ER Technician - FT- Nights - Vassar

Responsibilities

• Aids in the delivery of patient care as a nursing team member by performing, in a prompt and appropriate manner, specific and nonspecific patient care tasks as directed by the nurse in charge.
• Assists with transporting patients as needed and assists patients with activities of daily living.
• Obtains and records vital signs (temperature, pulse, respiratory rate, pulse oximetry, blood pressure, finger stick blood glucose) accurately and reports abnormalities to the primary nurse promptly.
• Adheres to hospital infection control practices, policies, and performance improvement practices at all times.
• Collects, prepares, labels, and delivers specimens to the lab in a timely manner according to procedure, as needed.
• Demonstrates self-motivation by using unassigned time to perform duties and facilitate the smooth functioning of the Department.
• Initiates and discontinues cardiac and hemodynamic monitoring, obtains EKG tracings, and submits them to providers in a timely manner.
• Accurately performs Point of Care testing and quality control testing for Accucheck, urine dipsticks, urine pregnancy, and rapid strep testing, and reports and records results in a timely manner.
• Measures and fits patients for crutches and extremity splints on non-displaced fractures and/or non-fractured injuries and applies all bandages under the supervision of the RN. Applies extremity splints of displaced fractures with the physician and/or APC with assistance of the Specialty Technician.
• Reports to the primary nurse and/or charge nurse any requests, complaints, or problems of the patient, as well as reports all incidents and/or potentially hazardous situations to the Supervisor, Nurse Director, or designee, at the time of occurrence or discovery.
• Aids in the continuity of patient care through harmonious working relationships with staff members and through appropriate interfacing with patient, family, and physicians.
• Communicates effectively and frequently with healthcare team members to share information and solve problems in a positive and result-oriented manner, through timely and concise pertinent oral and/or written reports to oncoming teams as indicated.
• Maintains and models Nuvance Health values.
• Performs other duties as required.

Requirements

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• BLS Healthcare Certification.
• Successful completion of Certified Nurse Aide Training Program and/or proof of current Certification as C.N.A. or E.M.T. with minimum of 6-months experience.
• CPI Crisis Prevention Intervention within one year, based on availability of class.
• General knowledge of high school subject matter including sciences, simple medical procedures/terminology, and/or office equipment e.g. MS Excel, Presentation skills, etc.
• Phlebotomy experience, preferred.
• Patient care experience in an acute care setting, preferred.

Other Information

Working Conditions: Manual: significant manual skills/motor coordination & finger dexterity; Occupational: significant occupational risk; Physical Effort: very heavy effort, may exert up to 50 lbs. force; Physical Environment: significant exposure to dirt, odors, noise, human waste, etc.

Credentials

• BLS
• CNA
• EMT