Patient Care Technician - Emergency Room- Nights

100 LCMC Health; Covington (LA); Presencial; USD 21.000 - 34.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

LCMC Health in Louisiana is seeking an Emergency Room Technician to join the night shift. You will obtain vital signs, assist with specimens, and support clinicians in urgent medical situations. You will help keep rooms clean and ready, and respond promptly to calls and alarms in a fast-paced emergency department.

The role emphasizes teamwork, compassion, and patient-centered care as you support nurses, doctors, and staff at Lakeview Hospital and across the system.

Formación

• High School Diploma or 2 years of experience in related clinical area.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Crisis Prevention Institute Non-violent Crisis Prevention certification.

Responsabilidades

• Obtains patient vitals as directed.
• Communicates with nurse practitioner to report out-of-range vitals or concerns.
• Assists with specimen collection (midstream, urine, nasal swab, etc.).
• Provides surface trauma or orthopedic care support per physician order.
• Checks on patients in rooms and waiting areas and escorts to treatment/testing areas.
• Answers unit phone, call lights and alarms promptly.

Conocimientos

Vital signs

Nursing communication

Specimen collection

Trauma/ortho support

Emergency response

Educación

High School Diploma

BLS Certification

CPI Non-violent Crisis Prevention

Descripción del empleo

Your job is more than a job. Let's face it, no patient wants to be in an emergency room. Car accident injuries, chest pains, breathing difficulties, strokes, burns, heart attacks and broken bones, being part of an ER care team takes emotional strength and a positive attitude. As an Emergency Room Technician, you understand the power of teamwork as you work alongside nurses, doctors and other healthcare professionals responding to urgent medical situations. While you don't know your patients personally, you take each emergency personally because your empathy and compassion for suffering is boundless. That's what we love about you. Your experiences, your knowledge, your skills, your empathy, your compassion, your personality, all of it adds up to you. And we're excited to get to know you and find out what you'll bring to this supportive emergency room technician role.

Your Everyday

• Obtains patient's vital signs as directed.
• Communicates with patient's nurse practitioner to report any out-of-range vital signs or patient/parental concerns.
• Assists with specimen collection such as midstream, urine/clean, catch urine specimen, nasal swab, etc.
• After delineation, provides surface trauma or orthopedic care support per physician order or delegation of medical/nursing personnel.
• Checks on patients both in patient's rooms and emergency department waiting areas and escorts them to treatment/testing areas.
• Answers unit telephone, call lights and alarms promptly to determine needs.
• Maintains clean room, unit and unit equipment as well as other unit areas refreshing supplies, linens, and disinfecting room according to policy.
• Assists in emergency situations as requested.

The Must-Haves Minimum

• High School Diploma or 2 years of experience in related clinical area.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Crisis Prevention Institute Non-violent Crisis Prevention certification.

WORK SHIFT: Nights (United States of America)

LCMC Health is a community. Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little "come on in" attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health's culture of everyday extraordinary. Lakeview Hospital, the center of LCMC Health's extraordinary community of care on the Northshore, provides the only Level II trauma center in St. Tammany Parish. Along with our signature healthcare and wellness services, we continuously adopt the latest treatments, technologies, and medical innovations to better serve our patients. Learn more about Lakeview Hospital and our nationally recognized standards of excellence for heart, stroke, orthopedic, and women's care.

Your extras

• Deliver healthcare with heart.
• Give people a reason to smile.
• Put a little love in your work.
• Be honest and real, but with compassion.
• Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.
• Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care.
• See opportunities, not problems - it's all about perspective.
• Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.
• Love what makes you, you - because we do.
• You are welcome here.

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary. Simple things make the difference.

About LCMC Health One-of-a-kind care comes from one-of-a-kind people. At LCMC Health, our people are the magic ingredient that makes our care so extra-extraordinary. We are compassionate, driven, and dedicated to bringing a little something extra to healthcare and to the people of New Orleans and beyond. If you're the kind of person who believes that our community deserves the best and that healthcare needs a little more heart, we want you to be a part of our family. From medical roles to administrative positions, every person on our team plays a part in our mission: to provide health, care, and education beyond extraordinary. Let's make every day extraordinary, together.