Overview
Emergency Room Tech, Emergency Department
Full Time, 72 Hours Per Pay Period, Night Shift
LeConte Medical Center Overview:
LeConte Medical Center is a part of Covenant Health, our region’s top-performing healthcare network and is a 79-bed community hospital located in the heart of Sevier County. We’re a full-service, not-for-profit hospital delivering modern medicine and compassionate care to the growing Sevier County community. LeConte offers a full range of health services, including top-tier specialists, a modern ER, and a beautiful Women’s Center. Learn more about our amazing facility at https://www.lecontemedicalcenter.com/about-leconte-medical-center/.
Position Summary:
Functions as a specialized direct patient caregiver in the Emergency Department, performing tasks to assist nurses and providers. Performs hands-on care, specified technical tasks, and coordinates communications on the unit.
Responsibilities
- Enters and updates the ED tracking board promptly to communicate with staff.
- Document/maintain patient record as appropriate.
- Take and record temperature, pulse, respiration rates, blood pressures, oxygen saturation, weights, heights, and intake-output measurements.
- Completes all items / activities on “TECH CHECKLIST of DAILY ACTIVITIES” as applicable.
- Orders patient care supplies and keeps patient care supplies stocked in proper amounts in rooms, carts and other areas as appropriate.
- Cleans and wraps instruments to transport to sterile processing with ability to correctly identify and replace proper surgical instruments on appropriate trays.
- Assists in maintaining a safe environment, which may include checking equipment daily for proper function and reporting equipment that is out of order, appropriate handling of linen and storing of supplies.
- Gathers equipment for O2 set up. Checks O2 for connection and proper placement.
- Sets up suction equipment and checks for proper function.
- Promptly answers patient call lights and responds to patient requests.
- Reports observed changes in patient condition to nurse or provider.
- Assists with transportation of patients to other areas of the facility.
- Prepares wounds for provider as directed. Cleans and dresses wounds appropriately.
- Application of splints.
- Applies immobilizers and ace bandages; fits patient for crutches.
- Performs tasks such as ROM, assists with ambulatory devices as specified by the patients' plan of care.
- Assists provider with pelvic exams.
- Assists in triage with vital signs.
- Ambulates, and assists patients in and out of bed, into wheelchairs and transport when necessary (on oxygen if required).
- Empty canisters, urine bags, bedpans and emesis basins and record intake and output.
- Provides general care such as positioning, lifting or turning patients; assisting in use of bedpan, urinal or commode; preoperative supportive care; and anti-embolism stockings and sequential compression devices.
- Collects urine, stool and sputum specimen as ordered.
- Performs phlebotomy. To include correct labeling using two patient identifiers, maintenance of lab-draw supplies, rotating and restocking.
- Performs INT removal per nursing or LIP direction.
- Performs suture / staple removal at nurse or LIP direction.
- Performs EKG.
- Employs all established infection control policies including standard precautions, transmission-based isolation precautions, OSHA standards, safety measures, and proper body mechanics in performance of job.
- Demonstrates knowledge and competency in providing for age-specific needs of the population served.
- Helps maintain clean and orderly patient and work environment.
- Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards. Completes required education assignments annually. Works toward achieving goals and objectives, and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Minimum Education:
None specified; however, must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority.
Minimum Experience:
One (1) years’ experience as an EMT, HUC, LPN, MA, or PCA/CNA OR must meet licensure requirement below.
Licensure Requirement:
CPR required. If less than one (1) years’ experience, must have current EMT registry or license, LPN, MA, or CNA certification at time of hire/promotion or be a student in an accredited nursing education program. Student must have successfully completed fundamental clinical skills portion of the program (1st semester of clinicals).
