ER Patient Care Tech – Growth & Tuition Support

Firelands-Health; Sandusky (OH); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition reimbursement

Loan forgiveness

Health, dental, vision insurance

Paid time off

401(k)

Wellness programs

Employee events

Job summary

Firelands Health in Sandusky, OH, seeks a patient care teammate to assist with vital signs, feeding, hygiene, and routine procedures, coordinating tests and appointments with care teams and supporting RN staff.

Firelands Health is a not-for-profit, community-focused system offering tuition reimbursement, loan forgiveness, health benefits, PTO, a 401(k), wellness programs, and ongoing career advancement opportunities.

Qualifications

• Previous hospital experience preferred.
• Critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Current BLS certification required or obtained within 30 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Assists with delivering patient care: obtain patient vital signs, assist with feeding, toileting, hygiene care, finger-stick blood sugar readings, maintain skin integrity, perform EKGs, and ambulate and transfer patients.
• Perform routine procedures including surgical skin preps and enemas.
• Schedules diagnostic procedures/tests/appointments, effectively communicating and co-coordinating orders with Physicians, Charge Nurses, direct care givers, ancillary departments, and other facilities.
• Answers call lights timely and notifies appropriate personnel of patient needs immediately.
• Demonstrates service excellence and strives to assist the unit to meet established goals for our patient satisfaction.
• Recognizes significant changes in patient’s condition and takes appropriate action.
• Collect data, report information and/or perform interventions for the purpose of improving a variety of quality issues.
• Obtain patient information/data and observes confidentiality.
• Orders and enters charges for procedures, supplies, equipment as applicable.
• Reports problems or concerns to the appropriate person or department and will assist in the resolution whenever possible.
• Must be flexible, maintain adaptability, and be a team player.
• Positive professional communication skills and guest relations; projects a positive impression of the Medical Center.
• Perform VS, height, weight, and visual acuity in triage.
• Assist with sterile field set up for suturing and procedures.
• May perform other patient care activities as trained and directed by the RN.

Skills

Critical thinking

BLS certified

Patient care

Team player

Communication

Job description

Firelands Health in Sandusky, OH, seeks a patient care teammate to assist with vital signs, feeding, hygiene, and routine procedures, coordinating tests and appointments with care teams and supporting RN staff.

Firelands Health is a not-for-profit, community-focused system offering tuition reimbursement, loan forgiveness, health benefits, PTO, a 401(k), wellness programs, and ongoing career advancement opportunities.