Telemetry Technician / Days

Select Specialty Hospital; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition reimbursement

Continuing education

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Generous PTO

401(K) with company match

Job summary

Select Specialty Hospital - Midtown Atlanta is a critical illness recovery hospital dedicated to inpatient post-ICU care for chronically ill patients. Telemetry Technicians play a central role in providing compassionate, excellent care every step of the way.

We offer extensive orientation, tuition reimbursement and continuing education, comprehensive insurance coverage (health, dental, vision, life), generous PTO and a 401(k) with company match.

Qualifications

• Must complete and pass EKG class for Monitor Techs within 30 days of start date and pass required competencies.

Responsibilities

• Monitor patient alarms and ensure appropriate and timely responses.
• Perform EKG interpretations including rate, rhythm, PRI, QRS, QT, and rhythm interpretations.
• Ensure strip interpretations are validated by RN.

Skills

EKG interpretation

Telemetry monitoring

Alarm response

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Location: Midtown Atlanta, GA

Schedule: Full-Time Days - 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Compensation: $20.51 to $25.00 per hour

Position: Telemetry Technician

Select Specialty Hospital - Midtown Atlanta 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.
• 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.

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 Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 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.)