ED Technician I | Full-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

• Performs vital signs, 12-lead EKGs, specimen collection, point-of-care testing (glucometer), activities of daily living (dressing, bathing, grooming, hygiene, toileting, feeding, and mobility supports)
• Splinting, crutch training; backboard, cervical collar and KED applications/removals; simple wound care and dressings
• Set-up and assist with medical exams and procedures; monitor physical restraints
• Transports patients within and outside the department, places bedside monitoring onto and off patient, answers call lights at desk or bedside, participates in stocking activities, cleans patient rooms and related care areas

Indirect Patient Care Activities

• Facilitates communication and task completion throughout the Emergency Department
• Assists the team to problem solve, multi-task, and provide direction in a respectful manner
• Works independently, meets commitments and deadlines, accepts accountability for actions, keeps information organized and accessible, manages time well, maintains a clean and functional work area, handles change, stays focused, and performs well under pressure

Communication and Behavior

• Communicates 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 greets patients and visitors and coordinates their flow to the appropriate waiting areas or ensures 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
• CEVO certification completed within 90 days of hire or as certification classes allow
• Mandt training course completed within 90 days of hire or as certification classes allow

Mental/Physical Requirements

• Considerable mental concentration required
• Lifting up to 35 lbs., turning activities and nearly constant walking required
• Standing, turning, carrying, pushing, pulling, stooping, crouching, twisting, and reaching
• Frequent exposure to infectious or communicable disease via blood and other body fluids
• Occasional exposure to radiation
• Frequently works with sharps and other potentially bio-hazardous materials

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
• Frequently works with sharps and other potentially bio-hazardous materials

Benefits

At Phelps Health, we think we have a better team, benefits, and opportunities for growth than anyone else around, and we invite you to see for yourself!

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