Emergency Services Technician (Nights 7p - 7a)

Responsibilities

• Transports patients using wheelchair or stretcher within the hospital and to and from vehicles.
• Assists those patients requiring help with ambulation.
• Provides general and basic patient care, such as positioning patients, lifting and turning, assisting in use of bedpan, commode, and urinal or bathroom.
• Answers and responds to call lights or uses intercom to determine patient needs, and advises nurse of needs beyond scope of position.
• Cleans and changes stretcher linen between patients and as needed during patient visit.
• Empties dirty laundry.
• Labels, bags, and delivers samples to lab per hospital protocol.
• Assists patients to dress and undress and cares for patient belongings, including bagging and labeling same. Cares for valuable according to policy.
• Restocks linen and supplies in exam rooms, fills blanket warmer, and provides general cleaning.
• Answers phone calls, calls consulting physicians as directed by physicians and other staff members, makes appointments as directed by physicians or other staff members.
• Reviews charge sheets and enters charges into AS-400.
• Provides direct observation for confused or psychiatric patients.
• Performs routine, uncomplicated treatment procedures such as splinting limbs, wound cleansing, taking vital signs, chaperones pelvic and rectal examinations.
• Sets up for suturing and procedures, dismantles procedure set appropriately.
• Immediately reports any observed changes in condition or behavior of patients and documents any care given. Immediately reports any unusual incidents to primary nurse, charge nurse, or nurse manager.
• Responsible for daily checking and stocking of treatment rooms and procedural carts to ensure more efficient patient treatment.
• Standard precautions are exercised with all patients and procedures.
• Patients are appropriately identified prior to any intervention per hospital protocol.
• Knowledge of institutions fire/safety/infection control programs is consistently demonstrated in practice.
• Annual mandatory training activities are completed within established time frames.
• Performs other duties as assigned or directed and within the scope of abilities.

Qualifications

• A high school diploma or equivalent required.
• Experience in emergency department desired but not required.
• Previous experience as an Emergency Room Technician or Operating Room Technician is preferred.
• Current CPR review required.
• Employee must demonstrate ability to recognize patients' individual needs based on medical conditions, age