Telemetry Tech AdventHealth Sebring

Location Address: 4200 Sun 'n Lake Boulevard Sebring, FL 33872

Top Reasons to Work at AdventHealth Sebring

• Faith Based & Mission driven Facility
• Largest Employer in the County
• Surrounded by beautiful Lakes, Golf Courses and Florida’s oldest State Park
• Close knit community with a home town family feel
• 2 hours to just about any beach on either Coast

Work Hours/Shift:

Full Time

You Will Be Responsible For:

• Accurately interprets rhythm, rate and morphology of strips.
• Enters patient data into cardiac monitoring system, assures location of patient and monitor coincide.
• Prepares and maintains patient record from admission to discharge through documentation of rhythm strips at predetermined intervals and with each change in rhythm.
• Communicates changes in cardiac rhythm, rate or morphology promptly to the primary care nurse and/or charge nurse.
• Recognizes need for and initiates Rapid Response / Code Blue timely and accurately.
• Maintains responsibility for monitoring equipment Manages unit supplies, activities, time, and other resources in a cost effective manner to reduce waste and unnecessary expenditures.
• Follows infection control standards with telemetry packs.
• Assures telemetry hardware is cleaned and returned to assigned location.
• Admits, transfer and discharges patients accurately.

What You Will Need:

• Minimum of High School Diploma or equivalent
• Successful completion of arrhythmia interpretation class prior to or within 90 days of employment.
• Successful completion of arrhythmia test within 90 days of employment.
• BLS- condition of employment

Job Summary:

The Telemetry Technician under the supervision of a Nurse Manager / Director performs surveillance of cardiac rhythms. Reports changes in cardiac rhythm promptly to primary nurse and/or charge nurse.