EMERGENCY ROOM TECH

Covenant Health; Knoxville (TN); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

Covenant Health is hiring an Emergency Room Technician in Knoxville, TN. This role involves assisting registered nurses in providing patient care, documenting vital signs, and preparing wounds. The ideal candidate should have at least one year of experience in a related field and possess a CPR certification.

Apply today to join a team dedicated to high-quality patient care and service.

Qualifications

• Requires CPR certification.
• One year of experience as EMT, HUC, LPN, MA, or PCA/CNA.

Responsibilities

• Assist registered nurses with patient care.
• Document and maintain patient records.
• Take and record vital signs.
• Prepare wounds for provider as directed.
• Perform EKG.

Skills

Patient care

Vital signs monitoring

Phlebotomy

Basic nursing procedures

Job description

Overview

Emergency Room Tech

PRN/OCC, Variable Hours, Day Shift

Parkwest Overview:

Parkwest Medical Center, Covenant Health’s flagship facility in West Knoxville.

Position Summary:

Functions as a direct patient caregiver performing tasks to assist registered nurses. Performs hands‑on care, assistance with ADL’s and specified technical tasks for a group of patients under the supervision of the Team Leader.

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.

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).