EMERGENCY ROOM TECH

Covenant Health•Knoxville, TN

About The Position

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

Requirements

CPR is required.
One year of experience as an EMT, HUC, LPN, MA, or PCA/CNA, or meeting the stated licensure requirement.
For candidates with less than one year of experience: a current EMT registry or license, LPN, MA, or CNA certification at the time of hire or promotion, or student status in an accredited nursing education program with successful completion of the program’s fundamental clinical skills portion (first semester of clinicals).
No minimum education level is specified; education must be sufficient to meet applicable license or certification standards.

Responsibilities

Enter and promptly update the ED tracking board to communicate with staff.
Document and maintain patient records as appropriate.
Take and record vital signs and measurements, including temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, weight, height, and intake and output.
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 and identify and replace the proper surgical instruments on appropriate trays.
Help maintain a safe environment, including checking equipment daily, reporting equipment that is out of order, and handling linen and supplies appropriately.
Gather equipment for oxygen setup and check oxygen connections and placement.
Set up suction equipment and check that it functions properly.
Answer patient call lights promptly 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 the patient’s plan of care.
Assist providers with pelvic exams and assist in triage with 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, or turning patients; assisting with bedpans, urinals, or commodes; providing 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 (LIP).
Remove sutures or staples at the direction of a nurse or LIP.
Perform EKGs.