ED Tech 1p-1a Part Time

Wellstar Health System•Dallas, GA

About The Position

The Emergency Department (ED) Tech Level I is a multi-skilled caregiver who works under the direction of a professional Registered Nurse. The role provides safe, age-appropriate patient care through clinical functions and technical procedures, including obtaining vital signs, performing 12-lead EKGs and bedside blood sugar tests, providing superficial wound care and oral suctioning, applying splints, and teaching safe crutch ambulation. The technician uses aseptic technique for sterile tray preparation, dressing applications, and phlebotomy. The position includes observing cardiac monitors to recognize arrhythmias at the specified site, operating pulse oximetry monitors, and knowing specialty instruments and trays, including trauma resuscitation equipment, ENT trays, and special procedure trays. The ED Tech transports patients, supplies, equipment, and medications; maintains stocked patient care areas; monitors patients in restraint or seclusion and documents observations; and performs other duties needed to support patient care.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Current BLS certification, American Red Cross BLS certification, or BLS Instructor certification is required upon hire.
Effective verbal and written communication skills.
Proficiency with desktop computers.
Willingness to be a team player and self-starter.
Proficiency obtaining vital signs using manual processes.

Responsibilities

Obtain and document vital signs and inform the nurse of abnormal readings.
Perform 12-lead EKGs and deliver them to the ED physician.
Perform bedside blood sugar testing and inform the nurse of abnormal results.
Measure and apply extremity splints as directed by a nurse or physician.
Teach safe crutch ambulation and confirm the patient can demonstrate the technique.
Perform oral suctioning and superficial wound care.
Use aseptic technique for sterile tray preparation, dressing application, and phlebotomy.
Track, deliver, maintain, and retrieve telesitter carts; troubleshoot connectivity issues and submit IT tickets when needed.
Perform safe-room guideline checks when initiated and at each subsequent hand-off, and conduct environmental rounds to maintain those guidelines.
Respond to remote telesitter escalations requiring face-to-face intervention and notify the nurse or charge nurse when redirection is required.
Transport patients by stretcher or wheelchair while ensuring safety, as well as transport supplies, equipment, and patient medications using appropriate body mechanics.
Monitor patients in restraint or seclusion at the frequency required by policy, document monitoring, and notify the nurse of abnormal findings or observations.
Observe cardiac monitors for arrhythmias, communicate findings to the registered professional, provide accurate patient information for each monitor, and clean and maintain monitors and pumps in the monitor room.
Keep patient care areas appropriately stocked.
Comply with Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.
Perform other duties as assigned.