Emergency Services Technician

SSM Health; Janesville (WI); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital – Janesville seeks a Regular, full-time staff member for the Emergency Department. The role runs night shifts from 7:00pm to 5:00am with a 40-hour work week and every-other weekend rotation.

Primary duties include assisting with patient care, labs, radiology coordination, and basic bedside tasks under RN supervision. Education required: High School diploma or GED or 10 years of work experience, or CNA/EMT/basic nursing student; BLS healthcare provider certification

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED or 10 years of work experience, or certification as CNA/EMT/basic nursing student.
• BLS Healthcare Provider certification required (AHA).

Responsibilities

• Assist in collection of labs and coordinate patient flow with radiology to improve turnaround times.
• Provide patient assistance, respond to call lights, assist with transfers and vital signs documentation.
• Obtain EKGs for emergent/urgent patients and assist with exams and specimen collection.
• Stock supplies, deliver equipment, complete routine cleaning duties, answer phones, and relay messages.
• Perform duties with safety and assist other duties as assigned.

Education

High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience OR Certified Nurse Assistant OR EMT Basic OR nursing student with completion of fundamentals course

Job description

It's more than a career, it's a calling WI-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville

It's more than a career, it's a calling WI-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

Department: Emergency Department

Location: SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville

3400 East Racine Street

Janesville, WI 53546

Position Details:

• Weekly Hours: Full-time; schedule 40 hours a week (four 10/hour shifts)
• Schedule: Nights
• Hours: 7:00pm-5:00am
• Weekend Rotation: Every other weekend
• Preferred qualifications: Patient care experience; preferably in a ED setting

Job Summary:

Provides direct and/or indirect duties necessary to provide quality patient care.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

Primary Responsibilities:

• Assists in collection of labs, coordinating patient flow with radiology to assist with turn around times. Performs visual acuity.
• Responds to patients' requests for assistance and answers call lights promptly. Assists with transfer and transportation of patients. Assists the Registered Nurse with the taking and/or recording of patient's temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, weight and fluid status and bedside glucose and notifies Registered Nurse of significant findings. Assists physicians by placing calls to other physicians as needed. Assists provider with gynecology exams and specimen collection. Collects voided urine samples. Turns over rooms by cleaning and restocking.
• Obtains EKG’s for patients in emergent/urgent situations and as able.
• Performs messenger service and delivers equipment to departments. Orders and stocks supplies as needed. Performs routine cleaning duties.
• Answers phones, takes and relays messages.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education:

• High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience OR Certified Nurse Assistant OR EMT Basic OR nursing student with completion of fundamentals course

Experience:

• No experience required

Physical Requirements:

• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication.
• Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent reaching, gripping, and keyboard use/data entry.
• Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Occasional bending, stooping, crawling, kneeling, sitting, squatting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Occasional lifting/moving patients.
• Occasional use of smell to detect/recognize odors.Occasional driving.

Required Professional License And/Or Certifications:

State of Work Location: Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin

• Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)

Work Shift:

Night Shift (United States of America)

Job Type:

Employee

Department:

2000000026 Emergency Department

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

SSM Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. SSM Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.