Emergency Room Tech

Overview

The ER Tech is responsible for all basic patient care duties. This includes, but is not limited to, therapeutic treatment as ordered by the physician on duty, operation of laboratory equipment, patient discharge, and education.

• Triage all patients upon arrival to determine their location of treatment (Emergency room versus urgent care).
• Provide general patient care, including therapeutic and diagnostic intervention.
• Provide age- and education-specific education to all patients.
• Assure a clean work environment; duties may include responsibilities often reserved for housekeeping services, such as emptying trash, mopping floors, and cleaning counters.
• Follow all company policies.
• Follow all HIPAA policies and procedures.
• Encourage a work environment that is friendly and respectful.
• Provide patients and their families with a customer-focused, friendly, reassuring, and open environment that encourages patient participation in health care decisions.
• Accurately interpret a physician’s instructions.
• Assist the physician on duty with the treatment of patients; communicate with the physician regarding the patient s needs and client feedback, and the operations coordinator s observation.
• Administer medications.
• Collect specimens and conduct laboratory tests.
• Review and uphold lab policies and procedures.
• Collaborate with health team members to ensure the patient s well-being as evidenced by staff/client feedback; support the efforts of team members.
• Execute physician orders, including administration of medications, treatments, and IVs according to policy and procedure.
• Observe and document the patient s response to pertinent medications.
• Prepare specimens and operate lab equipment.
• Maintain 100% attendance at mandatory skills training yearly.
• Maintain all required professional certifications and licenses; participate in any and all certifications of the facility.
• Maintain CEUs.
• Complete yearly assigned education on time.
• Attend a minimum of four staff meetings and read and sign all minutes of meetings not attended.
• Provide patient education and discharge instructions.
• Follow infection control and OSHA safety guidelines.
• Understand the physical demands of the job and meet them (e.g., talking, hearing, vision, mobility, lifting, and assisting patients).
• Work schedule is based on operational need (rotate shifts, standby, on-call).
• Note:
  
  This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities and may change at any time with or without notice.

• Time management.
• Use of medical terminology.
• Performance of diagnostic procedures.
• Quality focus.
• Technical understanding.
• Dependability.
• Analyzing information.
• Effective patient communications.
• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals and follow HIPAA regulations.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Basic math skills including the ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• MA, CNA, CMA, LVN, NCT, EMT-P, EMT-B certification or diploma.
• Current BLS & ACLS certification.
• Completion of company provided laboratory testing education and competency.

Intuitive Health is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.