Emergency and Trauma Center Operations Technician - Part Time - Evening

About the Role

At Hackensack Meridian Health, our team members are the heart of what makes us better. We help our patients live better, healthier lives—and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members who keep getting better, advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

The Emergency & Trauma Center Operations Technician works under the management of the ETC Operations Manager and is responsible for maintaining the operational needs of the department, including customer service, transportation, supplies, equipment, and environmental service needs.

Responsibilities

• Adheres to the ETC customer service standards.
• Assists with environmental service duties in the department or assigned area within the ETC, including disposal of recycling/trash receptacles and linen removal from laundry bins to proper disposal area.
• Assists with environmental service duties, as assigned within the ETC, including cleaning and disinfecting equipment, cables, stretchers/wheelchairs, and millwork.
• Consistently uses the patient identification band to confirm appropriate patient identifiers.
• Consistently communicates with clinical team members prior to transporting a patient.
• Transports patients safely throughout the hospital using wheelchairs and stretchers; utilizes the computerized patient transport system.
• Transports specimens to the laboratory and delivers blood and blood products in a timely manner.
• Transports equipment by picking up and delivering to assigned treatment or patient care areas as needed.
• Assures equipment is maintained and has appropriate biomed labeling.
• Maintains adequate par levels in assigned areas within the ETC department.
• Picks up slides for physicians to review from the laboratory as requested.
• Obtains supplies from central supply as requested.
• Participates/uses the automated systems in a timely and accurate manner to assist with patient throughput.
• Assists with maintaining operations within the assigned area of the ETC (e.g., prompt care, pods A, B, C, D & E, Trauma/Resuscitation, Triage Areas, and Sorter Stations).
• Identifies the needs of the patient population served and modifies and delivers care that is specific to those needs (e.g., age, culture, language, hearing and/or visually impaired, etc.). This includes communicating with the patient, parent, and/or primary caregiver(s) at their level (developmental/age, educational, literacy, etc.).
• Adheres to the standards identified in the Medical Center's Organizational Competencies.
• Adheres to the uniform policy.

Requirements

• High School diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED equivalent programs.
• Satisfactory completion of required internal ETC Operations Technician training program.

Pay

Minimum starting rate of $18.55 per hour. The posted rate of pay is a reasonable good faith estimate of the minimum base pay for this role at the time of posting and may vary based on factors such as labor market data, experience, education, certifications, skills, geographic location, internal equity, budget, and grant funding.

Full-time and part-time (20+ hours/week) positions are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and retirement benefits. Certain positions may also be eligible for shift differentials for work performed on evening, night, or weekend shifts.