ER Tech

Conifer Health Solutions•Nacogdoches, TX

About The Position

The ER Tech renders basic patient care to patients in the emergency department and assists the professional nurse. The role includes taking and recording vital signs; observing, reporting, and recording patient condition; obtaining specimens; administering treatments; operating or assisting with mechanical devices; meeting patients’ physical comfort needs; and reporting emergencies and administering emergency treatment. The ER Tech also provides appropriate care of instruments and equipment. The position performs general clerical duties in the emergency department, including preparing, compiling, and maintaining records; recording, transmitting, and filing written and verbal communications; ordering and monitoring unit supplies; answering telephones and intercoms; and recording and relaying messages. The role also greets, directs, and instructs visitors, prepares routine, confidential, or special reports and records, and assists with patient-care and quality-improvement audits and core measures. Other related duties may be assigned.

Requirements

High school graduation or equivalent preferred.
EMT certification/qualification, or 2 years of emergency department tech experience, or 5 years of patient care tech experience in an acute care setting.
BLS certification required.

Nice To Haves

Medical terminology skills preferred.
Computer skills preferred.
Typewriter skills preferred.
High school graduate or equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

Render basic patient care to emergency department patients and assist the professional nurse.
Take and record vital signs; observe, report, and record patient condition.
Obtain specimens and administer treatments.
Operate or assist in operating mechanical devices.
Meet patients’ physical comfort needs.
Report emergencies and administer emergency treatment.
Care for instruments and equipment appropriately.
Prepare, compile, and maintain emergency department records.
Record, transmit, and file written and verbal communications to, from, and within the nursing unit.
Order and monitor use of unit supplies.
Answer telephone and intercom; record and relay messages.
Greet, direct, and instruct visitors as necessary.
Prepare routine, confidential, or special reports, documents, and records.
Assist with patient-care and quality-improvement audits and core measures.
Perform other related duties as assigned.