Emergency Room Technician

Altus Community Healthcare•Crosby, TX

About The Position

The Emergency Room Technician provides technical support to physicians and nurses in the Emergency Center. The role assists and supports Emergency Department nursing and medical staff with patient care and environmental tasks, and manages supplies and equipment to help ensure patient-focused, cost-effective department operations. The technician also assists the RN with patient education and observes chemical tests performed by clinical staff on patients or control specimens, records appropriate results, and correctly uses and maintains laboratory equipment. The position includes assisting with patient assessment, procedures, testing, documentation, and transport; maintaining clean and stocked patient care areas; and performing laboratory quality-control and equipment checks. The technician greets and checks in arriving patients and performs assigned daily opening and closing duties.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
1–3 years of experience in an Emergency Room setting or 1–3 years of experience as an Emergency Medical Technician EMT-P (or equivalent).
Basic computer skills.
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos; write simple correspondence; and present information effectively in one-on-one and small-group situations.
Ability to perform basic arithmetic, compute rates, ratios, and percentages, and draw and interpret bar graphs.
Ability to use common-sense understanding to carry out written, oral, or diagrammed instructions and handle problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
BLS.

Nice To Haves

Current Emergency Medical Technician (or equivalent) certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Assist RNs and physicians with technical patient care, including documenting vital signs, performing phlebotomy and IV starts, performing EKGs and Point of Care Testing, transporting patients, placing patients on cardiac and vital-sign monitors, providing wound care, obtaining lab specimens, and documenting care and procedures.
Perform urine drug screens and/or breathalyzer tests after being trained or checked off.
Assist physicians with physical examinations and diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
Apply orthopedic splints and fit patients for crutches.
Clean and maintain patient care areas, storage rooms, equipment, and workspaces, including patient rooms, restrooms, the waiting room, and the nurse’s station.
Unload supplies into the Emergency Center and maintain adequate patient-care supplies, including linens, probes, room drawers, vital-sign machines, IV and orthopedic carts, urine cups and wipes, wound supplies, nourishment-counter items, and patient and waiting-room refrigerators.
Perform Point of Care and quality-control laboratory testing; complete quality-control procedures and maintain records.
Perform calibrations according to manufacturer requirements and ensure proficiency-testing specimens are completed in compliance with policy.
Monitor appropriate send-out laboratory procedures and maintain current applicable policies and procedures.
Check ABC equipment in each room daily, maintain Pharmacy and Lab temperature logs, change sharps containers, and identify equipment malfunctions for repair.
Perform patient care as directed by nursing or medical staff and document it in the medical record.
Demonstrate knowledge of new testing methods, products, and instrumentation, and remain informed about current technologies.
Perform moderate and waived testing according to Clinical Laboratory and patient-care-unit policies and procedures; interpret results and take appropriate action.
Document correct information for compliance purposes.
Perform assigned daily opening and closing duties.
Greet patients as they arrive and check them in professionally.
Interact professionally with department members, physicians, staff, administration, and the Lab Manager/Lab Director, and consistently demonstrate a team-oriented approach.