Critical Care Technician | Intensive Care Unit

Gundersen Health System•La Crosse, WI

2d•$19

About The Position

Emplify Health by Gundersen is hiring a part-time Critical Care Technician for its 20-bed Intensive Care Unit, a Level II Trauma Intensive Care/Critical Care Unit serving high-acuity patients. The unit cares for patients including those recovering from cardiothoracic surgery or neurovascular interventions, ventilated patients, trauma patients, and people receiving continuous renal replacement therapy or post-cardiac-arrest care. The technician provides and assists with care for critically ill patients. Duties include patient transports and transfers, patient room setup, centralized telemetry monitoring, collection of laboratory specimens for diagnostic testing, and technical procedures under physician direction, including assisting providers during central-line insertion. Other duties are performed under the direction of an RN, MD, PA, or NP in Critical Care. The position is part-time, scheduled for 60 hours biweekly (0.75 FTE), with 12-hour rotating day and night shifts (6:30 a.m.–7 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.–7 a.m.) and work every third weekend and holiday. Starting pay is $19.05 per hour or more, based on experience, with shift, weekend, and holiday differentials.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent; verification or a copy of the diploma and/or transcript must be provided at hire.
At least 6 months of healthcare-service experience involving direct patient care.
One of the following credentials: Wisconsin Registered Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA); Certified Surgical Technologist (CST); Wisconsin Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN); Wisconsin Emergency Medical Technician-Basic (EMT-B); National Registry EMT-Basic (NREMT); Wisconsin Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic (EMT-P); National Registry EMT-Paramedic (NREMT-P); or Critical Care Paramedic Endorsement (CCEMT-P).
Current Infant-Adult Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers certification, including hands-on learning, from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross.

Responsibilities

Provide and assist with care for critically ill, high-acuity patients.
Transport and transfer patients.
Set up patient rooms.
Perform centralized telemetry monitoring.
Collect laboratory specimens for diagnostic testing.
Perform a variety of technical procedures with physician direction, including assisting providers during central-line insertion.
Perform other assigned duties under the direction of an RN, MD, PA, or NP in Critical Care.