EMERGENCY ROOM TECH

Responsibilities

• Enters and updates the ED tracking board promptly to communicate with staff.
• Document/maintain patient record as appropriate.
• Takes and records temperature, pulse, respiration rates, blood pressures, oxygen saturation, weights, heights, and intake-output measurements.
• Completes all items / activities on “TECH CHECKLIST of DAILY ACTIVITIES” as applicable.
• Orders patient care supplies and keeps patient care supplies stocked in proper amounts in rooms, carts and other areas as appropriate.
• Cleans and wraps instruments to transport to sterile processing with ability to correctly identify and replace proper surgical instruments on appropriate trays.
• Affords assistance in maintaining a safe environment, which may include checking equipment daily for proper function and reporting equipment that is out of order, appropriate handling of linen and storing of supplies.
• Gathers equipment for O2 set up. Checks O2 for connection and proper placement. Sets up suction equipment and checks for proper function.
• Promptly answers patient call lights and responds to patient requests.
• Reports observed changes in patient condition to nurse or provider.
• Affords assistance with transportation of patients to other areas of the facility.
• Prepares wounds for provider as directed. Cleans and dresses wounds appropriately. Applies splints. Applies immobilizers and ace bandages; fits patient for crutches.
• Affords assistance with ambulatory devices as specified by the patients' plan of care.
• Affords assistance with pelvic exams.
• Affords assistance with triage with vital signs.
• Ambulates, and affords assistance in and out of bed, into wheelchairs and transport when necessary (on oxygen if required).
• Empty canisters, urine bags, bedpans and emesis basins and records intake and output.
• Provides general care such as positioning, lifting or turning patients; affords assistance in use of bedpan, urinal or commode; preoperative supportive care; and anti-embolism stockings and sequential compression devices.
• Collects urine, stool and sputum specimen as ordered.
• Performs phlebotomy. To include correct labeling using two patient identifiers, maintenance of lab-draw supplies, rotating and restocking.
• Performs INT removal per nursing or LIP direction.
• Performs suture / staple removal at nurse or LIP direction.
• Performs EKG.
• Employs all established infection control policies including standard precautions, transmission-based isolation precautions, OSHA standards, safety measures, and proper body mechanics in performance of job.
• Demonstrates knowledge and competency in providing for age-specific needs of the population served.
• Helps maintain clean and orderly patient and work environment.
• Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards.
• Completes required education assignments annually.
• Works toward achieving goals and objectives, and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum Education: None specified; however, must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority.
• Minimum Experience: One (1) years’ experience as an EMT, HUC, LPN, MA, or PCA/CNA OR must meet licensure requirement below.
• Licensure Requirement: CPR required. If less than one (1) years’ experience, must have current EMT registry or license, LPN, MA, or CNA certification at time of hire/promotion or be a student in an accredited nursing education program. Student must have successfully completed fundamental clinical skills portion of the program (1 st semester of clinicals).