ED Technician | Emergency Department | Part Time, Mid Shift

General Summary

Phelps Health is a 2000-employee-strong hospital and healthcare system serving the heart of small-town Missouri. If you're ready for the challenge of providing life-saving care or supporting those who do, read on to find your fit in the Phelps Health family.

Patient Care Activities

• Perform vital signs
• Conduct 12-lead EKGs
• Collect specimens
• Administer point-of-care testing (glucometer)
• Support activities of daily living (dressing, bathing, grooming, hygiene, toileting, feeding, and mobility)
• Apply and remove splints, crutches, backboards, cervical collars, and KEDs
• Provide simple wound care and dressings
• Set up and assist with medical exams and procedures
• Monitor physical restraints
• Transport patients within and outside the department
• Place bedside monitoring onto and off patients
• Answer call lights at desk or bedside
• Participate in stocking activities
• Clean patient rooms and related care areas

Indirect Patient Care Activities

• Facilitate communication and task completion throughout the Emergency Department
• Assist with problem-solving, multi-tasking, and providing direction in a respectful manner
• Work independently, meet commitments and deadlines, accept accountability for actions, keep information organized and accessible, manage time well, maintain a clean and functional work area, handle change, stay focused, and perform well under pressure

Communication and Behavior

• Communicate effectively with patients, visitors, and staff in a manner that reduces barriers, overcomes conflicts through use of de-escalation techniques, and shares pertinent patient information such as status changes among healthcare team members
• Professionally greet patients and visitors and coordinate their flow to the appropriate waiting areas or ensure they are directed to the correct staff persons

Education and Certifications

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred
• One year experience in direct patient caregiving roles preferred
• Certification as PCA/CNA preferred
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support required
• Mandt training course completed within 90 days of hire or as certification classes allow

Working Conditions

• Intermittent predictable risk of exposure to infectious disease and hostile persons
• Frequent exposure to infectious or communicable disease via blood and other body fluids
• Occasional exposure to radiation
• Intermittent predictable risk of exposure to anti-neoplastic agents
• Frequent exposure to sharps and other potentially bio-hazardous materials