ER Technician — Compassionate Care & Procedures

DHR Health; Edinburg (TX); On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

DHR Health in Edinburg, TX, seeks an Emergency Department Technician to support the clinical team under RN supervision. Duties include phlebotomy, assisting with procedures, patient transport, vital signs, EKGs, and pre-triage tasks.

Requires High School diploma, Texas CNA/EMT or related license, BLS at hire, strong communication, good English, and hospital experience preferred; two years ED tech experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Two years experience as ED Technician or related preferred.
• Able to adjust and/or troubleshoot monitoring equipment, and computer equipment.
• Requires reasoning ability and good independent judgment.
• Requires working with frequent interruptions.
• Exhibits tact, enthusiasm, and patience.
• Must have excellent customer service skills.
• High degree of competency/experience in general.
• Requires good communication and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Promotes the facility mission, vision and values by effectively communicating them to others. Considers mission, vision and values in developing services, standards and practice
• Ordering paper products and medical supplies for unit.
• Maintaining log of assignments for ER techs, and assigning room duties at start of shift.
• Actively participates directly with patient care and ensures a safe and comforting environment
• Responds to patients needs in a timely manner.
• Transports patients as needed.
• Welcomes patients and assists in the admission process.
• Pre-Triage functions including vital signs, notification of arrival and transporting patients to triage
• Performs/Assists with positioning patients and transferring patients from bed to chair or wheelchair or stretcher.
• Cleaning and assembling bed for next patient.
• Observes intravenous lines for adequacy of fluids and operations and reports any non-functioning line as observed with visual inspection.
• Performs oral suction with yankauer.
• Establishes patient setup/connection tasks including NIBP, SaO2, and EKG.
• Applies icepacks.
• Able to prepare IV fluids for licensed personnel via spiking & priming for protocol
• Performs 12 lead ECG.
• Performs vital signs using a variety of equipment
• Performs shave preps on patients.
• Obtains weights and basic patient information as necessary.
• Provides clerical duties as needed, including looking up labs and radiology results.
• Order entry as needed
• Performs blood glucose monitoring.
• Maintains appropriate stock levels of supplies and forms in the emergency department.
• Uses resources in an efficient and cost effective manner.
• Orients new hires to floor
• Participates in developing other staff
• Maintains and develops competencies
• Maintains and promotes a team spirit through active cooperation and collaboration.
• Assists in interdepartmental service coordination
• Participates in the Performance Improvement and Utilization.
• Assumes a role in the maintenance of the patient-focused care delivery system.
• Maintains a neat, organized work area in emergency department.
• Assembles patient chart with appropriate labeling of all chart forms.
• Maintains organization of charts to facilitate location of data and placement forms.
• Posts labs on chart
• Applies skills as delegated such as phlebotomy, setting up trays, dressings and splinting per policy.

Job description

DHR Health in Edinburg, TX, seeks an Emergency Department Technician to support the clinical team under RN supervision. Duties include phlebotomy, assisting with procedures, patient transport, vital signs, EKGs, and pre-triage tasks.

Requires High School diploma, Texas CNA/EMT or related license, BLS at hire, strong communication, good English, and hospital experience preferred; two years ED tech experience preferred.