JMC: Emergency Department Associate

About the role

This position performs nonprofessional direct and indirect patient care activities under the supervision of a registered professional nurse and/or licensed medical provider. This position assists medical and nursing staff with a variety of procedures in an Emergency setting.

Responsibilities

• Observes and reports all patient concerns/changes in condition to a registered nurse immediately.
• Affords assistance during admission, transfer, discharge and general patient care duties.
• Records the vital signs, assists in personal hygiene and other patient comfort measures.
• Records oral intake and outputs (temperature, blood pressure and other monitoring).
• Affords assistance in specimen collection and other activities of assigned patients.
• Affords assistance in indirect patient care by maintaining a clean and safe environment to help prevent and/or control infections and to provide for safety of patients, visitors and employees.
• Reports all necessary equipment repairs to appropriate personnel according to departmental procedure in a timely manner.
• Prepares patients for examinations and diagnostic procedures according to departmental procedure.
• Communicates with RN regarding any nutrition issues, such as poor appetite or verbalized lack of understanding of diet changes.
• Affords support to department with administrative tasks to support the department operations.
• Answers patient call bell and relays message to appropriate personnel.
• Performs assigned tests such as glucose monitoring, urine and stool testing and maintains quality control testing & logs, according to department policy.
• Performs routine discontinuation of IV catheters as assigned.
• Affords assistance in care of drainage devices such as penrose drains, chest tubes and similar catheters while maintaining accurate output.
• Ability to perform EKG testing upon request.
• Transport of specimens to the Lab as needed.
• Collects blood samples as per physician order, when phlebotomy credentialed.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Obtain certification in Basic Life Support within 30 days of hire date.
• Currently certified as a West Virginia Emergency Medical Technician/Paramedic or applicable state licensure where services will be performed.
• Certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS).
• Certification in Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS).
• Two years of college in an applicable course of study (nursing, biology, physical therapy, sports medicine, or related field) OR Two years’ experience in an Emergency Department or pre-hospital setting.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to effectively communicate with staff and patients.
• Ability to adapt to changing environments.