Emergency Department Technician - Part Time - Nights

St. Croix Health is looking for a part‑time (0.6 FTE) Emergency Department Technician to join our team! This position works 12‑hour night shifts (7 pm – 7:30 am), every 3rd weekend and every 3rd holiday.

• Prefabricated splint application (ace wraps, cam boots, knee immobilizers, slings, etc)
• Wound irrigation and prep, suture tray set up (train techs in sterile procedure)
• Pelvic exam assistance – prep patient, educate patient, help collect/label swabs, ring forceps, specimen (products of conception)
• Psych patient safety – work with security to have patient change into scrubs, search patients, ensure room safety, safety watch, etc
• Assist physician with procedures (suturing, central line, chest tube, etc)
• Patient safety – CAUTI, central line, fall risk, etc
• Provides excellent customer service to patients, visitors and colleagues through welcoming behavior, effective communication and information sharing.
• Independently performs clerical/receptionist functions on a patient care unit.
• Facilitates communication between colleagues, patients and visitors.
• Serves as a resource to medical staff regarding hospital protocols.
• Helps organize and maintain unit supplies necessary for daily activity.
• Performs data entry into patient’s computerized chart.
• Monitors patient electronic record to ensure care is progressing, preventing patient care delay.
• Rapidly assesses those patients needing immediate emergency care and intervention and communicates this assessment to RN team members.
• Performs tasks of dress/undress patients and obtaining vital signs.
• Recognizes any changes in patient condition and reports to the RN.
• Demonstrates skill using basic patient‑care related equipment such as correct application of orthopedic appliances, crutch fitting and teaching, Hoyer lift, easy stand, bladder scanner, blood glucose monitoring, CPR, visual acuity and accurately enters patient data in EPIC.
• Collaborates and communicates effectively with others among the nursing team.
• Maintains quality, safety, and/or infection control standards
• Conducts and performs EKG’s
• Employs principles of sterile technique (tray/instrumentation set up)
• Illustrates competency of insertion of urinary catheters, performs blood collection in collaboration with RN.
• Wound prep, care and dressing.
• Fabrication of specific orthopedic splints (plaster/fiberglass) under the direction of the Attending ED MD.
• Gather accurate demographic data at patient bedside. Obtain information from patient’s relatives, paramedics, police officers, or others when patient cannot provide necessary information to “arrive” patients in EPIC and to provide for Registration Staff when they are not available. Properly identifying patient prior to placing a name band as per protocol.
• Maintains department supplies by inventory and stocking
• Document accurately, completely, and timely in accordance with departmental policies.
• Maintain patient flow in department:
  Use tracking board to document patient arrivals and room placements organize charts for each patient.
• Coordinate consults and transfers to other medical facilities.
• Call appropriate hospital technical personnel (i.e. respiratory care, x‑ray techs, CT techs, etc.) to arrange special procedures, or for critical patients who are unstable or in cardiac arrest.
• Direct stat lab results to an RN on critical patients as well as when computer systems are not available. Coordinates tests which require that the patient be transported to other areas of the hospital.
• Access AMION on line physician call schedule.
• Communicates with other departments as necessary to promote seamless patient care.

• Ensure charts are complete and have proper identification then sent to medical records for scanning to EPIC.

• Copy and prepare patient charts as needed for admissions/transfers/OR.
• Call the charge RN to notify and request a bed for admission.
• Notify nursing home of admissions.
• Coordinate admission with appropriate medical service by paging assigned medical team for patient report.
• Communicate with care team when patient can be transported to the floor.

• Direct and occasionally escort patient/family to appropriate hospital area.
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