Emergency Department Tech - PRN

Wellstar Health System•LaGrange, GA

17h•Onsite

About The Position

The Emergency Department (ED) Tech Level I is a multi-skilled caregiver who functions under the direction of the professional Registered Nurse. Provides safe, age-appropriate care to the patient by performing various tasks and procedures. This role also involves acting as a Telesitter Facility Liaison, tracking, delivering, maintaining, and retrieving telesitter carts, troubleshooting connectivity issues, performing safety checks, and responding to escalations for face-to-face intervention. The ED Tech also monitors patients in restraint/seclusion and observes cardiac monitors to recognize arrhythmias.

Requirements

High School Diploma General or GED General
BLS - Basic Life Support or ARC-BLS - Amer Red Cross Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor Required
Previous healthcare experience
Effective communication skills (verbal and written) required
Proficiency with desktop computer required
Demonstrate willingness to be a team-player and a self-starter required
Proficiency obtaining vital signs using manual processes required

Responsibilities

Obtain and document vital signs; inform nurse if vital signs are abnormal.
Perform 12-lead EKG and hand to ED physician.
Perform bedside blood sugar testing; inform nurse if result is abnormal.
Measure and apply extremity splints as directed by nurse or physician.
Instruct patient regarding safe crutch ambulation techniques with return demonstration by patient.
Oral suctioning.
Superficial wound care.
Perform urethral catheterization.
Sterile tray preparation.
Dressing application.
Phlebotomy.
Tracks, delivers, maintains, and retrieves telesitter carts.
Troubleshoots any cart connectivity issues and places an IT ticket if necessary.
Performs safe room guideline checks upon initiation and upon every hand-off thereafter.
Performs environmental rounds to ensure safe room guidelines are being maintained.
Responds to remote telesitter escalation for face-to-face intervention.
Notifies Nurse and/or charge Nurse when face to face redirection is required.
Transport patients via stretcher or wheelchair, ensuring patient safety.
Transport unit supplies.
Transport equipment.
Transport patient medications.
Monitors patients in restraint / seclusion, performing frequency of monitoring as per policy.
Document monitoring as per policy.
Notify nurse of abnormal findings or observation.
Recognize cardiac rhythms and communicate findings to registered professional as appropriate.
Provides accurate patient information for each monitor in use.
Responsible for cleaning and maintaining monitors and pumps in monitor room.
Complies with all WellStar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.