The Unit Secretary/Telemetry Tech will be responsible for:

• Monitoring heart rhythm patterns to detect record and report normal and abnormal heart rhythm patterns.
• Report alarms and any abnormal interval measurements.
• Answer and respond to call lights for the entire hospital. 
• Assists in planning, organizing, implementing and evaluating the activities occurring in the nursing station by performing clerical and receptionist duties and maintaining the physical environment of the area.
• Will assist Clinical Staff to retrieve patient data from medical record.

• Perform clerical functions for the nursing unit within the Unit Secretary’s sphere of responsibility.

• Answer telephone and intercom, take messages, and communicate messages to the appropriate person.

• Assist patients and visitors in nursing unit as needed.

• Will notify nurse of telemetry alarms, document alarms of any abnormal heart rhythm variances which indicate heart ischemia, an acute myocardial infarction, or after pathology. 

• Reviews patient information to determine normal heart rhythm patterns and prior variances.
• Measure rate and intervals of patients’ heart rhythm patterns on a graphic readout, analyzes the heart rhythm and records the information on patients’ telemetry charts.