Emergency Department Technician

Responsibilities

• Offers unsolicited assistance for help.
• Assists organizational EVS employees with room turn-over and preparation for patient care areas for additional patients.
• Completes delegated tasks in a timely manner.
• Employs strategies to promote health in a safe environment and ensures patient safety.
• Ensures excellent communication with all other staff members and team members by carrying a radio at all times, and rapidly responding to all requests for assistance.
• Ensures that all interventions and/or patient interactions are appropriately documented in the patient’s medical record.
• Ensures that the Emergency Department maintains an adequate level of supplies on a daily basis, stocks patient care areas as needed, and actively assists in obtaining needed supplies.
• Maintains exceptional phlebotomy skills including obtaining and labeling specimens without difficulty and per hospital policy (excluding intravenous catheter access).
• Participates in the department Haz-Mat training and maintains competency to appropriately don and doff all Haz-Mat materials, as well as participate in decontamination of any contaminated patients.
• Performs assigned clinical duties such as EKG completion, patient registration, patient transportation, point-of-care testing, and ensures that all results are documented and reported to the appropriate healthcare provider.

Requirements

Required Education And Experience:

• A High School Graduate
• Licensed Practical Nurse OR EMT - any level, Paramedic OR
• Required Licensure And Certification:
• Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) - National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT)
• Licensed Paramedic - State Board of Emergency Medical Services
• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Multi-State - State Board of Nursing
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS) - American Heart Association (AHA)

Skills

Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department. These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities.

Benefits

See also Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.

Pay

Not specified

Schedule

Not specified