ED Tech Part Time 7p-7a

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 patients safe crutch use. The position requires aseptic technique for sterile tray preparation, dressing applications, and phlebotomy. It also includes cardiac monitor observation and recognition of arrhythmias at the specified site, use of pulse oximetry monitors, and familiarity with specialty instruments and procedure trays, including trauma resuscitation equipment. The ED Tech transports patients, supplies, equipment, and medications; keeps patient care areas stocked; monitors and documents patients in restraint or seclusion; and performs additional duties as needed to support patient care. As a telesitter facility liaison, the role maintains telesitter carts, checks room safety, responds to escalations requiring in-person intervention, and notifies nursing staff when redirection is required. The position complies with Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
BLS certification, or American Red Cross BLS certification, or BLS Instructor certification; certifications are 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 notify the nurse of abnormal results.
Perform 12-lead EKGs and provide them to the ED physician.
Perform bedside blood sugar testing and notify the nurse of abnormal results.
Measure and apply extremity splints as directed by a nurse or physician.
Instruct patients in safe crutch ambulation and obtain a return demonstration.
Perform oral suctioning and superficial wound care.
Use aseptic technique for sterile tray preparation, dressing applications, and phlebotomy.
Track, deliver, maintain, and retrieve telesitter carts; troubleshoot connectivity issues and submit IT tickets when necessary.
Perform safe-room guideline checks at initiation and after each hand-off, and conduct environmental rounds.
Respond to telesitter escalations requiring face-to-face intervention and notify nursing staff when redirection is needed.
Transport patients by stretcher or wheelchair, as well as unit supplies, equipment, and patient medications, using safe practices and good body mechanics.
Monitor patients in restraint or seclusion at the required frequency, document observations, and notify the nurse of abnormal findings.
Observe cardiac monitors, recognize rhythms, communicate findings to the registered professional, and provide accurate patient information for each monitor in use.
Clean and maintain monitors and pumps in the monitor room.
Keep patient care areas appropriately stocked.
Perform other assigned duties and comply with Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.