You'll lead the Central Monitoring Unit that watches cardiac rhythms across multiple hospitals.
Posted Sep 30 · 7 years of experience
Pay
Not posted
Shift and hours
Weekday days, 8AM to 5PM Monday through Friday 8AM - 5PM Monday-Friday5 shifts a week
Unit and setting
Central Monitoring Unit (CMU) · Hospital Direct the strategic, operational, and clinical leadership of the Central Monitoring Unit (CMU)
Term
Permanent
Do you qualify?
Education
Bachelor's in healthcare administration, business administration, or a related fieldBachelor's degree in healthcare administration, business administration, or a related field required.
Experience
7 years of telemetry experienceSeven years of telemetry experience required.
Experience
2 years of supervisory experienceTwo years of supervisory experience required.
Preferred
Also asks
Managing multi-site or system-level healthcare operationsManage multi-site or system-level healthcare operations (preferred).
Building a system-wide telemetry strategy and monitoring standardsDevelop and execute a system-wide strategy for centralized telemetry services
Day to day
Overseeing CMU staff, workload and budgets
Day to day
Ensuring timely escalation of significant rhythm changesensuring timely escalation of clinically significant rhythm changes
Day to day
Recruiting, mentoring and retaining telemetry staffLead talent development for telemetry services by recruiting, developing, mentoring, and retaining high-performing staff
Day to day
Preparing for regulatory surveys and accreditationcoordinating readiness for regulatory surveys and accreditation activities
Hours stated
8AM - 5PM Monday-Friday
Weekends
No weekends
Details
Monitoring coverage runs 24/7ensuring 24/7 monitoring coverage and readiness
Direct the strategic, operational, and clinical leadership of the Central Monitoring Unit (CMU), ensuring continuous, high-quality cardiac rhythm surveillance across multiple hospitals and care settings. Standardize workflows, quality, and performance while partnering with nursing, physician leadership, clinical engineering, IT, and hospital operations to advance patient safety and organizational growth.
Responsibilities
Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
Develop and execute a system-wide strategy for centralized telemetry services, establish standardized monitoring practices, workflows, escalation protocols, staffing models, and technology solutions while leading expansion, integration, and operational efficiency initiatives across facilities.
Lead centralized monitoring unit (CMU) operations and personnel, ensuring 24/7 monitoring coverage and readiness while overseeing staffing effectiveness, productivity, workload distribution, service performance, budgets, capital planning, resource allocation, vendor relationships, and telemetry technology solutions.
Lead system-wide quality and performance improvement for centralized telemetry services by establishing quality and patient safety indicators, monitoring outcomes and data trends, ensuring timely escalation of clinically significant rhythm changes, implementing corrective actions, and promoting evidence-based monitoring practices.
Lead talent development for telemetry services by recruiting, developing, mentoring, and retaining high-performing staff; fostering accountability, collaboration, service excellence, and continuous improvement; and ensuring leadership development, succession planning, competency assessment, education, and professional growth.
Ensure regulatory and organizational compliance for telemetry services by maintaining policies, procedures, and documentation standards; coordinating readiness for regulatory surveys and accreditation activities; and enforcing patient privacy, security, and documentation requirements.
Direct system-wide CMU operations and collaborate with nursing executives, administrators, physician leaders, clinical operations, IT, and clinical engineering to optimize care delivery, telemetry systems and integrations, and strategic initiatives related to patient monitoring.
Job
Requirements
Education/Skills
Bachelor's degree in healthcare administration, business administration, or a related field required.
Experience
Seven years of telemetry experience required.
Two years of supervisory experience required.
Lead telemetry, patient monitoring, centralized monitoring, or related clinical support services.
Deliver results in operational excellence, quality improvement, and team leadership.
Manage multi-site or system-level healthcare operations (preferred).
Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications
NA
In accordance with the CHRISTUS Health License, Certification and Registration Verification Policy, all Associates are required to obtain the required certifications for their respective positions within the designated time frame.
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South Tyler is where nurses and young professionals most often land: Hollytree is a prestigious country-club community with luxurious homes, tennis, a pool, and golf, while The Cascades offers Lake Bellwood waterfront living, Cascades Golf & Country Club, a marina, spa, and homes from townhomes to estates. The Woods features large wooded lots and privacy minutes from South Tyler shopping and dining; Cambridge Bend Estates and Cumberland Estates mix modern spacious construction, parks, and access to well-regarded schools and major highways.
The historic Azalea District has tree-lined streets and restored early-20th-century homes with easy downtown access. Lindale (a growing town off the interstate), Whitehouse, and mall-area rentals are repeatedly named as safer, more affordable options, and locals advise against living north of most workplaces unless settling in Lindale.
Getting around+Tyler is described as a place where nearly everything sits within a ten-minute drive; these sources name no public-transit lines. Local advice is to live in South Tyler (The Woods, Hollytree, The Cascades) rather than north of a typical workplace, unless settling in Lindale off the interstate. Cumberland Estates is noted for highway access via Cumberland Road. Stanley's Famous Pit Bar-B-Q is specifically placed near the Hospital District, a cluster tied to Trinity Mother Frances Hospital and East Texas Medical Center, but sources do not give hospital-specific drive times or parking details.
Tyler is described as a place where nearly everything sits within a ten-minute drive; these sources name no public-transit lines. Local advice is to live in South Tyler (The Woods, Hollytree, The Cascades) rather than north of a typical workplace, unless settling in Lindale off the interstate.
Cumberland Estates is noted for highway access via Cumberland Road. Stanley's Famous Pit Bar-B-Q is specifically placed near the Hospital District, a cluster tied to Trinity Mother Frances Hospital and East Texas Medical Center, but sources do not give hospital-specific drive times or parking details.
Outdoors+Tyler State Park covers 985 acres around a 64-acre spring-fed lake, with swimming, fishing, paddling, hiking, mountain biking, camping in the Red Oak Camping Area, and limited-service cabins; reserve day-use or campsites ahead for spring and fall weekends. The Tyler Municipal Rose Garden at 420 Rose Park Drive spans 14 acres with more than 32,000 bushes and 500-plus varieties, peaking mid-April through May and again in October. Every spring the Azalea & Spring Flower Trail turns the historic Azalea District's residential streets into a self-guided bloom route, typically peaking in late March. Caldwell Zoo occupies 85 acres with more than 3,000 animals, free admission, and free parking.
Tyler State Park covers 985 acres around a 64-acre spring-fed lake, with swimming, fishing, paddling, hiking, mountain biking, camping in the Red Oak Camping Area, and limited-service cabins; reserve day-use or campsites ahead for spring and fall weekends. The Tyler Municipal Rose Garden at 420 Rose Park Drive spans 14 acres with more than 32,000 bushes and 500-plus varieties, peaking mid-April through May and again in October.
Every spring the Azalea & Spring Flower Trail turns the historic Azalea District's residential streets into a self-guided bloom route, typically peaking in late March. Caldwell Zoo occupies 85 acres with more than 3,000 animals, free admission, and free parking.
Tyler, the Rose Capital of America, is an East Texas Piney Woods city of about 115,000 with a healthcare-heavy job base (Trinity Mother Frances Hospital, East Texas Medical Center) and a 14-acre rose garden of 32,000 bushes. Professionals cluster in South Tyler—Hollytree, The Cascades on Lake Bellwood, The Woods, Cambridge Bend Estates—while Lindale, Whitehouse, and mall-area rentals are named for safer, cheaper housing. Daily life is car-dependent and compact (most needs within ten minutes) yet isolated from big-city amenities. Signature texture: 985-acre Tyler State Park and its 64-acre spring-fed lake, the late-March Azalea Trail, Caldwell Zoo, October's Texas Rose Festival, and downtown First Friday Art Walks. Stanley's Famous Pit Bar-B-Q is near the Hospital District; Villaggio Del Vino (Old Bullard Road) and Rick's on the Square are local fixtures. Expect August highs near 94°F, mild winters, and 46 inches of rain. Tradeoffs are a limited arts scene, summer heat, and a slower "no sense of urgency" pace.
