ER Tech PRN

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Kentucky; On-site; USD 22,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health in Kentucky is seeking an ER Tech for our busy Emergency Department in a 15-bed unit, serving both adult and pediatric patients. The department uses a triage nurse during peak hours to keep wait times short.

You will support nursing staff with selected procedures, and the team emphasizes patient flow, safety, and timely care; Baptist Health is an equal opportunity employer and drug-free workplace.

Qualifications

• BCLS certificate required within 3 months of employment.
• EMT certification or comparable experience and computer skills preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assists the nursing staff by performing selected nursing procedures and routine duties in caring for patients.

Skills

BCLS

EMT certification

Computer skills

Job description

Summary Job Description

ER Tech - Emergency Department Department Marketing Statement: A 15-bed emergency department. Care is provided to both the adult and pediatric population. Two additional swing beds are available in the neighboring Ambulatory Care department. The Emergency Department is staffed by board-certified physicians. The nursing staff is BCLS and ACLS certified and includes registered nurses and emergency room technicians. A triage nurse is available during peak hours, keeping wait times to an average of less than an hour. Our average time for administering clot-busting drugs to heart attack patients is 30 minutes, meeting the American College of Cardiology standard.

Responsibilities

• Assists the nursing staff by performing selected nursing procedures and routine duties in caring for patients.

Qualifications

• BCLS (must obtain within 3 months of employment) required.
• EMT certification or have comparable work experience as ER Tech or Nurse Assistant and computer skills preferred.

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

EEO Statement: Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law.

Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team.

Please note that Baptist Health is a drug‑free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre‑employment drug testing.

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Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll‑free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.

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