Emergency Trauma Technician - Emergency Department - Santa Monica

University of California - Los Angeles Health; Santa Monica (CA); Vor Ort; USD 37.000 - 43.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

UCLA Health Santa Monica is hiring an Emergency Trauma Tech to provide evidence-based care in a fast-paced academic ED. You will support nursing staff, assist with procedures, and help manage orthopedic injuries and splints in trauma and emergency situations.

You will perform basic patient care, collect specimens, run EKGs, and monitor patients under supervision while upholding infection control practices. This role offers meaningful hands-on experience in a Magnet-designated health system with

Qualifikationen

• Prior ED Tech or EMT experience - highly desired
• BLS certification - Required
• Knowledge of suturing and suture removal, dressing application, and splinting
• Skill in CPR and EKG's
• Skill in preparing wounds for treatment, set up and assisting with special procedures such as incision and drainage of infected areas
• Ability to assist nursing staff with routine patient care
• Ability to perform as a team member and provide professional staff support to physicians and nurses
• Ability to function effectively with patients
• Ability to lift, push, pull

Aufgaben

• Provide evidence-based care in an academic ED setting to patients of all ages with complex medical conditions
• Assist in set up of equipment for procedures and provide direct patient care in trauma/emergency situations
• Assist nurses in transporting patients and aiding with ADLs
• Collect specimens and perform EKGs and finger-stick blood sugar checks

Kenntnisse

ED Tech experience

EMT experience

BLS certification

Suturing knowledge

CPR & EKGs

Wound care prep

Assisting procedures

Team player

Patient care

Mobility assistance

Jobbeschreibung

Description

Become a key member of a
world-class health organization and contribute to the delivery of Magnet
designated nursing excellence. Take your career to the next level. U can do all
this and more at UCLA Health! In this exciting and rewarding position, you will
provide evidence-based care in an academic ED setting to multiple patients of
all ages with complex medical conditions.

The Emergency Trauma Techs perform basic patient care skills,
follow infection control practices, assist in set up of equipment for
procedures, provide direct patient care in trauma/ emergency situations, and
have knowledge and direct experience with orthopedic injuries and splint
placement. The emergency trauma tech assists nurses in transporting patients,
assisting patients with ADL, collecting specimens, performing EKGs and finger
stick blood sugar checks.

Salary: $27.08 - $31.09 Hourly

Qualifications

We're seeking a highly-skilled,
self-motivated healthcare professional with:

• Prior
  ED Tech or EMT experience - highly desired


• BLS
  (American Heart Assoc. or American Red Cross) - Required


• Knowledge
  of suturing and suture removal, dressing application, and splinting


• Skill
  in CPR and EKG's


• Skill
  in preparing wounds for treatment, set up and assisting with special procedures
  such as incision and drainage of infected areas


• Ability
  to assist nursing staff with routine patient care


• Ability
  to perform as a team member and provide professional staff support to
  physicians and nurses


• Ability
  to function effectively with patients


• Ability
  to lift, push, pull

About UCLA
Santa Monica:

The UCLA
Health's Santa Monica Medical Center is a technologically advanced and welcoming
281-bed, 4.5-acre, full-service medical campus. Over 25% of the medical campus
is dedicated to green and open spaces offering a serene place for patients,
visitors, and staff members to get some fresh air, sunshine, and sea breeze,
all a short distance to our beautiful California Beaches.