EMERGENCY TECHNICIAN

Brattleboro Memorial Hospital•Brattleboro, VT

About The Position

The Emergency Department Technician functions under the direction of the Registered Nurse. The ED Tech is responsible for implementing appropriate aspects of the plan of care and maintaining a safe environment for rendering effective patient care. Duties will include obtaining and documenting a full set of vital signs, assisting with intra hospital transportation needs, collecting urine, culture, blood, sputum, and stool specimens, answering call lights, performing EKGs and ensuring transmission of results to E.H.R., assisting with organizing supplies, restocking rooms, cleaning and changing linen on stretchers, splinting of extremities, assisting during a code blue, cleaning and dressing minor wounds, applying ice to affected areas, answering phone calls, paging consultants, assisting with the transfer process, and performing the Quick Registration and The ED Tech may perform other duties, as assigned by the RN and within their scope of practice.

Requirements

High School Graduate
CPR certified
2 or more years of EMS or Healthcare experience preferred.
Successful competition of the BMH ED Tech Orientation
AVADE Workplace Violence Prevention Training (available in-house)
Current Healthcare CPR Certification
Valid Vermont/National EMT-A or EMT-B certification or valid Vermont State LPN or LNA
Requires eye/hand coordination and manual dexterity.
Ability to distinguish colors.
Normal or corrected vision/hearing.
Lifting and/or moving patients from one point to another.
Requires ability to work in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple priorities.
Ability to work with patients, families and public experiencing stressful situations.
Ability to read, write and distinguish letters, numbers and symbols.
Ability to perform keyboarding functions.
Potential exposure to hazardous material, body fluids, bloodborne pathogens and communicable diseases.
OSHA Category I - Tasks that involve exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues require use of techniques of Universal Precautions as evidenced with blood borne pathogens standards.
On-the-job time is spent in the following physical activities.
Standing - Up to 1/3
Walking - Up to 1/3
Sitting - 2/3 or more
Talking or Hearing - 2/3 or more
Use of hands to finger, handle or feel - Up to 1/3
Pushing/Pulling - None
Stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling - None
Reaching with hands and arms - Up to 1/3
Tasting or smelling - None
This position requires that weight be lifted, or force be exerted.
Up to 10 pounds - 2/3 or more
Up to 25 pounds - 1/3 to 1/2
Up to 50 pounds - Up to 1/3
Up to 100 pounds - None
More than 100 pounds - None
This position has special vision requirements.
Close Vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less)
Color Vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors)
Ability to Adjust Focus (ability to adjust eye to bring an object into sharp focus)
This position requires exposure to the following environmental conditions.
Wet, humid conditions (non-weather) - None
Work near moving mechanical parts - Up to 1/3
Fumes or airborne particles - Up to 1/3
Toxic or caustic chemicals - Up to 1/3
Outdoor weather conditions - None
Extreme cold (non-weather) - None
Extreme heat (non-weather) - None
Risk of electrical shock - None
Work with explosives - None
Risk of radiation - None
Vibration - None
Ability to hear calls
Ability to hear instructions from physician/department staff/others

Nice To Haves

2 or more years of EMS or Healthcare experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Obtaining and documenting a full set of vital signs
Assisting with intra hospital transportation needs
Collecting urine, culture, blood, sputum, and stool specimens
Answering call lights
Performing EKGs and ensuring transmission of results to E.H.R.
Assisting with organizing supplies
Restocking rooms
Cleaning and changing linen on stretchers
Splinting of extremities
Assisting during a code blue
Cleaning and dressing minor wounds
Applying ice to affected areas
Answering phone calls
Paging consultants
Assisting with the transfer process
Performing the Quick Registration
Performing other duties, as assigned by the RN and within their scope of practice