Emergency Room Tech

Covenant Health•Morristown, TN

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Emergency Room Tech functions as a specialized direct patient caregiver in the Emergency Department, performing hands-on care and specified technical tasks to assist nurses and providers, while coordinating communications on the unit. The role serves patients at Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare System, a 170-bed hospital in East Tennessee’s Lakeway Area.

Requirements

Minimum experience: one year of experience as an EMT, HUC, LPN, MA, or PCA/CNA, unless the licensure requirement below is met.
CPR is required.
With less than one year of experience, must have a current EMT registry or license, LPN, MA, or CNA certification at the time of hire or promotion, or be a student in an accredited nursing education program who has successfully completed the fundamental clinical skills portion (first semester of clinicals).
No minimum education is specified; education must be sufficient to meet the standards for any required license or certification.

Responsibilities

Enter and update the ED tracking board promptly to communicate with staff, and document or maintain patient records as appropriate.
Measure and record temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, weight, height, and intake and output.
Complete applicable items and activities on the TECH CHECKLIST of DAILY ACTIVITIES.
Order and restock patient-care supplies in rooms, carts, and other appropriate areas.
Clean and wrap instruments for transport to sterile processing, and identify and replace the proper surgical instruments on appropriate trays.
Help maintain a safe environment by checking equipment for proper function, reporting equipment problems, handling linen appropriately, and storing supplies.
Gather equipment for oxygen setup, check oxygen connections and placement, and set up and check suction equipment.
Answer patient call lights promptly and respond to patient requests.
Report observed changes in patient condition to a nurse or provider.
Assist with patient transportation to other areas of the facility.
Prepare wounds for providers as directed, clean and dress wounds, apply splints, immobilizers, and ace bandages, and fit patients for crutches.
Perform range-of-motion tasks and assist with ambulatory devices as specified in the patient’s plan of care.
Assist providers with pelvic exams and assist with triage vital signs.
Ambulate patients and assist them in and out of bed, into wheelchairs, and during transport, including transport on oxygen when required.
Empty canisters, urine bags, bedpans, and emesis basins, and record intake and output.
Provide general care, including positioning, lifting, and turning patients; assisting with bedpans, urinals, or commodes; preoperative supportive care; and applying anti-embolism stockings and sequential compression devices.
Collect urine, stool, and sputum specimens as ordered.
Perform phlebotomy, including correct labeling with two patient identifiers and maintaining, rotating, and restocking lab-draw supplies.
Remove INTs as directed by nursing or a licensed independent practitioner (LIP).
Remove sutures or staples at the direction of a nurse or LIP.
Perform EKGs.
Follow infection-control policies, including standard and transmission-based precautions, OSHA standards, safety measures, and proper body mechanics.
Demonstrate knowledge and competency in meeting the age-specific needs of the population served.
Help maintain clean and orderly patient and work environments, and follow policies, procedures, and safety standards.
Complete required annual education assignments, work toward goals and objectives, and participate in quality-improvement initiatives as requested.
Perform other duties as assigned.