Emergency Care Technician - EMT Support Specialist

Owensborohealth; Leitchfield (KY); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center is seeking a patient care assistant to support emergency department staff. The role involves greeting patients, collecting initial data for nurses, and assisting clinicians with patient care, including basic assessments and specimen collection.

Responsibilities extend to performing EKGs, ensuring patient rooms are clean and stocked, and handling administrative tasks like communications with providers and arranging transports.

Qualifications

• Requires critical thinking skills and decisive judgment.
• Works under general supervision.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.

Responsibilities

• Greets and identifies patients upon entrance to department as directed.
• Provides direction and information to patients and guests.
• Contributes to the assessment of patients by collecting data for review by a nurse.
• Assists clinicians with the care of patients and performs ongoing patient assessments as directed.
• Performs electrocardiograms (EKGs) and submits results for interpretation according to policies and procedures.
• Assists nursing staff to identify physical, psychosocial, age-specific, and cultural considerations of each patient.
• Reports abnormal assessment findings or changes in physical, mental, and emotional conditions to nursing staff.
• Performs venipuncture on patients of all age groups and other specimen collection with proper therapeutic skills according to procedures as directed.
• Assists with keeping patient rooms stocked, clean, and orderly.
• Assists with administrative duties including communicating with providers and external facilities, arranging transport, printing discharge instructions and other duties as directed.
• May transport patients using safe lifting techniques and appropriate assistive devices.
• Demonstrates flexibility in staffing to meet needs of unit and hospital; accepts assignments to work in other areas as needed.

Skills

Critical thinking

Decisive judgment

Stress management

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center is seeking a patient care assistant to support emergency department staff. The role involves greeting patients, collecting initial data for nurses, and assisting clinicians with patient care, including basic assessments and specimen collection.

Responsibilities extend to performing EKGs, ensuring patient rooms are clean and stocked, and handling administrative tasks like communications with providers and arranging transports.