Telemetry Technician - Per Diem, Nights

About the role

Select Specialty Hospital is a critical illness recovery hospital dedicated to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronically ill patients. Telemetry Technicians play a crucial role in offering compassionate, high-quality care.

Responsibilities

• Continuous monitoring and timely response to alarms on EKG monitors.
• Verification of correct identification of basic rhythms, lethal rhythms, and artifacts.
• Maintaining EKG monitor alarms and responding to all alarms as necessary.
• Observing and responding promptly to alarms on all assigned monitors.
• Completing EKG interpretations including rate, regularity, PRI, QRS, QTI, QTc, ST segment, wave form alterations, and rhythm interpretation.
• Ensuring that strip interpretations are validated by Registered Nurses (RNs).

Requirements

• Must complete and pass an EKG class for Monitor Techs and required competencies on an education platform within 30 days of starting the position.
• Pass other tests/competencies as required by Select Medical.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Preferred background as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Licensed Paramedic, or RN nursing student with EKG training.

Skills

• Basic understanding of EKG rhythms and terminology.
• Ability to respond quickly to medical alarms.
• Good observational skills.

Pay

$21 per hour.

Schedule

PRN/Per-diem, Nights (7p-7a).