Emergency Department Technician II

Job Summary: Under direct supervision of the physician and/or designee, assists in examination and treatment of patients. Essential Responsibilities: • Performs within the scope and training of the EDT, and consistent State/ Federal regulations including EMTALA, HIPAA and other applicable regulations, including patient confidentiality and risk management. • Provision of competent patient care, for all ages, acuities and conditions in the population the facility serves, including ensuring age-specific care and responding to cultural needs of patients and families. • Communicates clearly and with courtesy with all members of healthcare team, following lines of authority, as appropriate. • Proficient in English for effective oral and written communication with co-workers and other healthcare team members. • Completes duties with regard to safety practices and policies, including infection control, workplace safety, and management of aggressive behaviors. • Demonstrated proficiency in the use of computers and telecommunications in documentation, tracking, conveying information. • Maintains required certifications and continuing education requirements per department and facility standards. • Establishes priorities based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies. • Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner. • Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, cultural and ethical beliefs. • Participates in ED staff meetings, in-services, and performance improvement activities. • Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs. • Requires dependable attendance to scheduled shifts and required staff development. • Demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues. • Assists with rooming and undressing of patients at the direction of the RN. • Obtains, records and reports vital signs, EKG.s, heights, weights and inputs/outputs of patients as directed and per department policy. • Draws blood as part of job responsibilities. • Assists physicians and nurses with various procedures, including positioning and set up of draping and prepping. • Applies monitoring devices, prepares patient for suturing, performs wound cleaning, application of dressings, orthopedic devices, splints, and crutch fitting. • Assists patients to/from bathroom, in general ambulation, and transports patients as needed. • Assists health care team in emergency situations including resuscitation. • Assists with discharge process under direction of physician or nurse. • Cleans ED gurneys and equipment for efficient provision of care. • Ensures patient belonging are collected, bagged and tagged with belonging checklist filled out. • Provides post-mortem care. • Prepares requisitions for lab, imaging reports and medical records. Carries out basic clerical duties of the Unit Assistant as needed. • Conducts pharmacy, lab, nutrition and imaging pick-ups and deliveries, including specimen transport, as needed. • Inventories, orders, unpack and distributes supplies, forms and linens. Responsible for cleanliness, stocking and organization of patient care areas, utility and storage rooms. • Per facility infection control policy, cleans and processes instruments. • Responsible for the quality control checks of urine dipsticks (as applicable per facility) • Demonstrates knowledge and ability to implement community resources. • Ability to pull charts from file room (as necessary). • Ability to properly fill out after-hours admission paperwork. • Ability to properly apply splints per MD orders. • To be able to perform the duties/tasks of a receptionist which will include proper cash handling, customer service, greeting patients, and properly filling out paperwork as well as identifying patients. • To be able to demonstrate proper body mechanics when transporting patients to the floor, or another department. Also use of proper lift techniques in certain circumstances. • The Emergency Department Technician II classification shall apply only to those Emergency Department Technicians who are qualified and assigned to perform casting and/or Ortho Tech I duties as discussed in Appendix E of the Master Agreement (p.312). This assignment may also include, but is not limited to, phlebotomy and EKG. • Perform other related duties as necessary. • Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities. Grade 465