Critical Care Tech, Emergency Room

Athol Hospital•Athol, MA

11h•Onsite

About The Position

Heywood Healthcare values its employees and offers competitive wages, great benefits, and generous earned time off. This position is for a Critical Care Tech in the Emergency Room, working 24-hour shifts from 11:00 PM to 7:00 AM, including every other weekend and every other holiday. The role involves working with healthcare teams to complete assignments, maintaining a clean patient environment, and assisting with various patient care procedures. The position emphasizes prioritizing tasks based on changing needs, assisting with patient admissions and discharges, specimen collection, and patient transfers. The Critical Care Tech will also monitor vital signs, perform EKGs, Glucometer testing, blood draws, and IV insertions (dependent on competency), and place patients on cardiac monitors. Recognizing and reporting patient data to the Registered Nurse, restocking supplies, and participating in continuing education are also key responsibilities. This role may involve duties beyond those explicitly described.

Requirements

High school graduate or equivalent preferred
One or more of the following: Nursing student who has completed first fundamentals course and 75 hours of clinical, successful completion of a Certified Nursing Assistant program, successful completion of a Certified Medical Assistant program or successful completion of an Emergency Medical Technician program
AHA BLS required

Nice To Haves

Emergency Department or Intensive Care Unit experience preferred
Phlebotomy and EKG experience preferred

Responsibilities

Works together with departmental and healthcare teams to complete assignments.
Maintains a clean and comfortable environment for patients and visitors.
Removes or arranges for removal of safety hazards from environment immediately to prevent potential safety hazards from occurring.
Prioritizes and reprioritizes work based on the changing needs of the customers.
Assists patient, physician and nurse during procedures, assisting during procedure as needed.
Assists in the admission and discharge of patients to expedite care.
Assists in the collection, labeling and delivery of routine specimens.
Assists with the transfer of patients to and from other departments utilizing appropriate technique (i.e. body mechanics, transfer mattress).
Observes, reports and records vital signs and intake and output as directed by the registered nurse and in accordance with Patient Care Service’s Standards.
Performs EKG’s, according to standard policies and procedures.
Performs Glucometer testing according to standard policies and procedures on patients 15 years or older. (This is dependent on completed competency).
Performs blood draws according to standard policies and procedures on patients 15 years or older. (This is dependent on completed competency).
Performs IV insertion according to standard policies and procedures on patients 15 years and older. (This is dependent on completed competency)
Places patients on cardiac monitors and obtains trends, as indicated.
Recognizes and reports appropriate patient data to the Registered Nurse.
Monitors stock and re-stocks supplies as needed.
Participates in continuing education, departmental staff meetings and in-services and performs department specific competencies.