Emergency Department Technician

About the role

The Emergency Department Tech I position requires C.N.A. or EMT certification. Located in Orangeburg, SC at a Level III Trauma Emergency Department.

Responsibilities

• Takes vital signs, height and weight.
• Performs EKG’s.
• Aid physicians or nurses on all procedures.
• Maintains telemetry patients.
• Collects various specimens in the appropriate manner.
• Crutch training.
• Aid with ordering supplies.
• May perform Bladder Scans and insert Foley Catheters.
• Transport Patients.

Requirements

• High School Diploma.
• Certification required as an EMT or CNA.
• Phlebotomy certification.
• Current American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or American Red Cross BLS for Healthcare Providers certification is required.
• Some experience in a medical setting is preferred.

Qualifications

This position primarily interacts with all age groups and provides direct patient care. All staff members must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skill necessary to meet the physical, psycho/social, educational, safety, and related needs of the persons in the assigned work area.

Skills

Must possess the ability to read and interpret business or safety manuals, clinical or technical procedures or regulations. Ability to write reports, correspondence and/or manuals. Must have the ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups, patients, families, other employees, and medical staff. No or limited mathematical skills required. Must possess the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form. Must possess the ability to deal with problems involving concrete variables and standardized situations.

Benefits

N/A

Pay

$18.00 - $20.00 per hour

Schedule

36 weekly hours