Job Description

Looking to be part of a team that provides extraordinary healthcare from the heart? You Belong Here.

POSITION SPECIFICS

Title: ED Technician

FTE: 0.35 FTE (28 hours per two week pay period)

Schedule: Every other Monday from 7 pm - 7 am

Holiday Rotation: Per unit requirements

Weekend Rotation: Every other weekend from 7 am - 3 pm

To provide quality professional care, comfort, assistance with activities of daily living and rehabilitation for patients, under the supervision of a registered nurse.

POSITION TECHNICAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as a communication link between departments and other organizations using a variety of communication technologies.

• Participate in patient care interventions and personal care procedures for patients under the direction of the Registered Nurse. Duties include:

  • Documenting vital signs, including pulse, respiratory rate, blood pressure and oxygen saturations.

  • Performing safety checks and assisting patients with ambulation.

  • Prepare patients, equipment and supplies for specific procedures, providing manual assistance as required.

  • Collecting, delivering and conducting routine tests on patient specimens.

  • Assisting with personal hygiene; bathing.

  • Assisting with ambulation

  • Assisting with bowel and bladder elimination

  • Participating in nutritional activities

• Perform approved dressings and wound care.

• Report changes in a patient’s physical or mental status to the nurse.

• Ensure a clean and safe patient environment equipped with adequate supplies for each patient.

• Provide care to patient of all socio-economic status, including young, old, confused, dying, multi-racial, and those in isolation.

• Perform IV starts and venipuncture for collection of routine blood specimens and blood cultures.

• Perform a variety of clerical functions including patient documentation, communications, record keeping and retrieval, and registration of patients.

• Care for patients' family members in a caring and sensitive manner.

• Make frequent rounds of patients to safety and comfort.

• Document care provided and actions taken in a timely and appropriate manner.

• Order and maintain supplies needed for patient care.

• Float to other units as necessary.

• Attend 75% of unit meetings.

• Keep the patient rooms, supply rooms, hallways neat and nurse’s station clean and orderly.

• Answer patient call lights promptly.

• Participate in education by attending in-services.

• Maintain knowledge of safety policies and reports codes as needed.

• Safely handles IV solutions as directed by an RN in order to stock the unit.

• Kindly greet each person entering the facility.

• Explain to patients/visitors/vendors the purpose of temperature and symptom screening.

• Explain current visitor/patient support partner protocol as needed.

• Ensure patient/visitors/vendors are screened appropriately with current requirements.

• Administer and interpret temperature of each scanned individual using the no-touch digital thermometer.

• Screen person entering the facility.

• Ensure all who enter the facility are wearing a mask/face covering and provide a mask to those without one.

• Confirms with entering patients their destination and direct them to the department.

• Confirm permitted visitors in coordination with the Welcome Desk staff.

• Maintain a clean and orderly work area and entry vestibule.

• Monitor screening supplies and report needs for additional supplies.

• Clean returned wheelchairs prior to reuse by another patient.

• Other duties as assigned to include assisting with projects and tasks that can be performed at the work station.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

Education:

• Required: High School Degree or equivalent. IV Start and Phlebotomy training within 3 months of hire (Provided by SPH)

• Preferred: None

Experience:

• Required: None

• Preferred: Nursing Assistant, EMT, or paramedic experience

Licenses and Registrations:

• Required: Valid certifications as a CNA, EMT, or Paramedic

• Preferred: None

Certification(s):

• Required: Basic Life Support (BLS) within 3 months of hire

• Preferred: None

BENEFIT SUMMARY

• Retirement plan with immediate vesting and employer match

• Discounted membership to our state-of-the-art fitness facility

• Free parking at facility

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