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Critical Care Technician ER 32 hours evening shift every other Holiday and Weekend

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Athol, MA - USA

Monthly Salary drjobs

Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Overview

You Matter Here!
Heywood Healthcare values our employees! We offer competitive wages great benefits and generous earned time off. Come work where you will matter!

Hours: 32 hours evening shift every other Holiday and Weekend

Job Summary:

The Critical Care Technician will report to the Emergency Department Nurse Director. He/She will assist with the patient care based on individual patient needs within the scope of practice under the direct supervision of the Registered Nurse. Responsibilities will include but are not limited to: Answering phones order entry EKGs lab draws stocking of rooms and transporting patients to other departments.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions
  • Works together with departmental and healthcare teams to complete assignments.
  • Maintains a clean and comfortable environment for patients and visitors.
  • Removes or arranges for removal of safety hazards from environment immediately to prevent potential safety hazards from occurring.
  • Prioritizes and reprioritizes work based on the changing needs of the customers.
  • Assists patient physician and nurse during procedures assisting during procedure as needed.
  • Assists in the admission and discharge of patients to expedite care.
  • Assists in the collection labeling and delivery of routine specimens.
  • Assists with the transfer of patients to and from other departments utilizing appropriate technique (i.e. body mechanics transfer mattress).
  • Observes reports and records vital signs and intake and output as directed by the registered nurse and in accordance with Patient Care Services Standards.
  • Performs EKGs according to standard policies and procedures.
  • Performs Glucometer testing according to standard policies and procedures on patients 15 years or older. (This is dependent on completed competency).
  • Performs blood draws according to standard policies and procedures on patients 15 years or older. (This is dependent on completed competency).
  • Performs IV insertion according to standard policies and procedures on patients 15 years and older. (This is dependent on completed competency)
  • Places patients on cardiac monitors and obtains trends as indicated.
  • Recognizes and reports appropriate patient data to the Registered Nurse.
  • Monitors stock and restocks supplies as needed
  • Participates in continuing education departmental staff meetings and inservices and performs department specific competencies.
Statement of Other Duties
This document describes the major duties and responsibilities for this job and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood therefore that employees may be asked to perform jobrelated duties beyond those explicitly described.

Functional Demands

Physical Requirements
Exerts 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Frequently kneels (bending the legs at knee to come to rest on knee or knees) reaches (extending hands and arms in any direction) and feels (perceiving attributes of items as size shape temperature or texture by means of fingertips). Occasionally crouches (bending body downward and forward by bending legs and spine) and stoops (bending the body downward and forward by bending the spine at the waist).
Organizational Expectations
Behavioral Attributes
The following behavioral attributes are required: achievement motivation concern for order flexibility initiative selfconfidence customer service oriented interpersonal effectiveness teamwork analytical thinking and information seeking.

Qualifications

Job Requirements
Minimum Education
  • High school diploma or equivalent required
Minimum Work Experience
  • Emergency Department or Intensive Care Unit experience strongly preferred
  • Phlebotomy & EKG experience apreferred
  • Computer/Meditech proficiency preferred

MinimumLicenses and Certifications

  • CNA L.N.A. MA or EMT certification required OR
  • RN nursing student who has completed first fundamentals course and 75 hours of clinical OR
  • Acquired critical care technician (CCT) competency as demonstrated by continuousemploymentin a CCT role with Heywood Healthcare for a period of 12 months.
  • AHA BLS

Required Experience:

IC

Employment Type

Full-Time

Company Industry

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