Emergency Department (ED) Technician - Emergency Department - Part Time - Weekend Premier Differential

Wellstar Health System•Austell, 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 and provides safe, age-appropriate patient care through clinical functions and technical procedures. The role includes taking vital signs, performing 12-lead EKGs and bedside blood sugar testing, providing superficial wound care and oral suctioning, applying splints, and teaching safe crutch ambulation. The technician uses aseptic technique for urethral catheterization, sterile tray preparation, dressing applications, and phlebotomy. The position also involves operating and observing cardiac and pulse oximetry monitors, recognizing and communicating cardiac rhythms, and maintaining monitors and pumps. The technician transports patients, supplies, equipment, and medications; keeps patient care areas stocked; and monitors patients in restraint or seclusion in accordance with policy. As a telesitter facility liaison, the technician manages telesitter carts, checks and maintains safe room guidelines, responds to remote telesitter escalations, and notifies nursing staff when face-to-face redirection is required. This is a part-time, night-shift role at Cobb Hospital, scheduled from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., with a weekend premier differential.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent from an accredited program.
Basic Life Support (BLS) or BLS Instructor certification 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

Provide safe, age-appropriate patient care under the direction of a professional Registered Nurse.
Obtain and document vital signs and notify the nurse of abnormal findings.
Perform 12-lead EKGs and deliver 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.
Teach patients safe crutch ambulation techniques and obtain a return demonstration.
Perform oral suctioning and superficial wound care.
Perform urethral catheterization, prepare sterile trays, apply dressings, and perform phlebotomy using aseptic technique.
Track, deliver, maintain, and retrieve telesitter carts; troubleshoot connectivity issues and submit IT tickets when needed.
Perform safe room guideline checks when telesitter monitoring begins and at each hand-off, and conduct environmental rounds.
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, as well as unit supplies, equipment, and patient medications, using appropriate body mechanics and ensuring patient safety.
Monitor patients in restraint or seclusion at the frequency required by policy, document observations, and notify the nurse of abnormal findings.
Observe cardiac monitors, recognize rhythms, communicate findings to registered professional staff as appropriate, and provide accurate patient information for each monitor in use.
Clean and maintain monitors and pumps in the monitor room.
Ensure the patient care area is appropriately stocked.