Emergency Room Technician

San Bernardino County Fire Department; Colton (CA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton, CA is recruiting Emergency Room Technicians to assist physicians, RNs and other health professionals with patient care, monitoring, specimen collection, and basic procedures in a fast-paced ED.

Responsibilities include assisting in treatments, recording data, preparing equipment, and supporting the care team across day, swing, night shifts. EMT-1 or Paramedic license and BLS are required; bilingual skills encouraged.

Qualifications

• EMT-1 certification or paramedic license issued by the State of California required.
• Healthcare Provider BLS certification required.
• Minimum of six months of full-time ER/EMS or firefighting agency experience.

Responsibilities

• Assist physicians, registered nurses and health staff with procedures and treatments.
• Cardiac monitoring and ECG, splinting, specimen collection, blood withdrawal.
• Perform clerical tasks and support the care team in a busy emergency department.

Job description

The Job

Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (ARMC) is recruiting for Emergency Room Technicians who perform a variety of patient care functions; assisting physicians, registered nurses and other health specialists with a variety of procedures and treatments, cardiac monitoring and electrocardiograms, splinting, collecting specimens, performing blood withdrawal and clerical tasks.

For more information, refer to the Emergency Room Technician job description.

ARROWHEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

Located on a beautiful 70-acre campus in Colton, California (50 miles east of Los Angeles), Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (ARMC) is a state-of-the-art, public/nonprofit, 456-bed, university affiliated teaching hospital licensed by the State of California Department of Public Health and accredited by The Joint Commission. The hospital houses a regional burn center serving four counties (San Bernardino, Riverside, Mono and Inyo), a comprehensive stroke center, level I trauma center and a freestanding in-patient behavioral health center. Additionally, ARMC operates five community-based, primary care clinics and over 40 specialty care outpatient services. ARMC is the primary teaching hospital for the adjacently located California University of Science and Medicine (CUSM), the Inland Empire's newest medical school.

To learn more about Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, please visit: www.arrowheadregional.org

EXCELLENT BENEFITS

To review job-specific benefits, refer to Summary of Benefits and the Memoranda of Understanding (MOU).

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Shift Availability: Applicants must be available to work ALL SHIFTS (DAY, SWING, NIGHT, ROTATING, AND WEEKEND). Indicate shift availability on the application. You will not proceed further in the examination process if all shifts are not selected.

Certification: Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) certification issued by ARMC is required within six (6) months of hire as the work environment may involve exposure to assaultive and combative patients. Certifications must be maintained throughout employment.

License: Completion of a State of California Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT-1 or CPT-2) license with the Department of Public Health is required within six (6) months of hire.

Pre-employment process: Applicants selected for these positions must successfully pass a background investigation which includes fingerprinting, verification of employment history and education.

Sponsorship: San Bernardino County is not able to consider candidates who will require visa sponsorship at the time of application or in the future.

Minimum Requirements

Candidates must have both of the following:

• Current/valid Emergency Medical Technician (EMT-1) certification OR paramedic license issued by the State of California.
• Current/valid Healthcare Provider Basic Life Support (BLS).

Experience: Six (6) months of full-time experience as an Emergency Room Technician in an acute care hospital OR as field personnel providing emergency medical services OR as an EMT/Paramedic for a firefighting agency.

Desired Qualifications

Applicants fluent in American Sign Language, Arabic, Korean, Mandarin, Spanish and/or Vietnamese are strongly encouraged to apply. Additional compensation is associated with positions requiring the use of bilingual skills. Testing of bilingual skills may be required to receive additional compensation.

Selection Process

There will be a competitive evaluation based on a review of the Application and Supplemental Questionnaire. It is to your advantage to include as much relevant and detailed work experience as possible.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) / Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

San Bernardino County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant employer, dedicated to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants.

ADA Accommodation

If you have a disability and need accommodations during the testing process, please submit the Special Testing Accommodations Request Form (Download PDF) within one week of the recruitment filing deadline.

Veterans' Preference

Eligible veterans and their spouses or widows/widowers who are not current County employees may receive additional Veterans' Preference points. For details and instructions on how to request these points, please refer to the Veterans' Preference Policy.