ED Technician- PRN
PRN IFirstShift
Emergency DepartmentICorbin, KY
The Emergency Department is a28-bedlevel III, emergency department, established to provide care for individuals with acute medical or surgical illnesses or injuries for which immediate medical attention is required or desired.
Professional caregiver working under the guidance and supervision of a registered nurse. Responsible for providing assigned care according to scope of practice. Has adequate knowledge to approach patients of all age groups. All employees will continually monitor and adhere to safety responsibilities and initiatives.
Assist with patient admission, orientation to room and safety features, and securing valuables.
Obtain vital signs, apply cardiac monitors, and perform EKG testingwith proper lead placement.
Support nurses and providers in patient care, including transfers, discharges, splinting, and wound care.
Collect blood, urine, and other specimens following hospital policy.
Recognize and report abnormal heart rhythms or vital signs to the care team.
Maintain clean, stocked, and safe patient care areas; locate and manage equipment.
Communicate professionally with patients, families, and staff to promote a positive environment.
Adhere to hospital policies, infection control, and safety standards while participating in required trainings.
Requirements:
High School Diploma or equivalent
BLS/ACLS
Glucometer Training
Previous laboratory or customer service experience preferred.
Data entry and computer experience and /or phlebotomy, point of care testing experience preferred.
Preferred (but not required)
Nursing Assistant experience or prior phlebotomy training/experience is preferred
Benefits:
Work Experience
Education
Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 400 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics.
Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states.
Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence.
Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.
Learn more at BaptistHealth.com.
