Emergency Dept 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.
• Safeguards the Emergency Department’s supply levels by ensuring they are adequate on a daily basis, stocking patient care areas as needed, and assisting in obtaining needed supplies.
• Maintains a clean and tidy work environment, free from clutter.
• Maintains exceptional phlebotomy skills, including obtaining and labeling specimens without difficulty and per hospital policy (excluding intravenous catheter access).
• Participates in 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

• High School Graduate
• Licensed Practical Nurse
• OREMT - any level or Paramedic
• 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

• Professionalism
• Teamwork
• Critical Thinking
• Communication
• Phlebotomy Skills
• Haz-Mat Training
• Documentation
• Supply Management
• Work Environment Maintenance
• EKG Completion
• Patient Registration
• Patient Transportation
• Point-of-Care Testing