Emergency Department Technician

McLaren; Michigan; On-site; USD 22,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren is seeking a Per Diem Nursing Assistant to support nursing staff and assist in delivering patient care in a hospital setting in Michigan. Under RN supervision, you will help with routine patient care, data collection, and basic procedures, including vital signs and specimen collection.

The role requires a high school diploma, completion of a nursing assistant program or equivalent, and BLS certification. Prior acute care experience and phlebotomy/EMT/MA training are preferred.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Completion of an acute care nursing assistant course or related program preferred.
• Completion of phlebotomy externship, EMT, or medical assistant program is required.
• Recent patient-care experience in acute care setting or accredited clinical rotation.
• BLS certification required.

Responsibilities

• Provide routine patient care and assist with activities of daily living.
• Collect, record, and report patient data accurately.
• Obtain vital signs and assist with bedside glucose testing; report changes to RN.
• Assist with specimen collection, including venipuncture and catheter-related procedures.

Education

High school diploma

Nursing assistant program or acute care course

EMT/Medical Assistant program or phlebotomy externship

Clinical rotation experience in accredited program

BLS certification

Tools

Phlebotomy techniques

Job description

Under the supervision of a registered nurse, responsible for providing support to nursing staff and assisting in the delivery of patient care following hospital and departmental policies, procedures, and standards of care.

• Provides routine patient care services such as call light response; ambulating, transferring, and positioning; personal hygiene assistance.
• Collects, records, and reports various patient data.
• Obtains vital signs, blood glucose levels, bedside pregnancy testing, and reports changes in patient data to registered nurse. Obtains blood specimens by venipuncture or micro collection techniques, and assists nursing staff in collecting specimens from intra-vessel catheters.

Required:

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Specialized education requirements include both:
• Acute care nursing assistant course preferred for acute care positions or long term care nursing assistant course or completion of a clinical rotation while participating in an accredited nursing program or completion of medical training in a branch or the armed services
• Completion of course with externship in phlebotomy or completion of an emergency medical technician program or completion of medical assistant program.
• Recent patient care experience in acute care setting as nursing or medical assistant, EMT, or completion of a clinical rotation in an accredited nursing program.
• BLS certification

Preferred:

• Emergency Department experience.
• Experience in specimen collection (i.e. phlebotomy), specimen processing and distribution.

Additional Information

• Schedule: Per Diem
• Requisition ID: 26011696
• Daily Work Times: Varies
• Hours Per Pay Period: 0.01
• On Call: No
• Weekends: No