Emergency Room Technician

Kaiser Permanente; San Diego, Northern (CA, KY); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente in San Diego, CA seeks a patient care assistant to support physicians and nurses with examinations, treatments, and procedures in the Orthopedic/ER setting. You will assist with splints, dressings, CPR, EKGs, vital signs, and patient transport under direct supervision.

Responsibilities include preparing treatment areas, coordinating supplies, answering calls, and maintaining clean, stocked spaces while delivering excellent customer service to patients and staff.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Anatomy course completed within 3 years; or EMT/EMT experience within 2 years.
• EMT/Paramedic certification or Kaiser ED experience may satisfy training.

Responsibilities

• Assist physicians/nurses with examinations, treatments, and procedures.
• Apply splints, dressings, and assist with wound care.
• Perform CPR and 12-lead EKG as directed.
• Help transport patients and prepare treatment areas.
• Maintain supplies and clean work areas.

Skills

Patient care

CPR knowledge

Communication skills

Emergency response

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Anatomy course completed

EMT certification

Job description

Job Summary:

Under direct supervision, assist physicians and nurses with examination, treatment and special procedures. Apply splints to patients as authorized by Chief of Orthopedic Department, performs related patient care duties in clinic, holding ward of Emergency Room following established policies, routines, practices and procedures.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Assists with therapeutic and diagnostic patient care functions which may require sterile technique, such as removal and/or application of the dressings, and splints, cleansing and/or irrigating wounds and prepping. Explains standard self-care procedures as directed, and orients patients to Medical Center policies and practices.
• Provides assistance in emergency room with various diagnostic examinations by positioning and draping the patient, assists during minor surgical procedures.
• Assists with special procedures such as peritoneal lavage, lumbar punctures, thoracotomy, thoracentesis, etc. Completes necessary arrangements or organizes treatment areas prior to surgical and/or examination procedures as required for particular procedures.
• Answers incoming phone calls and takes appropriate action.
• Performs closed heart massage (CPR).
• Performs 12-lead EKG on patients as directed. Down load EKGs into Muse system.
• Obtains complete vital signs and clothing list on patients.
• Issues and adjusts crutches and canes as required, instructs patients in proper techniques of walking as authorized by Chief of Orthopedic Department.
• Apply basic splints for fractures/sprains under physicians instructions using appropriate materials as ordered by the physician.
• Coordinates instrument cleaning and processing with Central Processing per department process.
• Pick up and deliver items such as forms, mail, specimens, etc., between various departments.
• Direct and transport patients to appropriate rooms or areas in ED or Medical Center.
• Maintains adequate stock of supplies and reports needs to Charge Nurse/Clinical Supervisor.
• Performs other duties as assigned including but not limited to preparing gurney/beds, stocking of patient items at heads of beds, stocking oxygen tank supplies, suction set-ups at each gurney area, gloves and EKG electrodes in each area.
• Maintain a clean work area, including utility rooms, supply rooms and ED ramps.
• Promotes, ensures, and improves customer service to internal/external customers by demonstrating skills which are consistent with the organizations philosophy of providing extraordinary customer relations and quality service.

Basic Qualifications:

Experience

• Six (6) months (1,000 hours) recent experience (within two 2 years) in a health care/patient contact setting required.
• Per the National Agreement, current KP Coalition employees have this experience requirement waived.

Education

• High School Diploma or General Education Diploma (GED) required.
• Proof of successful completion of an anatomy course (from an accredited college, vocational, adult education) within the last (3) years; or six (6) months (1,000 hours) recent (within two 2 years) Emergency Room Technician/EMT experience; or two (2) years recent experience in Kaiser Permanente Emergency Department required.

License, Certification, Registration

• Emergency Medical Technician Certificate (California) OR National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians Paramedic Certificate OR National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians EMT Certificate

• Basic Life Support
  

Additional Requirements:

• Successful completion of Kaiser Permanente Orthopedics demonstration/validation of ability to apply all types of splints within the probationary period. Employee will have a maximum of three opportunities to demonstrate/validate the ability to apply all types of splints and other orthopedic devices.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Minimum two (2) years Emergency Department or Emergency Medical Services.

Notes:

• On-Call ED Tech VARIABLE shifts (typically 10 hours)
• Shifts will vary from 0-40hrs based on dept needs
• Variable Weekends