Emergency Department Technician- Full Time- Evenings/Nights FLEX
About The Position
When two established local health systems unite as one collaborative network, healthcare becomes so much more. Centralus Health, an affiliation of Arnot Health and Cayuga Health, is focused on our region's changing needs and your wellbeing. More than a group of experienced caregivers, Centralus Health is a partnership of advocates who strive to eliminate barriers to better health, innovating and evolving services in our communities for enhanced holistic care close to home. Beyond clinical outcomes, it's strengthening community connections and setting a higher standard for quality that's exceptionally personal. Centralus Health is central to wellness-for all of us. The ED Technician is responsible for working closely with the nurse to provide excellent direct patient care supporting activities of assessment, testing, and diagnosis of patients presenting to the emergency department, and helps prevent complications.
Requirements
- High school or equivalent experience
- BLS- will be provided if needed
- Frequent hand and finger use (e.g., to operate a computer keyboard).
- Lifting and carrying items up to 40 lbs. (e.g., boxes, equipment, IV solutions), with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Ability to stoop, kneel, or crouch for tasks such as retrieving items from lower shelves or filing in low drawers, with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Ability to sit, stand, or walk for extended periods, as the position may require.
- Capacity to operate job-related equipment, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Nice To Haves
- Prior patient assessment and care experience preferred
Responsibilities
- Direct Patient Care- Toileting, ambulating, repositioning, monitoring and recording intake and output of fluids, recording patient weight, obtaining vital signs, and reporting abnormal findings or changes in the patient's conditions to the RN.
- Performing direct observation and safety monitoring of patients assessed to be a threat to others, themselves, or ongoing medical interventions
- Intentionally rounding on each patient every hour.
- Perform 12 lead EKGs, Venipuncture and Post Care, Specimen Labeling, Point of Care Testing, prep and transport of instruments to Sterile Processing
- Safely transporting patients by stretcher or wheelchair outside the department for testing or admission
- Mandatory Orientation Training completion required Minimum of one full week of Monday through Friday 8a-4p orientation prior to starting work on the unit.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
