SAH ED Tech

Responsibilities

• Coordinates patient care activities for all ER patients including: departmental flow, logging, setup for procedures, documentation, discharge instructions, and coordination of other professional services as directed.
• Removes sutures/staples after the wound is assessed by the physician.
• Applies slings, ace wraps, cervical collars, wrist and knee immobilizers.
• Applies posterior splints to include, but not limited to: sugar tong splints, thumb spica splints, ulnar gutter splints when directed by the physician.
• Makes measurements for crutches.
• Performs skin scrubs on dirty wounds prior to laceration repair.
• Provides wound care, applications of OTC ointments, Gelfoam, Silvadene, and applies aseptic or sterile dressings.
• Affixes EKGs on critical and non-critical patients.
• Performs phlebotomy on patients.
• Determines a patient's oxygen saturation by using a pulse oximeter.
• Documents vital signs and all interventions on Emergency Department Clinical Record and signs full name.
• Considers age specific needs according to scope of service: Neonate, Child, Adolescent, Adult, Geriatric.
• Initiates crutch walking teaching.
• Reviews preprinted instructions with patients and refers all questions to the physicians.
• Sets up sterile instruments for procedures, being aware of applying sterile technique and its principles.
• Rinses, reassembles, and makes ready Central Supply equipment for return to CSR.
• Orders, maintains, keeps track of inventory of ER supplies.
• Applies safety principles in testing and maintaining oxygen tanks.

Requirements

• More than one year's experience, as a technician, in an emergency room preferred.
• Previous phlebotomy experience and/or EKG experience preferred.
• Basic computer knowledge.

Qualifications

• High School diploma.
• BLS required.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

$19.44-$28.38

Schedule

36hrs/week (11:00am-1130pm); EOW/EOH

Work Shift

Evening

Driving

No

Union

1199 Seiu United Healthcare Workers East