ER Tech

Baptist Healthcare System; Elizabethtown (KY); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition Assistance reimbursement

Paid Time Off

Maternity and Paternity Leave

Bereavement Leave (including pets)

Employee Assistance Program

Retirement plans with company match

Job summary

Baptist Health is seeking an ER Tech for the Emergency Department. This full-time position runs 7p–7a in Elizabethtown, KY, assisting under nurse supervision and supporting rapid diagnostic testing and patient care.

Responsibilities include time-sensitive EKGs, vital signs, specimen collection, and glucose testing as ordered. Training covers lead placement and alternate EKG methods.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent (GED).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) required within 90 days of hire.
• Mandatory nonviolent crisis prevention training to be completed prior to end of orientation period and maintained annually.

Responsibilities

• Provide designated care under supervision of a nurse.
• Perform time-sensitive EKG testing and promptly inform the primary caregiver of results.
• Collect specimens per policy and obtain blood, throat, nasal, stool, and clean catch urine specimens as trained.
• Record routine vital signs and document in the patient medical record.
• Perform blood glucose testing as ordered.

Skills

EKG testing

Vital signs

Blood glucose testing

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Phlebotomy

Job description

Summary

Job Description:

ER Tech - Emergency Department

Full-Time 7p - 7a

The ER Tech performs designated/delegated tasks in the provision of care for patients under the direction and supervision of a nurse. Must perform time sensitive EKG testing on patients that have an order for this test and must inform primary care giver in a time sensitive manner of results. Training will include knowledge of proper lead placement as well as alternate studies such as reverse and right sided EKGs. Collects specimens according to policy. Will complete training to include collection of blood specimens, throat swabs, nasal swabs, stool specimens, and obtaining clean catch urine specimens. Performs routine vital signs and documents appropriately in the patient medical record. Responsible for performing blood glucose testing as ordered.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent (GED).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) required within 90 days of hire.
• Mandatory nonviolent crisis prevention training to be completed prior to end of orientation period and maintained annually.

Preferred Qualifications

• Recent nursing assistant training with six months or more experience.
• Prior Phlebotomy training or experience preferred.

Benefits

• Tuition Assistance reimbursement program
• Paid Time Off available for use upon hire
• Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement plans with company match

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.