Emergency Technician/PD/Nights

St. Luke’s University Health Network; Lehighton (Carbon County); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke's University Health Network is seeking an Emergency Department Technician to support the ED team with patient care, transport, data collection, and communication. The role works closely with registered nurses and healthcare professionals to anticipate needs and ensure safe, quality care.

Requirements include a high school diploma or equivalent, English proficiency, and CPR certification. Training in medical terminology and hazardous materials response is preferred as part of the

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
• CPR certification; training in medical terminology and hazardous materials response is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Responds to medical emergencies with an RN and transports patient to ED.
• Responds to critical patient situations.
• Sets up and assists with operating specialty equipment.
• Performs clinical procedures within scope of practice.
• Performs EKGs, glucometry, phlebotomy, point of care testing, and collects/sends specimens.
• Performs quality control checks as appropriate.
• Performs out of bed/back to bed as appropriate.
• Accepts responsibility for providing safe appropriate quality patient care.
• Communicates new orders, change in patient’s condition, and unit concerns with the unit based team.
• Restocks unit supplies as needed.
• Performs patient observations under the direction and supervision of the RN.
• Performs code cart, defibrillator, and unit specific maintenance duties.
• Assists with gynecological exams.
• Applies, maintains and removes immobilization devices prn.
• Performs CPR.

Skills

CPR certification

Medical terminology

Hazardous Materials Emergency Response

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

St. Luke's is proud of the skills, experience and compassion of its employees. The employees of St. Luke's are our most valuable asset! Individually and together, our employees are dedicated to satisfying the mission of our organization which is an unwavering commitment to excellence as we care for the sick and injured; educate physicians, nurses and other health care providers; and improve access to care in the communities we serve, regardless of a patient's ability to pay for health care. The Emergency Department Technician anticipates and implements patient and health care team needs and functions as an integral part of the ED patient care team. The Emergency Technician is responsible for patient care, transportation, participating in planning, data collection, recognition of changes and communication to other healthcare team members.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responds to medical emergencies with an RN and transports patient to ED.
• Responds to critical patient situations.
• Sets up and assists with operating specialty equipment.
• Performs clinical procedures within scope of practice.
• Performs EKG’s, glucometry, phlebotomy, point of care testing, and collects/sends specimens.
• Performs quality control checks as appropriate.
• Performs out of bed/back to bed as appropriate.
• Accepts responsibility for providing safe appropriate quality patient care.
• Communicates new orders, change in patient’s condition, and unit concerns with the unit based team.
• Restocks unit supplies as needed.
• Performs patient observations under the direction and supervision of the RN.
• Performs code cart, defibrillator, and unit specific maintenance duties.
• Assists with gynecological exams.
• Applies, maintains and removes immobilization devices prn.
• Performs CPR.

PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS:

• Sit up to 2 hours per day; 1 hour at a time.
• Stand for up to 12 hours per day; 8 hours at a time.
• Walk up to 12 hours per day; 10 minutes at a time.
• Consistently lift, carry, and push objects up to 30 pounds.
• Frequently lift, carry, and push objects up to 75 pounds.
• Transport patients weighing up to 400 lbs via wheelchair, bed and/or stretcher.
• Frequently stoop and bend and reach above shoulder level.
• Must be able to perceive attributes of an object through touch.
• Must be able to hear as it relates to normal conversation, and high/low frequencies.
• Must be able to see as it relates to general, near, far, color, and peripheral vision.

EDUCATION:

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

• CPR certification.
• Medical terminology.
• First Receivers – Operations Level Hazardous Materials Emergency Response.

Thank you for your interest in St. Luke's!! St. Luke's University Health Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Founded in 1872, St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 23,000 employees providing services at 16 campuses and 350+ outpatient sites. With annual net revenue in excess of $4 billion, the Network’s service area includes 11 counties in two states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. St. Luke’s hospitals operate the largest network of trauma centers in Pennsylvania, with the Bethlehem Campus being home to St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital. SLUHN is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare’s five-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction. It is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World’s Best Hospital. The Network’s flagship University Hospital has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from Premier 13 times total and eleven years in a row, including in 2023 when it was identified as THE #4 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY. In 2021, St. Luke’s was identified as one of the 15 Top Health Systems nationally. St. Luke’s is the ONLY health care institution in the Lehigh Valley to be named a Top Workplace regionally repeating the exclusive honor for the third year in a row. Also, for the third straight year, St. Luke’s has been a Top Workplaces in the Philadelphia Region by the Philadelphia Inquirer, ranking 9th in the large employer category for 2025 and the only health care system in PA to receive this award. In 2025, St. Luke’s was recognized as a national Top Workplaces by USA Today, three years in a row, including the 3rd best health care system in the nation in 2023 and 2024. Lastly, in 2025, St. Luke’s was named a Top Workplace in New Jersey for the third year in a row. Learn More Here.