What are the responsibilities and job description for the Telemetry Technician - Per Diem position at Select Specialty Hospital - Kansas City?
Overview
Position: Telemetry Technician
Location: Kansas City, KS
Schedule: Per Diem, Night shift (7 PM-7 AM)
Select Specialty Hospital is a critical illness recovery hospital committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery. We help patients during some of the most vulnerable, painful moments of their lives – and Telemetry Technicians play a central role in providing compassionate,
excellent care every step of the way.
We support your career growth and personal well-being.
- Start Strong: Extensive Telemetry Technician orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
- Invest in Your Future: Tuition reimbursement, and continuing education.
- Your Health Matters: Comprehensive insurance coverage, health, dental, vision, life insurance. Generous PTO and 401(K) with company match.
- Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,0000 nationwide committed to providing exceptional care.
Responsibilities
- You will assume responsibility for continuously watching and ensuring appropriate and timely responses to alarms. Verifying correct identification of basic rhythms, lethal rhythms and artifact; maintaining EKG monitor alarms and responding to all alarms as needed.
- Continuously observing all monitors assigned and responding to alarms promptly and appropriately.
- Completing EKG interpretations including: rate, regularity, PRI, QRS, QTI, QTc, ST segment, wave form alterations, and rhythm interpretation.
- Ensuring strip interpretations are validated by RN.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- Must complete and pass EKG class for Monitor Techs and required competencies on education platform within 30 days of start date in position and pass other tests/competencies as required by Select Medical.
- Preferred background as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)*, Licensed Paramedic or RN nursing student with EKG training (*LPNs are limited to working as telemetry tech only.)
Preferred qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent.
Additional Data
Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans