Emergency Room Tech

Emergency Room Technician

UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center

Day shift 07:00-19:30. Receive 17% weekday night, 26% weekend night and 15% weekend day shift differentials.

Minimum

Offer:

$16.22/hr maximum

Offer:

$21.26/hr.

Compensation Disclaimer:
Compensation for this role is based on a number of factors, including but not limited to experience, education, and other business and organizational considerations.

Department:
Emergency Room - SRMC. FTE: 0.90. Full Time. Shift: Days.

Assist in the nursing and medical care of patients in the Emergency Department. Provide basic patient care; take and record vital signs to include temperature, pulse, respiration, weight, height, blood pressure and intake-output measurements. Provide oxygen therapy, intravenous access, phlebotomy, urinary catheterization, gastric lavage, suctioning, apply cardiac monitor as directed and supervised by ED physician or RN. Assist with fracture reductions, cast or splint application.

Operate electrocardiographic (EKG) machine and give exam to appropriate attending. Observe patient to ensure their safety and well-being; report observations to Charge Nurse or appropriate designee. Assist with activities of daily living (ADL): meals, ambulation, hygiene, linen change and toileting as instructed. Report compliance or equipment issues to department Director or Charge Nurse. Ensure adherence to Hospital and departmental policies and procedures.

Patient care assignment may include neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric age groups.

• Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures and protocols.
• Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes.
• Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk.
• Report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors and/or near misses in a timely manner.
• Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don't understand or may “not seem right.”
• Observe patient to ensure their safety and well-being; report observations to Charge Nurse or appropriate designee.
• Transport patients, collect, label and transport specimens, equipment, supplies, charts and materials to include arterial blood gas specimens.
• Assist nursing staff/physicians in complicated treatment procedures; perform routine treatment procedures.
• Provide basic patient care; take and record vital signs to include temperature, pulse, respiration, weight, height, blood pressure and intake-output measurements.
• Obtain test and patient information from patient requisition forms; submit test results to physician for interpretation.
• Assist with activities of daily living (ADL): meals, ambulation, hygiene, linen change and toileting as instructed.
• Transport patient in need using wheelchairs, hospital gurneys and other conveniences.
• Maintain equipment, stock supplies and transport patients as needed.
• Perform miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
• Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, reading current literature and attending in‑services, meetings and workshops.
• Administer oxygen, apply cardiac monitor, obtain blood specimens, catheterize patient, and place NG tubes under physician order or nursing delegation following an SRMC protocol or guideline.
• Answer phones and operate computer systems.
• Perform EKG’s.
• Initiate or discontinue intravenous access based on physician order or nursing delegation following an SRMC protocol or guideline, only after successful completion of department competency requirements.
• Splint as directed.
• Promote teamwork and patient care in hospital setting by operating computer systems and performing a variety of clerical duties in support of assigned area.
• Educate and advise patients on specific medical issues within established parameters.
• Coordinate routine office activities and administrative functions in support of the unit.
• Assist RN's with application and monitoring of patients in physical…