EMERGENCY ROOM TECH

Covenant Health•Knoxville, TN

About The Position

The Emergency Room Tech is a direct patient caregiver who performs tasks to assist registered nurses. The role provides hands-on care, assistance with activities of daily living, and specified technical tasks for a group of patients under the supervision of the Team Leader. The position is full-time, 72 hours per pay period, on the night shift at Parkwest Medical Center.

Requirements

At least one year of experience as an EMT, HUC, LPN, MA, or PCA/CNA, or meet the licensure requirement.
CPR certification is required.
If the candidate has less than one year of experience, they 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 of the program (first semester of clinicals).
No minimum education level is specified; education must be sufficient to meet applicable license or certification standards.

Responsibilities

Promptly enter and update the ED tracking board to communicate with staff.
Document and maintain patient records as appropriate.
Take and record patients’ temperature, pulse, respiration rates, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, weights, heights, and intake-output measurements.
Complete applicable items and activities on the TECH CHECKLIST of DAILY ACTIVITIES.
Order and stock patient-care supplies in rooms, carts, and other appropriate areas.
Clean and wrap instruments for transport to sterile processing; correctly identify and replace surgical instruments on appropriate trays.
Help maintain a safe environment by checking equipment daily, reporting equipment that is out of order, and appropriately handling linen and storing supplies.
Gather equipment for oxygen setup and check oxygen connections and placement.
Set up suction equipment and check that it functions properly.
Promptly answer patient call lights and respond to patient requests.
Report observed changes in patient condition to a nurse or provider.
Assist with transporting patients to other areas of the facility.
Prepare wounds for the provider as directed and clean and dress wounds appropriately.
Apply splints, immobilizers, and ace bandages, and fit patients for crutches.
Perform range-of-motion tasks and assist with ambulatory devices as specified in patients’ plans of care.
Assist the provider with pelvic exams.
Assist in triage with vital signs.
Ambulate patients and help them move in and out of bed, into wheelchairs, and into transport, including while on oxygen if 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 labeling specimens with two patient identifiers and maintaining, rotating, and restocking lab-draw supplies.
Remove INTs at the direction of nursing staff or a licensed independent practitioner.
Remove sutures or staples at the direction of a nurse or licensed independent practitioner.
Perform EKGs.