ED Technician II - Paramedic

Responsibilities

• Provide general basic nursing care, such as positioning patients, lifting and turning, assisting in use of bedpan, commode, urinal or bathroom, and weighing.
• Perform routine, uncomplicated treatment procedures including enemas, application of hot and cold compresses, holding limbs for casting, wound cleansing, taking vital signs including orthostatic vital signs and rectal temperatures and splinting of extremities.
• Collections and records intake and output, and chaperones pelvic and rectal examinations.
• Set up for suturing and procedures, using sterile technique; dismantles procedure set, caring for soiled instruments safely and correctly.
• Accurately complete requisitions for ordered exams, including lab, imaging, cardiopulmonary, and other requisitions as required.
• Immediately report any observed changes in condition or behavior of patients and documents any care given in an acceptable medical legal fashion.
• Immediately reports any unusual incidents.
• Transport patients using wheelchair or stretcher within hospital and to/from vehicles; Assist those patients requiring help with ambulation.
• Restocks linen and supplies to exam rooms; fills blanket warmer and IV trays; provides general cleaning, including emptying trash, straightening waiting area, etc.
• Washes and changes stretcher or exam table linen and empties dirty laundry.
• Performs venipuncture for the purpose of insertion of IV Catheter and the withdrawal of blood and to monitor the patient’s condition before, during and after the withdrawal of blood.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as doctors’ orders, drug names, and lab tests.
• Administer maintenance intravenous fluids per provider order, under the direction of the primary care Registered Nurse.

Qualifications

• Education: High School Diploma or GED; Certificate Program Paramedic
• Credential(s): Basic Life Support; Paramedic; National Registry of Paramedic
• Experience: Required: New Graduate; Preferred: 1+ years LPN experience; Paramedic experience

Benefits

• Generous Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• Matching 401(k)/403(b) Plans
• Excellent Health, Dental, and Vision
• Disability and Life Insurance options
• On Site Child Care
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flex Spending Accounts
• Plus, an array of Voluntary Benefits to include Critical Care Coverage and more!