Emergency Department Technician

Emory Healthcare•Decatur, GA

5d•$22 - $26

About The Position

The Emergency Department Technician supports patient care and patient flow in the emergency department. The role performs a range of clinical and support duties, including taking vital signs, placing peripheral IVs and urinary catheters, collecting specimens, performing phlebotomy and blood cultures, providing wound care and irrigation, applying splints, performing eye irrigation, conducting EKGs and point-of-care testing, and assisting with patient transport and acute or code situations. The technician helps assess and notify clinical staff about potentially critical patients, supports disaster response, maintains supplies and equipment, documents procedures, and performs clerical duties as needed. The position works the 7 p.m.–7 a.m. shift.

Requirements

High school graduate or equivalent.
Graduate of an accredited EMT-Advanced or EMT-Intermediate training program.
Current certification as an EMT-I, EMT-A, or EMT-P.
Current CPR certification.

Nice To Haves

One year of related experience preferred.
Previous emergency department experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Promote patient satisfaction by providing items such as blankets and food and updating patients on treatment status.
Perform peripheral IV placement, specimen collection, general phlebotomy, blood cultures, and urinary catheter placement.
Document procedures appropriately.
Apply simple orthoglass splints and pre-made splints, including knee immobilizers and slings.
Provide general wound care, bandaging, wound irrigation, and eye irrigation using normal saline or a Morgan lens.
Take vital signs and perform accuchecks.
Transport patients to and from diagnostic tests and floor beds.
Assist with acute and code situations, including defibrillation with an AED, suctioning, and placing patients on monitors and defibrillators.
Perform EKGs and other point-of-care testing.
Sort through initial complaints from patients in the waiting room and notify an RN or physician about possibly critical patients.
Assist with patient flow when the emergency department is crowded and explain treatment delays to waiting patients.
Collaborate with staff and maintain professional relationships with members of the patient care team.
Participate as a member of the Code Blue disaster team and help triage, stage, and treat disaster patients.
Obtain equipment, assess supply needs based on department volume, and maintain supply par levels.
Follow Standard Precautions, infection-control procedures, and safety standards.
Perform clerical duties as needed, including answering phones and directing inquiries from physicians, departments, and pharmacies.
Ensure physician orders are entered correctly into the computer.
Facilitate acquisition of diagnostic studies and obtain medical records from other hospitals when required.
Perform other duties as required.