ER Tech

Tenet Healthcare Corporation • Nacogdoches, TX

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About The Position

The ER Tech provides basic patient care to patients in the Emergency Department and assists the professional nurse. The role includes taking and recording vital signs, observing and documenting patient condition, obtaining specimens, administering treatments, and operating or assisting with mechanical devices. The ER Tech meets patients’ physical comfort needs, reports emergencies, administers emergency treatment, and cares appropriately for instruments and equipment.

The position also performs general clerical duties in the ED, including preparing, compiling, and maintaining records. The ER Tech records, transmits, and files written and verbal communications to, from, and within the nursing unit; orders and monitors unit supplies; answers telephones and intercoms; and records and relays messages. The role greets, directs, and instructs visitors as needed, prepares routine, confidential, and special reports and records, and assists with patient-care and quality-improvement audits and core measures.

Requirements

• High school graduate or equivalent preferred.
• EMT certification/experience, 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.

Responsibilities

• Provide basic patient care in the Emergency Department and assist the professional nurse.
• Take and record vital signs; observe, report, and document patient condition.
• Obtain specimens and administer treatments as indicated.
• Operate or assist in operating mechanical devices.
• Meet patients’ physical comfort needs.
• Report emergencies and administer emergency treatment.
• Care appropriately for instruments and equipment.
• 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 the use of unit supplies.
• Answer telephone and intercom calls and record and relay messages.
• Greet, direct, and instruct visitors as necessary.
• Prepare routine, confidential, and special reports, documents, and records.
• Assist with patient-care and quality-improvement audits and core measures.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match.
• Paid time off.
• Career development and continuing education opportunities.
• Health savings accounts and healthcare and dependent flexible spending accounts.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Employee discount program.
• Voluntary pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long-term care, elder and childcare, and auto and home insurance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED