Specialty Technician - Full Time Days - Telemetry Unit
About The Position
The Specialty Technician assists the RN in delivering appropriate, quality care and performs specified nursing procedures while maintaining a clean and safe environment under RN supervision. The role includes helping patients ambulate or transfer using proper equipment and safety techniques; performing and recording basic nursing care procedures in patient charts; and assisting with admissions, discharges, and transports. The technician also helps provide a clean, calm, safe, and quiet environment, maintains patient charts for current use, and performs other related duties as assigned or as workload or staffing variations require. The role requires telemetry training to review data from equipment tracking patients’ heart rate and blood pressure.
Requirements
- High school graduate.
- Trained in telemetry to review data from equipment tracking a patient's heart rate and blood pressure.
Nice To Haves
- 1–2 years’ experience with medical terminology, Nursing Assistant, and/or Unit Secretary.
Responsibilities
- Assist the RN in delivering appropriate quality care and perform specified nursing procedures under RN supervision.
- Help patients ambulate or transfer using proper equipment and safety techniques.
- Perform and record basic nursing care procedures in patient charts, including activities of daily living, vital signs, specimen collection, intake and output, and weights.
- Assist the registered nurse with admissions, discharges, and transports.
- Help maintain a clean, calm, safe, and quiet environment.
- Clean nursing stations, utensils, patient care equipment, kitchens, refrigerators, and storage areas as assigned.
- Maintain patient charts for current use, including filing reports, inserting and removing forms, and breaking down charts for medical records.
- Perform other related duties as assigned or as workload or staffing variations require.
- Review data from telemetry equipment tracking patients’ heart rate and blood pressure.
Benefits
- Daily Pay: work today, get paid today.
- Tuition reimbursement for full- and part-time colleagues effective on the first day of employment.
- 100% paid tuition for the ASN to BSN program, paid directly to the learning partner.
- Benefits effective on day one, including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, life insurance, and short- and long-term disability.
- Retirement savings account with employer match.
- Generous paid time off program and 7 paid holidays.
- Colleague well-being resources.
- No mandatory overtime.
- Employee referral incentive program.
- State-of-the-art equipment and unlimited CEUs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
