Critical Care Tech

CHI Clinics and Practices • Leadville, CO

4d • $19 - $30

About The Position

The Critical Care Tech performs direct and indirect patient care in collaboration with an RN or physician, supporting patients’ physical and emotional needs. The role facilitates communication and collaboration across the healthcare team and helps meet daily patient and family goals. Duties also include placing orders, receiving and stocking department supplies, and assisting support staff with filing, medical records, and assigned daily tasks.

The Critical Care Tech communicates patient and family observations and concerns about hazards or errors to the RN, physician, and healthcare team. Under RN or physician direction, the role performs technical tasks such as IV insertion, splinting, and wound care according to established policies, procedures, and standards. The position provides person-centered care with sensitivity and respect, documents tasks and observations accurately and promptly in patient records, maintains confidential charts, uses clinical strategies to support safety, and collaborates with healthcare professionals on care plans, follow-up, and evaluation.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Emergency Medical Technician Certificate and IV Therapy Certificate, or EMTA, EMTI, or Paramedic Certificate.
• Basic Life Support through American Heart.

Nice To Haves

• One year of healthcare experience in prehospital care, an emergency department, and/or patient care.
• Relevant experience or certification as a Critical Care Tech, CNA, or medical assistant, ideally in an acute care setting.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including empathetic patient interaction and effective multidisciplinary collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Communicate patient and family observations to the RN and physician on an ongoing basis, and report concerns about patient-related hazards or errors to the healthcare team.
• Perform technical tasks, including IV insertion, splinting, and wound care, as directed by an RN or physician and in accordance with established policies, procedures, and standards.
• Provide person-centered care with sensitivity and respect, collaborating with team members to help achieve daily patient and family goals.
• Document all tasks, observations, and procedures accurately and promptly in the patient record according to medical and legal standards.
• Maintain thorough and confidential patient charts and records.
• Use clinical strategies to promote patient and associate safety.
• Collaborate with medicine, nursing, and other healthcare professionals regarding the patient's plan of care, follow-up, and evaluation.
• Place orders, receive and stock department supplies, and assist support staff with filing, medical records, and assigned daily tasks.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED