Emergency Room Technician - PRN

Altus Community Healthcare•Pearland, TX

About The Position

The Emergency Room Technician provides technical support to physicians, nurses, and other medical staff in the Emergency Center. The role supports nursing and medical care by performing patient-care and environmental tasks and managing supplies and equipment to help ensure patient-focused, cost-effective department operations. The technician also assists with patient education and laboratory testing, observes or performs tests as authorized, records results, and uses and maintains laboratory equipment correctly. The position includes greeting and checking in patients professionally and completing assigned daily opening and closing duties.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
One to three years of experience in an emergency room setting.
Current BLS certification is required.
Basic computer skills.
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, correspondence, and memos, and to write simple correspondence.
Ability to present information effectively in one-on-one and small-group situations.
Ability to perform basic arithmetic and calculate rates, ratios, and percentages, and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Ability to apply common-sense understanding to written, oral, or diagrammed instructions and handle problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Nice To Haves

One to three years of experience as an EMT-B, AEMT, or Paramedic.
Phlebotomy and EKG experience.
Current Emergency Medical Technician or equivalent certification.

Responsibilities

Assist registered nurses and physicians with technical patient care, including documenting vital signs, phlebotomy, IV starts, EKGs, patient transport, cardiac and vital-sign monitoring, point-of-care testing, wound care, lab specimen collection, and documentation of care and procedures.
Perform urine drug screens and/or breathalyzer tests after training or sign-off.
Assist physicians with physical examinations and diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
Apply orthopedic splints and fit patients for crutches.
Keep patient-care areas, storage rooms, equipment, and workspaces clean and maintained, including patient rooms, restrooms, waiting rooms, and the nurses’ station.
Assist with unloading supplies into the Emergency Center.
Perform point-of-care and quality-control laboratory testing; conduct quality-control checks and maintain records.
Perform daily checks of ABC equipment in each room and maintain pharmacy and laboratory temperature logs.
Change sharps containers and recognize equipment malfunctions, referring equipment for repair.
Maintain adequate patient-care supplies and stock designated items and carts throughout the department.
Perform calibrations according to manufacturer requirements and ensure proficiency-testing specimens are processed in compliance with policy.
Monitor appropriate send-out laboratory procedures and maintain current policies and procedures.
Remain informed about testing methods, products, instrumentation, and current technologies.
Perform moderate and waived testing in accordance with Clinical Laboratory and patient-care-unit policies and procedures; interpret results and take appropriate action.
Document accurate information for compliance purposes and perform assigned daily opening and closing duties.
Greet and check in patients professionally as they arrive.
Interact professionally with department members, physicians, staff, administration, and the Lab Manager or Lab Director, and consistently demonstrate teamwork.