ED Tech II 7p-7a

Roles and Responsibilities

• Rounds with previous shift staff to receive report on care given to patients.
• Delivers care using the mission, vision, and value statements, incorporating patient-centric behaviors daily.
• Promotes timely patient placement by following hospital policy for patient admission, discharge, and transfer.
• Provides care to patients in accordance with standards of care, including assistance with hygiene, comfort, and activities of daily living.
• Maintains patient skin integrity by turning and repositioning patients, preventing skin shearing, and notifying nurses of skin breakdown.
• Performs various medical procedures such as urine specimen collection, splinting, crutch adjustment, urinary catheter removal, dressing changes, accucheks, hemocults, nasogastric tube discontinuation, IV catheter removal, phlebotomy, and Foley bag emptying.
• Documents patient care according to policy, including intake and output, vital signs, weights, activities of daily living, and specimen collection.
• Transports patients, medical records, and equipment within scheduled time frames, and assists in positioning, lifting, and ambulating patients using safety precautions.
• Supports nutritional needs of patients by providing liquids, assisting with meal setup, and feeding patients within identified restrictions.

Requirements

• Introduces self to patient, explains role in patient's care, and calls patient by preferred name.
• Follows hospital policy for patient identification, uses universal precautions, and maintains a clean and uncluttered patient environment.

Qualifications

• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Individuals must possess these knowledge, skills and abilities and be able to explain and to demonstrate that s/he can perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation, using some other combination of skills and abilities.

Skills

• Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)
• Emergency Medical Tech Cert (EMT)
• Certified Medical Assistant (CMA)
• NHA Patient Care Technician * (CPCT)
• Basic Life Support - CPR Cert (BLS)

Physical Requirements

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Pay

$16.14 - $25.83 per hour

Schedule

Full time Shift Night (United States of America)