Patient Specialist - Seattle, WA/ King County (1099 Contractor, Per Diem/On Call)
Kestra Medical Technologies, Inc. · Kirkland, WA · 1 mo ago
HybridContract
We need to produce HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes description of company, role, duties, competencies, requirements, work environment, physical demands, travel, other duties. We need to use for section headings: e.g., About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must include a section only when posting has real specific content. We should not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate (EEO etc). We need to preserve all substantive info.
We need to decide which sections to include: About the role (company overview and role summary). Responsibilities (essential duties). Requirements (education/experience required). Qualifications maybe combine with requirements? Could have Skills (competencies). Benefits? Not mentioned except "Flexibility of work schedule and competitive pay provided". That's a benefit? It mentions competitive pay and flexibility. Pay: not specified amount, just "competitive pay". According to rule: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. It says "competitive pay provided" and "Flexibility of work schedule". That's mention of pay and schedule but not specific numbers. The rule says: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Here they say "competitive pay provided" and "Flexibility of work schedule". That's still vague but it's stating that pay is competitive and schedule flexible. Is that considered filler? It's not a specific number but it's a statement. The rule says avoid placeholder like "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD". "competitive pay provided" is not exactly placeholder but still vague. However they said "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." It does state that pay is competitive and schedule flexible. So we could include a Pay section with that sentence, and a Schedule section with flexibility note. But we need to avoid filler. Might be okay.
Benefits: not mentioned besides flexibility and competitive pay. Could combine into Benefits? Not explicit benefits like health insurance. So maybe omit Benefits.
We need sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills (competencies), Pay, Schedule, Work Environment (maybe not in list but we could add as a custom heading? The instruction says use
for section headings: e.g., About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must include a section only when posting has real specific content. We should not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate (EEO etc). We need to preserve all substantive info.
We need to decide which sections to include: About the role (company overview and role summary). Responsibilities (essential duties). Requirements (education/experience required). Qualifications maybe combine with requirements? Could have Skills (competencies). Benefits? Not mentioned except "Flexibility of work schedule and competitive pay provided". That's a benefit? It mentions competitive pay and flexibility. Pay: not specified amount, just "competitive pay". According to rule: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. It says "competitive pay provided" and "Flexibility of work schedule". That's mention of pay and schedule but not specific numbers. The rule says: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Here they say "competitive pay provided" and "Flexibility of work schedule". That's still vague but it's stating that pay is competitive and schedule flexible. Is that considered filler? It's not a specific number but it's a statement. The rule says avoid placeholder like "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD". "competitive pay provided" is not exactly placeholder but still vague. However they said "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." It does state that pay is competitive and schedule flexible. So we could include a Pay section with that sentence, and a Schedule section with flexibility note. But we need to avoid filler. Might be okay.
Benefits: not mentioned besides flexibility and competitive pay. Could combine into Benefits? Not explicit benefits like health insurance. So maybe omit Benefits.
We need sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills (competencies), Pay, Schedule, Work Environment (maybe not in list but we could add as a custom heading? The instruction says use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It gives examples but not exclusive; we could add other headings if needed? It says use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Likely we should stick to those headings; but we could also add other headings if needed? Safer to stick to those. We have work environment, physical demands, travel, other duties. Could fit under Responsibilities or maybe a separate section like "Working Conditions". Not in list. Might be okay to add as a heading but instruction says use those for section headings; maybe we can still use others but better to follow examples. Could incorporate work environment etc into Responsibilities or a new section like "Work Environment" but not in list. Might be okay to add but risk. I'd try to fit them under Responsibilities (duties) and maybe a separate "Requirements" includes physical demands? Physical demands could be part of Requirements. Travel could be part of Responsibilities.
Thus sections: About the role (company overview + role summary). Responsibilities (essential duties). Requirements (education/experience, credentials, background check, etc). Skills (competencies). Pay (competitive pay provided). Schedule (flexibility of work schedule). That covers.
We must not repeat job title as heading. The job title is ASSURE Patient Specialist (APS). We'll not use as heading.
We need to preserve all substantive info. Let's extract.
Company overview: "The Kestra team has over 400 years of experience in the external and internal cardiac medical device markets. The company was founded in 2014 by industry leaders inspired by the opportunity to unite modern wearable technologies with proven device therapies. Kestra’s solutions combine high quality and technical performance with a wearable design that provides the greatest regard for patient comfort and dignity. Innovating versatile new ways to deliver care, Kestra is helping patients and their care teams harmoniously monitor, manage, and protect life."
Role summary: "The ASSURE Patient Specialist (APS) conducts patient fitting activities in support of the sales organization and the team of Regional Clinical Advisors (RCA). The APS will serve as the local patient care representative to provide effective and efficient patient fittings. We have an opening in Seattle, WA/ King County. This is a paid per fitting position."
Essential duties list: many bullet-like sentences. We'll convert to - .
List them:
- Act as a contractor ASSURE® Patient Specialist (APS) to fit and train local patients with a wearable defibrillator via training assignments dispatched from corporate headquarters.
- The APS will be trained and Certified as an ASSURE Patient Specialist by Kestra.
- Ability to provide instruction and instill confidence in Assure® patients with demonstrated patient care skills
- Willingness to contact prescribers, caregivers and patients to schedule services
- Ability to accept an assignment that could include daytime, evening, and weekend hours
- Travel to hospitals, patient’s homes and other healthcare facilities to provide fitting services
- Measure the patient to determine the correct garment size
- Review and transmit essential paperwork with the patient to receive the Assure® garment and services
- Manage inventory of the Assure® system kits, garments, and electronic equipment used in fittings
- Flexibility of work schedule and competitive pay provided (maybe this is benefit, but we can keep as duty? It's more of a benefit; but we already have Pay and Schedule sections; we could still include but maybe duplicate. We'll keep it as part of responsibilities? Might be redundant. Better to keep as part of Pay/Schedule sections and not duplicate. So we can omit from duties.)
- Adhere to Pledge of Confidentiality
- Information regarding a patient of this company shall not be released to any source outside of this company without the signed permission of the patient. Furthermore, information will only be released internally on a need-to-know basis. All Team Members will not discuss patient cases outside the office or with anyone not employed by this company unless they are directly involved with the patient’s case
We could combine confidentiality statements into one li.
Competencies list: many bullet points. We'll list as
- .
List:
- Passion: Contagious excitement about the company – sense of urgency. Commitment to continuous improvement.
- Integrity: Commitment, accountability, and dedication to the highest ethical standards.
- Collaboration/Teamwork: Inclusion of Team Member regardless of geography, position, and product or service.
- Action/Results: High energy, decisive planning, timely execution.
- Innovation: Generation of new ideas from original thinking.
- Customer Focus: Exceed customer expectations, quality of products, services, and experience always present of mind.
- Emotional Intelligence: Recognizes, understands, manages one’s own emotions and is able to influence others. A critical skill for pressure situations.
- Highly organized, service and detail orientated
- Passionate about the heart-failure space and a strong desire to make a difference
- Strong interpersonal skills with communicating and assisting clinicians with providing care for patients.
- Interest and desire for life-long learning to continuously improve over time.
Requirements list: parse.
- Education/Experience Required: 1 year in a paid patient care experience (not as a family care giver)
- Clinical or engineering background which may include but is not limited to nurses, cardiac device sales representatives, clinical engineers, catheterization lab technicians, physician assistants, or ECG technicians.
- Disclosure of personal NPI number (if applicable)
- Completion of background check. Florida and Ohio must complete a level 2 screening paid for by Kestra.
- Ability to pay for vendor credentialing upfront during a 90-day probationary period
- Experience in patient and/or clinician education
- Valid driver’s license in state of residence with a good driving record
- Ability to consistently work in the field in and around the region.
- Disclosures are required for any potential relationships and referral sources
- Must be able to achieve credentialing for hospital system entry including, but not limited to:
- Documentation of vaccination and immunization status
- Pass background check
- Pass drug screening testing
- Review and agree to hospital policies and procedures
- Completion of online courses, i.e., HIPAA, Bloodborne Pathogens and Electrical/Fire Safety
- Preferred: Knowledge of MS Office, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Teams
- Preferred: Direct cardiac patient care experience – RN, RT, CVIS, Paramedic, CRM
We need to separate required vs preferred? Could keep as is.
Pay section: "competitive pay provided". We'll put that as a
.
Schedule section: "Flexibility of work schedule". We'll put as
.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. At end there is EEO statement; we should drop.
Also drop duplicated lines (the company overview appears twice in the posting; we need to preserve but not duplicate. We'll include once.
Now produce HTML fragment.
Structure:
About the role
... company overview ...
... role summary ...
Responsibilities
- ...
...
Requirements
- ...
...
Skills
- ...
...
Pay
competitive pay provided
Schedule
Flexibility of work schedule
Check that we didn't miss any substantive info: location (Seattle, WA/ King County) included in role summary. Paid per fitting position mentioned; we could include that in About the role or Responsibilities. It's substantive; we should include. Add to role summary paragraph: "We have an opening in Seattle, WA/ King County. This is a paid per fitting position."
Also mention that APS will be trained and Certified as an ASSURE Patient Specialist by Kestra - that's a duty; we included.
Also mention "Ability to provide instruction and instill confidence in Assure® patients with demonstrated patient care skills" - included.
Also "Willingness to contact prescribers, caregivers and patients to schedule services" - included.
Also "Ability to accept an assignment that could include daytime, evening, and weekend hours" - included.
Also "Travel to hospitals, patient’s homes and other healthcare facilities to provide fitting services" - included.
Also "Measure the patient to determine the correct garment size" - included.
Also "Review and transmit essential paperwork with the patient to receive the Assure® garment and services" - included.
Also "Manage inventory of the Assure® system kits, garments, and electronic equipment used in fittings" - included.
Also confidentiality statements - included.
Also "Adhere to Pledge of Confidentiality" - we included as separate li maybe.
Now ensure we didn't miss any: "Flexibility of work schedule and competitive pay provided" we moved to Pay/Schedule sections; we might still want to mention that it's a benefit but we already have sections.
Also "Ability to consistently work in the field in and around the region." - included in Requirements.
Also "Disclosures are required for any potential relationships and referral sources" - included.
Also "Must be able to achieve credentialing for hospital system entry including, but not limited to:" with subitems - we included as separate li? Could nest but we can just list each as li.
Also "Preferred: Knowledge of MS Office, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Teams" and "Preferred: Direct cardiac patient care experience –
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Likely we should stick to those headings; but we could also add other headings if needed? Safer to stick to those. We have work environment, physical demands, travel, other duties. Could fit under Responsibilities or maybe a separate section like "Working Conditions". Not in list. Might be okay to add as a heading but instruction says use those for section headings; maybe we can still use others but better to follow examples. Could incorporate work environment etc into Responsibilities or a new section like "Work Environment" but not in list. Might be okay to add but risk. I'd try to fit them under Responsibilities (duties) and maybe a separate "Requirements" includes physical demands? Physical demands could be part of Requirements. Travel could be part of Responsibilities.
Thus sections: About the role (company overview + role summary). Responsibilities (essential duties). Requirements (education/experience, credentials, background check, etc). Skills (competencies). Pay (competitive pay provided). Schedule (flexibility of work schedule). That covers.
We must not repeat job title as heading. The job title is ASSURE Patient Specialist (APS). We'll not use as heading.
We need to preserve all substantive info. Let's extract.
Company overview: "The Kestra team has over 400 years of experience in the external and internal cardiac medical device markets. The company was founded in 2014 by industry leaders inspired by the opportunity to unite modern wearable technologies with proven device therapies. Kestra’s solutions combine high quality and technical performance with a wearable design that provides the greatest regard for patient comfort and dignity. Innovating versatile new ways to deliver care, Kestra is helping patients and their care teams harmoniously monitor, manage, and protect life."
Role summary: "The ASSURE Patient Specialist (APS) conducts patient fitting activities in support of the sales organization and the team of Regional Clinical Advisors (RCA). The APS will serve as the local patient care representative to provide effective and efficient patient fittings. We have an opening in Seattle, WA/ King County. This is a paid per fitting position."
Essential duties list: many bullet-like sentences. We'll convert to - .
List them:
- Act as a contractor ASSURE® Patient Specialist (APS) to fit and train local patients with a wearable defibrillator via training assignments dispatched from corporate headquarters.
- The APS will be trained and Certified as an ASSURE Patient Specialist by Kestra.
- Ability to provide instruction and instill confidence in Assure® patients with demonstrated patient care skills
- Willingness to contact prescribers, caregivers and patients to schedule services
- Ability to accept an assignment that could include daytime, evening, and weekend hours
- Travel to hospitals, patient’s homes and other healthcare facilities to provide fitting services
- Measure the patient to determine the correct garment size
- Review and transmit essential paperwork with the patient to receive the Assure® garment and services
- Manage inventory of the Assure® system kits, garments, and electronic equipment used in fittings
- Flexibility of work schedule and competitive pay provided (maybe this is benefit, but we can keep as duty? It's more of a benefit; but we already have Pay and Schedule sections; we could still include but maybe duplicate. We'll keep it as part of responsibilities? Might be redundant. Better to keep as part of Pay/Schedule sections and not duplicate. So we can omit from duties.)
- Adhere to Pledge of Confidentiality
- Information regarding a patient of this company shall not be released to any source outside of this company without the signed permission of the patient. Furthermore, information will only be released internally on a need-to-know basis. All Team Members will not discuss patient cases outside the office or with anyone not employed by this company unless they are directly involved with the patient’s case
We could combine confidentiality statements into one li.
Competencies list: many bullet points. We'll list as
- .
List:
- Passion: Contagious excitement about the company – sense of urgency. Commitment to continuous improvement.
- Integrity: Commitment, accountability, and dedication to the highest ethical standards.
- Collaboration/Teamwork: Inclusion of Team Member regardless of geography, position, and product or service.
- Action/Results: High energy, decisive planning, timely execution.
- Innovation: Generation of new ideas from original thinking.
- Customer Focus: Exceed customer expectations, quality of products, services, and experience always present of mind.
- Emotional Intelligence: Recognizes, understands, manages one’s own emotions and is able to influence others. A critical skill for pressure situations.
- Highly organized, service and detail orientated
- Passionate about the heart-failure space and a strong desire to make a difference
- Strong interpersonal skills with communicating and assisting clinicians with providing care for patients.
- Interest and desire for life-long learning to continuously improve over time.
Requirements list: parse.
- Education/Experience Required: 1 year in a paid patient care experience (not as a family care giver)
- Clinical or engineering background which may include but is not limited to nurses, cardiac device sales representatives, clinical engineers, catheterization lab technicians, physician assistants, or ECG technicians.
- Disclosure of personal NPI number (if applicable)
- Completion of background check. Florida and Ohio must complete a level 2 screening paid for by Kestra.
- Ability to pay for vendor credentialing upfront during a 90-day probationary period
- Experience in patient and/or clinician education
- Valid driver’s license in state of residence with a good driving record
- Ability to consistently work in the field in and around the region.
- Disclosures are required for any potential relationships and referral sources
- Must be able to achieve credentialing for hospital system entry including, but not limited to:
- Documentation of vaccination and immunization status
- Pass background check
- Pass drug screening testing
- Review and agree to hospital policies and procedures
- Completion of online courses, i.e., HIPAA, Bloodborne Pathogens and Electrical/Fire Safety
- Preferred: Knowledge of MS Office, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Teams
- Preferred: Direct cardiac patient care experience – RN, RT, CVIS, Paramedic, CRM
We need to separate required vs preferred? Could keep as is.
Pay section: "competitive pay provided". We'll put that as a
.
Schedule section: "Flexibility of work schedule". We'll put as
.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. At end there is EEO statement; we should drop.
Also drop duplicated lines (the company overview appears twice in the posting; we need to preserve but not duplicate. We'll include once.
Now produce HTML fragment.
Structure:
About the role
... company overview ...
... role summary ...
Responsibilities
- ...
...
Requirements
- ...
...
Skills
- ...
...
Pay
competitive pay provided
Schedule
Flexibility of work schedule
Check that we didn't miss any substantive info: location (Seattle, WA/ King County) included in role summary. Paid per fitting position mentioned; we could include that in About the role or Responsibilities. It's substantive; we should include. Add to role summary paragraph: "We have an opening in Seattle, WA/ King County. This is a paid per fitting position."
Also mention that APS will be trained and Certified as an ASSURE Patient Specialist by Kestra - that's a duty; we included.
Also mention "Ability to provide instruction and instill confidence in Assure® patients with demonstrated patient care skills" - included.
Also "Willingness to contact prescribers, caregivers and patients to schedule services" - included.
Also "Ability to accept an assignment that could include daytime, evening, and weekend hours" - included.
Also "Travel to hospitals, patient’s homes and other healthcare facilities to provide fitting services" - included.
Also "Measure the patient to determine the correct garment size" - included.
Also "Review and transmit essential paperwork with the patient to receive the Assure® garment and services" - included.
Also "Manage inventory of the Assure® system kits, garments, and electronic equipment used in fittings" - included.
Also confidentiality statements - included.
Also "Adhere to Pledge of Confidentiality" - we included as separate li maybe.
Now ensure we didn't miss any: "Flexibility of work schedule and competitive pay provided" we moved to Pay/Schedule sections; we might still want to mention that it's a benefit but we already have sections.
Also "Ability to consistently work in the field in and around the region." - included in Requirements.
Also "Disclosures are required for any potential relationships and referral sources" - included.
Also "Must be able to achieve credentialing for hospital system entry including, but not limited to:" with subitems - we included as separate li? Could nest but we can just list each as li.
Also "Preferred: Knowledge of MS Office, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Teams" and "Preferred: Direct cardiac patient care experience –
- .
List:
- Passion: Contagious excitement about the company – sense of urgency. Commitment to continuous improvement.
- Integrity: Commitment, accountability, and dedication to the highest ethical standards.
- Collaboration/Teamwork: Inclusion of Team Member regardless of geography, position, and product or service.
- Action/Results: High energy, decisive planning, timely execution.
- Innovation: Generation of new ideas from original thinking.
- Customer Focus: Exceed customer expectations, quality of products, services, and experience always present of mind.
- Emotional Intelligence: Recognizes, understands, manages one’s own emotions and is able to influence others. A critical skill for pressure situations.
- Highly organized, service and detail orientated
- Passionate about the heart-failure space and a strong desire to make a difference
- Strong interpersonal skills with communicating and assisting clinicians with providing care for patients.
- Interest and desire for life-long learning to continuously improve over time.
Requirements list: parse.
- Education/Experience Required: 1 year in a paid patient care experience (not as a family care giver)
- Clinical or engineering background which may include but is not limited to nurses, cardiac device sales representatives, clinical engineers, catheterization lab technicians, physician assistants, or ECG technicians.
- Disclosure of personal NPI number (if applicable)
- Completion of background check. Florida and Ohio must complete a level 2 screening paid for by Kestra.
- Ability to pay for vendor credentialing upfront during a 90-day probationary period
- Experience in patient and/or clinician education
- Valid driver’s license in state of residence with a good driving record
- Ability to consistently work in the field in and around the region.
- Disclosures are required for any potential relationships and referral sources
- Must be able to achieve credentialing for hospital system entry including, but not limited to:
- Documentation of vaccination and immunization status
- Pass background check
- Pass drug screening testing
- Review and agree to hospital policies and procedures
- Completion of online courses, i.e., HIPAA, Bloodborne Pathogens and Electrical/Fire Safety
- Preferred: Knowledge of MS Office, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Teams
- Preferred: Direct cardiac patient care experience – RN, RT, CVIS, Paramedic, CRM
We need to separate required vs preferred? Could keep as is.
Pay section: "competitive pay provided". We'll put that as a
. Schedule section: "Flexibility of work schedule". We'll put as
. We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. At end there is EEO statement; we should drop. Also drop duplicated lines (the company overview appears twice in the posting; we need to preserve but not duplicate. We'll include once. Now produce HTML fragment. Structure:
About the role
... company overview ...
... role summary ...
Responsibilities
- ... ...
Requirements
- ... ...
Skills
- ... ...
Pay
competitive pay provided
Schedule
Flexibility of work schedule
Check that we didn't miss any substantive info: location (Seattle, WA/ King County) included in role summary. Paid per fitting position mentioned; we could include that in About the role or Responsibilities. It's substantive; we should include. Add to role summary paragraph: "We have an opening in Seattle, WA/ King County. This is a paid per fitting position." Also mention that APS will be trained and Certified as an ASSURE Patient Specialist by Kestra - that's a duty; we included. Also mention "Ability to provide instruction and instill confidence in Assure® patients with demonstrated patient care skills" - included. Also "Willingness to contact prescribers, caregivers and patients to schedule services" - included. Also "Ability to accept an assignment that could include daytime, evening, and weekend hours" - included. Also "Travel to hospitals, patient’s homes and other healthcare facilities to provide fitting services" - included. Also "Measure the patient to determine the correct garment size" - included. Also "Review and transmit essential paperwork with the patient to receive the Assure® garment and services" - included. Also "Manage inventory of the Assure® system kits, garments, and electronic equipment used in fittings" - included. Also confidentiality statements - included. Also "Adhere to Pledge of Confidentiality" - we included as separate li maybe. Now ensure we didn't miss any: "Flexibility of work schedule and competitive pay provided" we moved to Pay/Schedule sections; we might still want to mention that it's a benefit but we already have sections. Also "Ability to consistently work in the field in and around the region." - included in Requirements. Also "Disclosures are required for any potential relationships and referral sources" - included. Also "Must be able to achieve credentialing for hospital system entry including, but not limited to:" with subitems - we included as separate li? Could nest but we can just list each as li. Also "Preferred: Knowledge of MS Office, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Teams" and "Preferred: Direct cardiac patient care experience –