Emergency Services Technician

SSM Health; Saint Charles (MO); On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

SSM Health Saint Joseph Hospital in St. Charles is seeking an Emergency Services Technician for night shifts. You will support patient flow, assist nursing staff, and help provide timely care in a fast-paced emergency department.

The role requires taking vitals, assisting with tests, transporting patients, and ensuring safe, efficient care delivery. High school diploma or equivalent and BLS certification are required.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Assists in patient care and transfers with nursing staff.
• Responds to call lights promptly and helps with patient needs.
• Assists with exams, specimen collection, and vitals under supervision.
• Stocks supplies, answers phones, and maintains clean patient areas.

Skills

Patient care

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Communication

Education

High school diploma

CNA or EMT Basic

Nursing student with fundamentals

Tools

BLS HCP Certification

Job description

It's more than a career, it's a calling

MO-SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles

It's more than a career, it's a calling

MO-SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles

Worker Type: Regular

Job Highlights

Join a team where your work matters- every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM Health, you'll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact. In this role, you will provide hands-on support in a fast-paced care environment where every shift makes a direct impact on patients and families. Your attention to detail, compassion, and ability to work closely with clinical teams will help create safer, smoother care experience. If you enjoy interacting with patients and want to grow in a collaborative care setting, this role is perfect for you.

Department

Emergency Services Technician -SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles

Schedule

3- 12hr shifts 1900-0700 per week, with every 3rd weekend. Required, to work at least 3 Friday's and 3 Mondays per a schedule period.

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

2000000002 Emergency Dept SC

Scheduled Weekly Hours

36

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