Urgent Aid Tech - Urgent Aid, Registry, Rotating Shift
About The Position
UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital is hiring an Urgent Aid Tech for the Family Care Center in Calumet City. This is a 100% onsite position, and the employee must be based in the greater Chicagoland area. Under the leadership of the Assistant Patient Care Manager, Manager, and Director of Urgent Aid, the Technician applies the training, skills, and knowledge needed to provide patient care according to unit-specific competencies. The role assists with patient care and contributes to high-quality, cost-effective treatment delivered professionally and compassionately, while helping meet the expectations of patients, providers, and guests. The Technician also participates in regulatory survey readiness. This is a registry position at 0.1 FTE, with rotating shifts and a four-hour minimum shift.
Requirements
- Graduation from EMT-B or EMT-P training and successful completion of the state exam; or an LPN license with recent acute, critical-care, or ED/urgent-aid experience; or graduation and certification from an accredited Medical Assistants program with recent acute, critical-care, or ED/urgent-aid experience; or graduation and certification from an accredited Certified Nursing Assistant program with recent acute, critical-care, or ED/urgent-aid experience; or 3–5 years of recent commensurate experience providing direct patient care in pre-hospital, ED, urgent-aid, or critical-care settings.
- Six months of recent full-time employment involving direct patient care in an acute or pre-hospital setting.
- Current BLS certification through the AHA.
Nice To Haves
- Current ACLS and PALS certifications.
- Phlebotomy experience.
- EKG experience.
Responsibilities
- Provide patient care to assigned patients as directed.
- Assist with quick triage and obtain vital signs.
- Provide respiratory therapy modalities.
- Insert and remove peripheral IV catheters; perform venipuncture and collect other specimens.
- Perform laboratory testing, instrument quality controls, and calibrations.
- Insert urinary catheters.
- Apply and remove non-invasive cardiorespiratory monitors and perform EKG monitoring.
- Provide basic wound care, assist providers with exams including pelvic exams, and perform extremity splinting or immobilization.
- Maintain annual certifications, including laboratory competencies.
- Collect and analyze quality metrics as assigned.
- Conduct DNV, survey-readiness, and Environment of Care rounds.
- Precept new staff as needed.
- Perform other assigned duties, including EKG and laboratory work.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
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