Emergency Department Technician Senior - ECC Emergency Care - Full Time
CHRISTUS Health
Bossier City, LA
Summary:
Assists professional staff in providing diagnostic and therapeutic care for patients presented to the Emergency Department. Facilitates vital signs, EKGs, cardiac and respiratory monitoring, suture removal, transportation of patients, disinfecting and preparing instruments, stocking of supplies, and other aspects of patient care under the direction of the RN or physician.
Responsibilities:
- Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
- Assists with admission, transfer, and discharge of patients.
- Commensurate with training, observes patient's condition, recognizes changes in patient status, and reports findings to the RN.
- Escorts stable patients to other departments as required.
- Cleans, procures and returns equipment and supplies.
- Assists with ordering and maintaining stock items.
- Maintains competency to perform special procedures: Venipuncture Splinting Staple and suture removal Nonsterile dressing changes Peak expiration flow rate Pulse Oximetry Crutch Training Demonstrate competence to perform assigned patient care responsibilities in a manner that meets the age-specific and developmental needs of patients served by the department.
- Appropriately adapt assigned patient assessment, treatment, and/or care methods to accommodate the unique physical, psychosocial, cultural, age-specific, and other developmental needs of each patient served.
Job Requirements:
Education/Skills
- A High School Diploma or GED is preferred
- Completion of one of the following educational programs or previous CHRISTUS Emergency Technician experience is required:
- Nursing Assistant program
- Medical Assistant program
- Basic EMT program, Intermediate EMT program
- PT Care Tech program
- Military basic combat training and Advanced Individual Training for military medics
Experience
- 1 year of experience as an Emergency Dept Tech required
- 2-3 years of experience as an Emergency Dept Tech preferred
Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications
- BLS required
- Must maintain one of the following certifications:
- Certified Nursing Assistant license in the state of employment
- Certified Medical Assistant
- Certified Patient Care Tech
- Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) national registry or state license
In accordance with the CHRISTUS Health License, Certification and Registration Verification Policy, all Associates are required to obtain the required certifications for their respective positions within the designated time frame.
Work Schedule:
7AM - 7PM
Work Type:
Full Time
About the Company
CHRISTUS Health
In 1999, two historic Catholic charities became one, forming CHRISTUS Health and creating a unique purpose in the modern health care market - to take better care of people.
To extend the healing ministry of Jesus Christ, the mission that the Sisters of Charity Health Care system and Incarnate Word Health system shared for more than a century, is now also the mission of CHRISTUS Health.
Ranked among the top 10 Catholic health systems in the United States by size, the CHRISTUS Health system includes more than 40 hospitals and facilities in seven U.S. states, Chile and six states in Mexico, with assets of more than $4.6 billion.
Whether seeking care in Alexandria Louisiana, or Coahuila, Mexico, patients discover that the healing spirit is alive at CHRISTUS Health.