ER Technician - Athens Emergency Department - Flex 0.6 (48 hrs biweekly) (67963)
About The Position
In an environment of continuous quality improvement, the ER Technician is responsible for assisting registered nurses and licensed practical nurses in the delivery of patient care. This role involves performing general care to ensure patient’s physical comfort, including hourly rounding, and executing assigned patient procedures such as vital signs, EKG, phlebotomy, urinary catheterization, cardiac monitoring, and CPR, while also assisting physicians and nurses. The technician will help meet the physical, spiritual, and psychological needs of patients across all age ranges, from neonate to geriatric. Key responsibilities also include maintaining supplies and equipment, ensuring the cleanliness of the Emergency Department, and complying with all safety and infection control standards. The ER Technician is expected to maintain necessary job knowledge and skills, promote a positive patient experience, and foster positive and caring relationships with patients and families through empathy and trust, utilizing A.I.D.E.T. in all interactions. The position also requires entering daily charges for patient care supplies and using proper channels for communication.
Requirements
- High School Diploma, GED or equivalent training and/or experience required
- BLS certification required
- Maintains compliance in RQI required
- Good oral communications/guest relation skills
- Must possess manual dexterity
- Be able to lift boxes of at least 25 lbs.
- Maneuver carts and wheelchairs in the transport of patients within the hospital and ambulance bay/parking lot
Nice To Haves
- EMT or LPN preferred
Responsibilities
- Performs general care to assure patient’s physical comfort to include hourly rounding
- Performs patient procedures assigned (ex. vital signs, EKG, phlebotomy, urinary catheterization, cardiac monitoring, CPR) and assist physician and/or nurse with procedures
- Assists in carrying out patient care to meet physical, spiritual, psychological needs of patients ranging in age from neonate to geriatric
- Maintains the maintenance of supplies and equipment and cleanliness of the Emergency Department (ex. restocking linen and supplies)
- Complies with all safety and infection control standard related to position of ED tech
- Maintains necessary job knowledge and skills
- Promotes a positive patient experience
- Assumes all other duties and responsibilities as assigned
- Enters daily charges of patient care supplies
- Facilitates a positive and caring relationship with others by utilizing trust and mutual respect
- Establishes a therapeutic relationship between patient, family, and self, based on empathy and trust
- Uses proper channels of authority in communicating information
- Utilizes A.I.D.E.T. with all patient interactions
- Assumes all other duties and responsibilities as necessary
Benefits
- Affordable, comprehensive benefit package to all full time and flex time employees
- Bonus Eligibility (Available to qualifying full or flex time employees)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
Number of Employees
101-250 employees
