Emergency Department Technician Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Emergency Department Technician to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Serves as a resource to medical staff regarding hospital protocols;
- Wound prep, care and dressing;
- Fabrication of specific orthopedic splints (plaster/fiberglass) under the direction of the Attending ED MD;
- Perform tasks of dress/ undress patients and obtaining vital signs;
- Provides excellent customer service to patients, visitors and colleagues through welcoming behavior, effective communication and information sharing;
- Rapidly assesses those patients needing immediate emergency care and intervention and communicate this assessment to RN team members;
- Helps organize and maintain unit supplies necessary for daily activity;
- Prefabricated splint application (ace wraps, cam boots, knee immobilizers, slings, etc.);
- Monitors patient electronic record to ensure care is progressing, preventing patient care delay;
- Facilitates communication between colleagues, patients and visitors;
- Coordinate consults and transfers to other medical facilities;
- Illustrates competency of insertion of urinary catheters, performs blood collection in collaboration with RN;
- Access AMION on line physician call schedule;
- Collaborate and communicate effectively with others among the nursing team;
- Recognize any changes in patient condition and report to the RN.
Requirements:
- Serves as a resource to medical staff regarding hospital protocols;
- Wound prep, care and dressing;
- Fabrication of specific orthopedic splints (plaster/fiberglass) under the direction of the Attending ED MD;
- Perform tasks of dress/ undress patients and obtaining vital signs;
- Monitors patient electronic record to ensure care is progressing, preventing patient care delay;
- Facilitates communication between colleagues, patients and visitors;
- Recognize any changes in patient condition and report to the RN;
- Coordinate consults and transfers to other medical facilities;
- Collaborate and communicate effectively with others among the nursing team;
- Illustrates competency of insertion of urinary catheters, performs blood collection in collaboration with RN;
- Provides excellent customer service to patients, visitors and colleagues through welcoming behavior, effective communication and information sharing;
- Rapidly assesses those patients needing immediate emergency care and intervention and communicate this assessment to RN team members;
- Prefabricated splint application (ace wraps, cam boots, knee immobilizers, slings, etc.);
- EMT -B certification;
- Maintain required certifications.