Glenmary Freestanding ED/UC ER Tech PRN

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

The Baptist Health Emergency Department in Louisville seeks an ED Tech to assist nursing staff with selected procedures and emergent duties, while performing clerical tasks as Unit Secretary. This role requires working under RN or LPN supervision and contributing to a high standard of patient care.

Candidates should have a High School diploma, be BCLS certified within 90 days, and prefer prior ER experience.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent with recent experience in a health care setting providing patient care.
• BCLS certified within the first 90 days.
• Previous Emergency Room work experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Performs desk duties in a clerical role with high levels of accuracy
• Provides care appropriate to the emergency population and maintains the environment of care.
• Assists the nursing staff in triage

Skills

Clerical duties

Patient care

Triage support

Education

High school diploma

BCLS certification

Job description

Summary Job Description

The ED Tech assists the nursing and medical staff by performing selected procedures and emergent duties in the care of Emergency Department patients. They also perform duties as Unit Secretary, thus having both a clinical and clerical aspect to their role. All functions must be within the scope of training and instruction received and is under the supervision of a Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

He or she may perform other duties, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below, and specific functions may change from time to time.

1. Performs desk duties in a clerical role with high levels of accuracy
2. Provides care appropriate to the emergency population and maintains the environment of care.
3. Assists the nursing staff in triage

Minimum Education, Training and Experience Required

High School diploma or equivalent with recent experience in a health care setting providing patient care. BCLS certified within the first 90 days. Previous Emergency Room work experience strongly preferred.

Baptist Health

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.

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.

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