Emergency Dept Tech, UofL Hospital ED, 7p-7a

uoflhealth; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 36,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

UofL Health is seeking an Emergency Department Tech to provide clinical patient care under the supervision of a registered nurse. The role includes phlebotomy, EKG lead placement, trauma and respiratory support, and clerical duties across multiple systems.

Responsibilities include admissions/discharges, patient transport, and maintaining infection control through equipment cleaning and room readiness. Strong communication and teamwork are essential for fast-paced ED performance.

Qualifications

• Clinical patient care under RN direction.
• Phlebotomy and EKG lead placement.
• Trauma care and respiratory support as needed.
• Documentation in hospital systems; admission/discharge tasks.

Responsibilities

• Respond to lifesaving situations promptly.
• Take vital signs, intake/output, heights, weights.
• Assist with admissions, transfers, discharges; transport specimens.
• Set up and disinfect equipment; ensure room readiness.
• Perform venipuncture and 12-lead ECG under RN direction.
• Assist physicians with procedures and sterile fields.

Skills

Clinical support

Phlebotomy

EKG/Leads

Trauma care

Vital signs

Documentation

Mobility assistance

Patient comfort

Job description

Primary Location:

University Hospital - UMC

Address:

530 South Jackson Street
Louisville, KY 40202

Shift:

Nights 7P - 7A (United States of America)

Job Description Summary:

UofL Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system with five hospitals, four medical centers, nearly 200 physician practice locations, more than 700 providers, the Frazier Rehab Institute and Brown Cancer Center. With more than 12,000 team members-physicians, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists and other highly skilled health care professionals-UofL Health is focused on one mission: delivering patient-centered care to each and every patient each and every day

Job Description:

Position Summary and Purpose

The Emergency Department Tech provides clinical patient care support in a caring, safe, and efficient manner, under the direction of a RN. The Emergency Department Tech also performs other functions including clerical duties, admitting and discharging patients in multiple computer systems, phlebotomy, EKG lead placement, trauma care, and respiratory functions.

Essential Functions:

• Responds appropriately in lifesaving situations.
• Measures and documents intake and output, heights and weights, and vital signs.
• Applies, monitors, and documents restraint usage.
• Performs safety checks q 15 min on high risk patients.
• Responsible for obtaining timed cardiac markers on patients with life threatening heart disease.
• Verifies all patients are registered by an admission specialist before discharge, corrects any errors in systems.
• Knowledgeable of key signs of distress which would require immediate placement of patient in ED during arrival at triage desk.
• Performs and documents patient mobility and exercise, and comfort, rest, and sleep care needs.
• Performs and documents patient hygiene, grooming, and dressing, skin and nail care, dietary, and toileting and elimination needs.
• Assists with admitting, physical examination, transferring, and discharging patients.
• Transports patients, lab work, specimens, and blood.
• Organizes equipment and supplies. Assembles equipment; cleans and disinfects equipment. Maintains disinfectant solutions per infection control policies. Communicates with bio medical engineering for equipment malfunctions.
• Organizes equipment and supplies. Assembles equipment; cleans and disinfects equipment. Maintains disinfectant solutions per infection control policies. Communicates with bio medical engineering for equipment malfunctions.
• Knowledgeable of supplies and equipment in trauma room. Stock trauma room in preparation for Level 1 and 2 trauma patients.
• Applies unsterile hot/cold packs/compresses, bandages, elastic stockings, etc. and documents.
• Safely and correctly operates equipment (i.e. beds, wheelchairs, stretchers, hypo/hyperthermia unit, mechanical lifts, bed scales).
• Receives oncoming and gives off-going reports.
• Adheres to Universal precaution, infection control, OSHA, and other regulatory policies and procedures. Maintains safe work practices and follows facility safety procedures.
• Performs venipuncture for specimen collection under the direction of the RN. Appropriately labels and ensures delivery to the Clinical Laboratory.
• Performs routine 12-lead electrocardiography testing under the direction of the RN.
• Assists the RN or RT with the placement of nasal canula
• Assist MD's and NP/PAs with procedure set-ups including sterile fields.
• Transcribes and enters physician orders, department orders and messages accurately into the computer. Writes legibly and transcribes orders accurately. Pages consults as needed.
• Present a pleasant, courteous, effective manner with telephone conversations and interactions with others. Locates providers for consults.
• Sets up admission charts and disassembles discharged and transferred charts, checking for completeness.
• Performs safety checks on equipment and performs QA/QC on point of care testing machines.
• Handles desk communications properly and promptly, including responding immediately to intercom, pages and routing of messages to appropriate person.
• Updates the patients file and hospital billing system with information necessary to complete the collection cycle. Obtains patient/guarantor signatures for the purpose of release of information.
• Ensures that assignment of patient's medical record number is accurate according to patient information received.
• Ensures that the ordering, attending, referring, and primary care physicians are documented in the hospital computer system (SMS) correctly.
• Provides care/support to patients with orthopedic injuries i.e. splint, crutch training and assists physician.
• Perform wound care irrigation.
• Assist helicopter crew in transporting patient into hospital.
• Take all necessary steps to ensure safeguarding of patients clothing and valuables.
• Keep track of all equipment an