Telemetry Technician - Full-time Nights

Select Specialty Hospital San Antonio Inc.; Latrobe (Westmoreland County); On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Orientation program

Tuition reimbursement

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

PTO

401(k) with company match

Job summary

Select Specialty Hospital - Latrobe, PA is hiring a Telemetry Technician for the night shift. The role involves continuous monitoring, alarm management, and accurate rhythm interpretation to support patient safety.

Orientation is provided to ensure a smooth transition into our setting. We offer tuition reimbursement, comprehensive health, dental, vision, and life insurance, 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.
• Pass other required competencies on the education platform.
• Preferred background as LPN/RN with EKG training.

Responsibilities

• You will assume responsibility for continuously watching and ensuring appropriate and timely responses to alarms.
• Continuously observing all monitors and responding to alarms promptly and appropriately.
• Completing EKG interpretations including rate, regularity, PRI, QRS, QT, ST changes, and rhythm interpretation.
• Ensuring strip interpretations are validated by RN.

Skills

Alarm monitoring

EKG interpretation

Telemetry monitoring

Patient observation

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

LPN/RN nursing background (preferred)

Job description

Position: Telemetry Technician

Location: Select Specialty Hospital - Latrobe, PA (located inside of Independence Health System Latrobe Hospital)

Schedule: Full Time, Night Shift

Compensation: $18.00 - $24.24 per hour, plus shift differentials for weekends

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.
• 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.)