ED Tech, Mary and Elizabeth Hospital, PRN

UofL Health•Louisville, KY

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Emergency Department Tech/Unit Coordinator provides clinical patient care support in a caring, safe, and efficient manner under the direction of a registered nurse. The position also performs clerical duties and supports patient admissions and discharges across multiple computer systems. Clinical duties include phlebotomy, EKG lead placement, trauma care, and respiratory functions. The role is based at Mary and Elizabeth Hospital and lists a day shift of 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; the position is PRN.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED/equivalent.
Basic Life Support (BLS) accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA).

Nice To Haves

Completion of a recognized Clinical Assistant, Medical Assistant, or EMT training program, or nursing students who have completed a Fundamentals of Nursing course at an accredited school of nursing.
Previous emergency department experience.
Certification as a Nursing Assistant (C.N.A.), Certified Medical Assistant (CMA), or Emergency Medical Technician (EMT).

Responsibilities

Measure and document intake and output, height, weight, and vital signs.
Apply, monitor, and document restraint use, and perform safety checks for high-risk patients.
Obtain timed cardiac markers for patients with life-threatening heart disease.
Verify patient registration before discharge and correct errors in hospital systems.
Perform and document patient mobility, exercise, comfort, rest, sleep, hygiene, grooming, dressing, skin and nail care, dietary, toileting, and elimination needs.
Transport patients, laboratory work, specimens, and blood.
Organize, assemble, clean, disinfect, and maintain equipment and supplies; report equipment malfunctions to biomedical engineering.
Stock the trauma room in preparation for trauma patients.
Apply and document the use of non-sterile hot or cold packs, compresses, bandages, and elastic stockings.
Operate beds, wheelchairs, stretchers, hypo/hyperthermia units, mechanical lifts, and bed scales safely and correctly.
Perform venipuncture for specimen collection under RN direction, label specimens, and ensure delivery to the Clinical Laboratory.
Perform routine 12-lead electrocardiography testing under RN direction.
Assist an RN or respiratory therapist with nasal cannula placement.
Assist physicians and nurse practitioners/physician assistants with procedure setups, including sterile fields.
Accurately transcribe and enter physician and department orders and messages; page consultations and locate providers as needed.
Set up admission charts and disassemble charts for discharged or transferred patients, ensuring completion.
Perform equipment safety checks and quality assurance/quality control on point-of-care testing machines.
Update patient files and the hospital billing system with information needed to complete the collection cycle; obtain patient or guarantor signatures for release of information.
Ensure accurate assignment of medical record numbers and correct documentation of ordering, attending, referring, and primary care physicians in the hospital computer system.
Support care for patients with orthopedic injuries, including splinting, crutch training, and assisting physicians.
Perform wound-care irrigation.
Respond appropriately in lifesaving situations.
Handle desk communications promptly, including intercom responses, pages, and routing messages to the appropriate person.
Safeguard patients’ clothing and valuables.
Track equipment and supplies and report broken or lost equipment and missing supplies.
Follow universal precautions, infection-control, OSHA, regulatory, and facility safety policies and procedures.
Assist with admitting, physical examinations, transferring, and discharging patients.
Receive oncoming reports and give off-going reports.
Assist with orientation of new employees as needed.
Use A.I.D.E.T. when communicating with patients, families, visitors, coworkers, and customers.
Comply with company policies, procedures, standards of conduct, and HIPAA privacy and security requirements.
Perform other duties as assigned.