Emergency Department Technician Full Time Rotating

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Rotating - 12 Hour (United States of America)

The Emergency Department Technician is an integral part of the Emergency Department team! Their primary role is to assist doctors, nurses and other Emergency Department Team Members with providing the highest quality emergency care to our patients.
Duties and responsibilities include both clinical and clerical type work. Much of the work will be hands on with patient care that includes, but is not limited to, performing EKG's, monitoring vital signs, cleaning, prepping and dressing wounds, and fitting patient with splints, crutches and other immobilization devices.
There are also some clerical, transport, telemetry monitoring and environmental responsibilities - The Emergency Department is a busy environment that requires all team members to participate in the maintenance of a safe and clean environment for all of our patients and fellow staff.

Job Summary

Under the direction of the RN and Physicians, the Emergency Department Technician is to assist in the maintenance of department supplies and equipment, and to help with direct patient care. Completes procedures as ordered by physician. 

Essential Functions

The essential functions listed below are general examples and not a description of comprehensive duties.  Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing nature or scope of this position or level of responsibility.  May be asked to perform other duties as assigned. 

• Provides care which assures that individualized, planned, and appropriate service occurs to meet specific care and treatment goals, and is done in a manner that fosters rapid movement of the patient through the ED/UCC system
• Checks and documents vital signs, including temperature (rectal or oral), blood pressure, pulse rates, respiratory rates, pulse oximetry readings, and weight as directed by the RN or physician
• Performs simple dressing application and maintenance of clean technique as ordered by physician.
• Obtains, labels and transports specimens, including blood, urine, feces, and sputum as assigned
• Answers Patient call lights to assure a timely response and ensures patient/family needs or observations are reported immediately to the appropriate staff.   Escalates any needs that required an intervention to the RN or Physician as appropriate. 
• Assists the RN in the identification of reportable cases, i.e. abuse, infection control.
• Removes soiled linens and replaced as needed.  Ensures procedure equipment is removed and disposed of and/or cleaned and replaced immediately after use.
• Malfunctioning equipment is removed from service and reported appropriately.
• Attends meetings, in-service programs and serves on hospital committees as assigned
• Provides education to improve health outcomes by encouraging healthy behaviors and by involving patient family in care decisions as directed by RN/Physician.
• Provide support discharge instructions to patient as written by the Physician and directed by the RN to ensure age-related and specific to the patient's level of development and knowledge.
• Employee must perform all duties and responsibilities in accordance with the C-I-CARE Standards of the Hospital. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford Healthcare – ValleyCare’s patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions

Job Qualifications

Education

• High school graduate or equivalency

Experience

• 6 months of Emergency Room/Urgent Care Technician experience or work in an EMT-B, EMT-I or EMT-P related position

License/Certifications

• BLS – Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association.

• Completion of EMT-B or EMT-P required and maintained

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of medical terminology
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Attention to detail
• Strong customer service skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Knowledge and adherence to Code of Ethics and performance standards specific to patient care.

Physical Demand and Working Conditions

The Physical Requirements and Working Conditions in which the job is typically performed are available from the Occupational Health Departme