Emergency Services Technician

It's more than a career, it's a calling MO-SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Worker Type: PRN Job Highlights: Join a team where your work matters—every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM Health, you’ll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact. In this role, you will provide hands‑on support in a fast‑paced care environment where every shift makes a direct impact on patients and families. Your attention to detail, compassion, and ability to work closely with clinical teams will help create safer, smoother care experience. If you enjoy interacting with patients and want to grow in a collaborative care setting, this role is perfect for you. Department: Emergency Services Technician - SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Schedule : This is a PRN (as needed) position filling in for vacations, leave of absences, etc. There are no guaranteed hours or benefits. The shifts are variable – both days or nights, weekends and holidays. The shift is from 7am-7pm or 7pm-7am. Job Summary: Provides direct and/or indirect duties necessary to provide quality patient care. Job Responsibilities and Requirements: PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES Assists in collection of labs, coordinating patient flow with radiology to assist with turn around times. Performs visual acuity. Responds to patients' requests for assistance and answers call lights promptly. Assists with transfer and transportation of patients. Assists the Registered Nurse with the taking and/or recording of patient's temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, weight and fluid status and bedside glucose and notifies Registered Nurse of significant findings. Assists physicians by placing calls to other physicians as needed. Assists provider with gynecology exams and specimen collection. Collects voided urine samples. Turns over rooms by cleaning and restocking. Obtains EKG’s for patients in emergent/urgent situations and as able. Performs messenger service and delivers equipment to departments. Orders and stocks supplies as needed. Performs routine cleaning duties. Answers phones, takes and relays messages. Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner. Performs other duties as assigned. EDUCATION High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience OR Certified Nurse Assistant OR EMT Basic OR nursing student with completion of fundamentals course EXPERIENCE No experience required PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS Constant standing and walking. Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc. Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs. Frequent reaching, gripping, and keyboard use/data entry. Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors. Occasional bending, stooping, crawling, kneeling, sitting, squatting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements. Occasional use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships. Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs. Occasional lifting/moving patients. Occasional use of smell to detect/recognize odors. Occasional driving. REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) State of Work Location: Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin Work Shift: Variable Shift (United States of America) Job Type: Employee Department: 2000000023 Emergency Dept Scheduled Weekly Hours: 0 SSM Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. SSM Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Click here to learn more. ( #J-18808-Ljbffr SSM Health