ER Patient Care Tech — Night Shift

Covenant Health; Le Tech; On-site; EUR 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, part of Covenant Health, is seeking an Emergency Department Technician to support nursing and provider staff in a fast-paced ED. The role includes hands-on patient care, charting, and communication on the unit.

The position requires CPR and appropriate EMT/LPN/MA/CNA licensure or active student status in an accredited program. Responsibilities include triage support, phlebotomy, wound care, specimen collection, and maintaining a safe, clean ED environment.

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.
• Orders patient care supplies and keeps patient care supplies stocked 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.

Job description

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, part of Covenant Health, is seeking an Emergency Department Technician to support nursing and provider staff in a fast-paced ED. The role includes hands-on patient care, charting, and communication on the unit.

The position requires CPR and appropriate EMT/LPN/MA/CNA licensure or active student status in an accredited program. Responsibilities include triage support, phlebotomy, wound care, specimen collection, and maintaining a safe, clean ED environment.