ER Tech - Emergency Room ; per diem

Company: Steward Health Care System
Location: Fall River
Posted on: December 4, 2019

Job Description:

Job Summary: The Emergency Room Technician performs various patient care activities and related non-professional services necessary in caring for the personal needs and comfort of patients, under the ultimate direction and supervision of a registered nurse. Responsibilities: - Coordinates patient care activities for all ER patients including: departmental flow, logging, setup for procedures, documentation, discharge instructions, and coordination of other professional services as directed. - Removes sutures/staples after the wound is assessed by the physician. - Applies slings, ace wraps, cervical collars, wrist and knee immobilizers. - Applies posterior splints to include, but not limited to: sugar tong splints, thumb spica splints, ulnar gutter splints when directed by the physician. - Measures patients for crutches. - Performs skin scrubs on dirty wounds prior to laceration repair. - Provides wound care, applications of OTC ointments, Gelfoam, Silvadene, and applies aseptic or sterile dressings. - Assist with gastric lavage as directed. - Performs EKGs on critical and non-critical patients. - Performs phlebotomy on patients. - Determines a patient's oxygen saturation by using a pulse oximeter. - Documents vital signs and all interventions on Emergency Department Clinical Record and signs full name. - Considers age specific needs according to scope of service: Neonate, Child, Adolescent, Adult, Geriatric. - Initiates crutch walking teaching. - Reviews preprinted instructions with patients and refers all questions to the physicians. - Sets up sterile instruments for procedures, being aware of applying sterile technique and its principles. - Rinse, reassemble, and make ready Central Supply equipment for return to CSR. - Orders, maintains, keeps track of inventory of ER supplies. - Applies safety principles in testing and maintaining oxygen tanks. Qualifications: - High School diploma. - More than one year's experience, as a technician, in an emergency room preferred. - Previous phlebotomy experience and/or EKG experience preferred. - Basic computer literacy and BLS required.

Keywords: Steward Health Care System, Fall River , ER Tech - Emergency Room ; per diem, Other , Fall River, Massachusetts