Emergency Department Tech
About The Position
The Emergency Room Technician performs patient care activities and related non-professional services to support patients’ personal needs and comfort, under the ultimate direction and supervision of a registered nurse. Employees are expected to model Brown University Health’s values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence, and demonstrate its core Success Factors: Instill Trust and Value Differences; Patient and Community Focus; and Collaborate. The role supports emergency department patient care and flow, performs a range of delegated clinical tasks, and helps prepare and maintain equipment and supplies. Work is 24 hours per week on a 7 p.m.–7 a.m. shift, every other weekend and every other holiday, at Morton Hospital in Taunton, Massachusetts.
Requirements
- High school diploma.
- BLS certification required.
- Basic computer knowledge.
Nice To Haves
- More than one year of experience as a technician in an emergency room.
- Previous phlebotomy experience and/or EKG experience.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate care activities for ER patients, including departmental flow, logging, procedure setup, documentation, discharge instructions, and coordination of other professional services as directed.
- Remove sutures and staples after a physician assesses the wound.
- Apply slings, ace wraps, cervical collars, and wrist and knee immobilizers.
- Apply posterior splints, including sugar tong, thumb spica, and ulnar gutter splints, when directed by a physician.
- Measure patients for crutches and initiate crutch-walking instruction.
- Perform skin scrubs on dirty wounds before laceration repair.
- Provide wound care; apply over-the-counter ointments, Gelfoam, and Silvadene; and apply aseptic or sterile dressings.
- Assist with gastric lavage as directed.
- Perform EKGs on critical and non-critical patients.
- Perform phlebotomy.
- Measure patients’ oxygen saturation using a pulse oximeter.
- Document vital signs and interventions on the Emergency Department Clinical Record and sign with full name.
- Consider age-specific needs for neonates, children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients in accordance with the scope of service.
- Review preprinted instructions with patients and refer questions to physicians.
- Set up sterile instruments for procedures while applying sterile technique and its principles.
- Rinse and reassemble Central Supply equipment and prepare it for return to CSR.
- Order, maintain, and track inventory of ER supplies.
- Apply safety principles when testing and maintaining oxygen tanks.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
