ER Tech Full-time Nights

Intuitive Health•Frisco, TX

4d•$17 - $26•Onsite

About The Position

The ER Tech is responsible for all basic patient care duties. This includes, but is not limited to, therapeutic treatment as ordered by the physician on duty, operation of laboratory equipment, patient discharge, and education. Key responsibilities include triaging patients to determine their treatment location (emergency room versus urgent care), providing general patient care including therapeutic and diagnostic intervention, and offering age and education-specific education to patients. The role also involves maintaining a clean work environment, which may include housekeeping duties like emptying trash, mopping floors, and cleaning counters. Adherence to company policies, HIPAA regulations, and fostering a friendly, respectful, and customer-focused work environment are essential. The ER Tech will accurately interpret physician instructions, assist physicians with patient treatment, administer medications, collect specimens, and conduct laboratory tests. Collaboration with health team members is crucial for patient well-being. The position requires executing physician orders, including medication administration, treatments, and IVs, and observing and documenting patient responses to medications. Preparing specimens and operating lab equipment, along with reviewing and upholding lab policies, are also part of the role. Mandatory yearly skills training, maintaining professional certifications and licenses, completing CEUs and assigned education on time, and attending staff meetings are required. The role also involves providing patient education and discharge instructions, and following infection control and OSHA safety guidelines. The physical demands of the job include regular talking and hearing, specific vision abilities (close, distance, color, peripheral, depth perception, focus adjustment), and intermittent physical activity such as standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, and lifting/supporting patients. The work environment is a healthcare setting with potential exposure to radiation, noise, infectious/communicable diseases, blood and bloodborne diseases, chemicals, fumes, odors, gases, and dusts. There is also exposure to moving mechanical parts and toxic or caustic materials, with moderate noise from equipment. The position requires standing, walking, sitting, using hands, reaching, and potentially climbing, kneeling, or crouching. Incumbents will be scheduled based on operational needs, which may include rotating shifts, standby, or on-call duties. This job description is not exhaustive and duties may change.

Requirements

Current Paramedic and EMT-B certification with at least one year of work experience
Current BLS & ACLS certification (or 60 days upon hire)
High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
Time management.
Use of medical terminology.
Performance of diagnostic procedures.
Quality focus.
Technical understanding.
Dependability.
Analyzing information.
Effective patient communications
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals and follow HIPAA regulations.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
Basic math skills including the ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Completion of company provided laboratory testing education and competency.

Responsibilities

Triage all patients upon arrival to determine their location of treatment. (Emergency room versus urgent care)
Provide general patient care. This includes therapeutic and diagnostic intervention.
Provide age and education-specific education to all patients.
Assure a clean work environment. This may include duties often reserved for housekeeping services, such as emptying trash, mopping floors, and cleaning counters.
Follow all company policies.
Follow all HIPAA policies and procedures.
Encourage a work environment that is friendly and respectful.
Provide patients and their families with a customer-focused, friendly, reassuring, and open environment that encourages patient participation in health care decisions.
Accurately interpret a physician’s instructions.
Assist the physician on duty with the treatment of patients. Communicate with the physician regarding the patient's needs and client feedback, and the operations coordinator's observation.
Administer medications.
Collect specimens and conduct laboratory tests
Review and uphold lab policies and procedures
Collaborate with health team members to ensure the patient's well-being as evidenced by staff/client feedback. Support the efforts of team members
Execute physician orders, including administration of medications, treatments, and IVs according to policy and procedure
Observe and document the patient's response to pertinent medications.
Prepare specimens and operate lab equipment.
Review and uphold lab policies and procedures.
100% attendance at mandatory skills training yearly.
Maintain all required professional certifications and licenses. Participate in any and all certifications of the facility.
Maintain CEU’s
Complete yearly assigned education on time
Attend a minimum of four staff meetings and read and sign all minutes of meetings not attended.
Patient education and discharge instructions.
Follow infection control and OSHA safety guidelines.