Emergency Room Associate FT Days

About the role

Your job is more than a job Let’s face it, no patient wants to be in an emergency room. Car accident injuries, chest pains, breathing difficulties, strokes, burns, heart attacks and broken bones, being part of an ER care team takes emotional strength and a positive attitude. As an Emergency Room Technician, you understand the power of teamwork as you work alongside nurses, doctors and other healthcare professionals responding to urgent medical situations. While you don’t know your patients personally, you take each emergency personally because your empathy and compassion for suffering is boundless. That’s what we love about you. Your experiences, your knowledge, your skills, your empathy, your compassion, your personality, all of it adds up to you. And we’re excited to get to know you and find out what you’ll bring to this supportive emergency room technician role.

LCMC Health is a community. Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinary.

Work shift days are based in the United States of America.

Responsibilities

• Obtains patient’s vital signs as directed.
• Communicate with patient’s nurse practitioner to report any out-of-range vital signs or patient/parental concerns
• Assists with specimen collection such as midstream, urine/clean, catch urine specimen, nasal swab, etc.
• After delineation, provides surface trauma or orthopedic care support per physician order or delegation of medical/nursing personnel.
• Check on patients both in patient’s rooms and emergency department waiting areas and escort them to treatment/testing areas.
• Answer unit telephone, call lights and alarms promptly to determine needs.
• Maintain clean room, unit and unit equipment as well as other unit areas refreshing supplies, linens, and disinfecting room according to policy.
• Assist in emergency situations as requested.

Requirements

• Minimum High School Diploma or 2 years of experience in related clinical area.