ED TECHNICIAN-BMH Emergency Room-FT/7p-7a

Responsibilities

• Assists in assuring effective and efficient operations while maintaining consistent and accurate communication with team members, providers, patients and guests.
• Assists nursing staff in gathering patient data.
• Communicates patients’ response to plan of care and changes in patients’ condition to appropriate staff.
• Responds to patient/family/co-worker requests for assistance promptly.
• Assists with data collection for relevant physical, psychological, social, and cultural dimensions of patient care and/or support functions according to established practice standards and appropriate policy/procedure.
• Organizes and prioritizes daily work assignments to support patient/organizational needs, the interdisciplinary team, and operational safety and efficiency.
• Provides a safe environment and promotes delivery of quality care.
• Performs administrative/documentation support functions (electronic and/or paper).
• Maintains supplies, equipment and environment as appropriate.
• Demonstrates teamwork in the delivery of patient care/services.
• Reinforces patient/family and or caregiver teaching plan through approved educational materials or written instructions as appropriate.
• Assists patients with care as needed and within the assigned scope and competencies.
• Provides clinical support to licensed healthcare professionals during examinations and procedures within their scope of practice, education, skills, certification and/or competencies.
• Recognizes the importance of time sensitive issues including critical needs/alarms.
• Collections and/or assists in collections of patient samples (blood, urine, sputum).
• Appropriate training and skills checks will be provided and/or skills validated.
• Following education and training, applies splints as directed (these must be checked by provider prior to discharge).
• Assists with patient monitoring devices including patient height and weight, vital signs, blood glucose monitoring and electrocardiograms.
• Maintains clean, organized and safe space for patients, guests and caregivers.
• Assists patients and staff with procedures within the scope of practice following education, training and competency validation.
• Responds to organizational emergency/disaster situations as needed.
• Participates in quality and performance improvement initiatives resulting from evidence-based literature and/or unit-based metrics, provides care consistent with Centra Health, regulatory and legal expectations and standards.
• Assumes responsibility for professional development of self and others according to departmental policy and procedures including orientation, on-boarding and precepting.
• May be allowed to initiate Intravenous Catheters with Saline Lock provided current certification is verified and maintained.
• Subject to skills verification

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED
• Certified Nurse Aid/Assistant, Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), EMT Intermediate or EMT Advanced
• In leu of these certifications, experience as Patient Care Technician with completion of the Centra Training and Skills Validation specific to Emergency Department Technician is acceptable.
• AHA BLS CPR Completion