required knowledge, skills, and abilities can typically be obtained by one of the following:

Successful completion of a Basic Dysrhythmia training course (12 or more hours). Proof of completion is required by the application filing deadline;

OR

Six (6) months of full-time experience detecting, recording, reporting, and monitoring cardiac rhythms in an acute care hospital;

OR

One (1) year of full-time experience assisting medical professionals in a health care environment.

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENT

• Must be willing and able to work day, evening, and/or night shifts
• Must possess a valid Basic Life Support (BLS/CPR) certificate prior to the first day of employment
• Successful completion of a Basic Dysrhythmia training course (12 hours or more class duration) within six (6) months of hire

Desired:

• Bilingual (English/Spanish) skills
• Experience reading and recording medical terminology
• Experience maintaining patient and medical records

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Thorough knowledge of: the theory, techniques, and practices of cardiac telemetry; normal and abnormal cardiac rhythms, rates, and trends; telemetry monitoring equipment; routine hospital procedures and protocols; universal precautions; and medical terminology.

Ability to: read cardiac monitors, recognize lethal arrhythmias and use sound judgment in notifying the clinical staff; organize and prioritize workload assignments; multitask and work quickly and accurately with minimal direct supervision; understand and follow written and oral instructions; maintain patient and equipment records; read and record medical terminology; maintain confidentiality of patient information and medical records; communicate effectively, both orally and in writing; establish and maintain effective interpersonal relationships with physicians, staff members, patients, and their families; and work effectively in different departments or on different shifts as required.

Additional Information

FINAL FILING DATE: Your application must be received by County of Ventura Human Resources in Ventura, California, no later than 5:00 p.m. on the closing date.

(PREVIOUSLY: Your application must be received by County of Ventura Human Resources in Ventura, California, no later than 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 30, 2025.)

To apply online, please refer to our web site at www.ventura.org/jobs.

If you prefer to fill out a paper application form, please call (805) 677-5184 for application materials and submit them to County of Ventura Health Care Agency- Human Resources, 646 County Square Drive, L-1980, Ventura, CA 93003.

Sufficient information must be provided under the Education/Work experience portion of the application and supplemental questionnaire to thoroughly and accurately demonstrate your qualifications in order to determine eligibility.

A resume may be attached to supplement your responses in the above-referenced sections; however, it may not be substituted in lieu of the application.

NOTE TO LATERAL TRANSFER CANDIDATES: If presently permanently employed in another "merit" or "civil service" public agency/entity in the same or substantively similar position as is advertised, and if appointed to that position by successful performance in a "merit" or "civil service" style examination, then appointment by "Lateral Transfer" may be possible.

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SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE - qualifying: All applicants are required to complete and submit the questionnaire for this exam at the time of filing.

The supplemental questionnaire may be used throughout the exam process to assist in determining qualifications for the position.

Failure to complete and submit the questionnaire may result in removal of the application from further consideration.

APPLICATION EVALUATION - qualifying: All applications will be reviewed to determine whether the stated requirements are met.

Applicants meeting the stated requirements will be invited to continue to the next step in the examination process.

TRAINING & EXPERIENCE EVALUATION - 100%: A Training and Experience Evaluation (T&E) is a structured evaluation of the job application materials submitted by a candidate, including the written responses to the supplemental questionnaire.

The T&E is NOT a determination of whether the candidate meets the stated requirements; rather, the T&E is one method for determining who are the better qualified among those who have shown that they meet the stated requirements.

In a T&E, applications are either scored or rank ordered according to criteria that most closely meet the business needs of the department.

Candidates are typically scored/ranked in relation to one another; consequently, when the pool of candidates is exceptionally strong, many qualified candidates may receive a score or rank which is moderate or even low resulting in them not being advanced in the process.

PRACTICAL EXAMINATION - Pass/Fail: A practical written exam will be administered to test applicants’ knowledge of cardiac telemetry, cardiac rhythms, rates and trends.

If there are three (3) or fewer qualified applicants, an exam may not be conducted.

Instead, a score of seventy percent (70%) will be assigned and the qualified applicants will be placed on the eligible list.

Applicants successfully completing the examination process may be placed on an eligible list for a period of one (1) year.

BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION: A thorough pre-employment, post-offer background investigation which may include inquiry into past employment, education, criminal background information, and driving record may be required for this position.

For further information about this recruitment, please contact Sabrina Anderson by e-mail at Sabrina.Anderson@venturacounty.gov or by telephone at (805) 654-2642.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
The County of Ventura is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.