Emergency Room Tech
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Overview
Emergency Room Tech Emergency Department
PRN/OCC Variable Hours & Shifts
Covenant Health is the regions top performing healthcare network. Each of our more than 10000 employees physicians and volunteers are unified by one covenant: to put our patients first every day to strive for excellence in everything we do and to make Covenant Health the first and best choice in our region
Cumberland Medical Center is a 189bed hospital in Crossville Tennessee with more than 650 employees and 175 active physicians. It offers a full range of specialty services including cardiology gastroenterology surgery orthopedics maternity services cancer care and advanced wound care.
- Emergency Department: 24 emergency beds
- Intensive Care Unit (ICU): 12 ICU beds
- Labor & Delivery: 12 LDRP suites
- Med/Surg: 37 beds
- Surgery: 9 operating room surgery suites
- Telemetry 37 beds
Fully accredited by the Joint Commission Cumberland Medical Center is an acute care hospital offering all private patient rooms as well as specialized services not usually found in the rural medical system.
For seriously ill patients advanced medical and surgical care is provided at CMC including telemetry monitored beds and an intensive care unit. Additionally Cumberland Medical Center offers an outpatient imaging center same day surgery unit cardiac and pulmonary rehab programs a sleep disorder center breast center cancer center and hyperbaric medicine and wound center.
Cumberland Medical Center offers a unique familyoriented healthcare setting in a rural environment. We strive to deliver exceptional care to our patients their loved ones and each other. We look forward to welcoming teamfocused people to grow their careers with us!
Chief Nursing Officer Cumberland Medical Center
Position Summary:
Functions as a specialized direct patient caregiver in the Emergency Department performing tasks to assist nurses and providers. Performs handson care specified technical tasks and coordinates communications on the unit.
Recruiter: Brittany Smithson
Responsibilities
- Enters and updates the ED tracking board promptly to communicate with staff.
- Document/maintain patient record as appropriate.
- Take and record temperature pulse respiration rates blood pressures oxygen saturation weights heights and intakeoutput measurements.
- Completes all items / activities on TECH CHECKLIST of DAILY ACTIVITIES as applicable.
- Orders patient care supplies and keeps patient care supplies stocked in proper amounts in rooms carts and other areas as appropriate.
- Cleans and wraps instruments to transport to sterile processing with ability to correctly identify and replace proper surgical instruments on appropriate trays.
- Assists in maintaining a safe environment which may include checking equipment daily for proper function and reporting equipment that is out of order appropriate handling of linen and storing of supplies.
- Gathers equipment for O2 set up. Checks O2 for connection and proper placement.
- Sets up suction equipment and checks for proper function.
- Promptly answers patient call lights and responds to patient requests.
- Reports observed changes in patient condition to nurse or provider.
- Assists with transportation of patients to other areas of the facility.
- Prepares wounds for provider as directed. Cleans and dresses wounds appropriately.
- Application of splints.
- Applies immobilizers and ace bandages; fits patient for crutches.
- Performs tasks such as ROM assists with ambulatory devices as specified by the patients plan of care.
- Assists provider with pelvic exams.
- Assists in triage with vital signs.
- Ambulates and assists patients in and out of bed into wheelchairs and transport when necessary (on oxygen if required).
- Empty canisters urine bags bedpans and emesis basins and record intake and output.
- Provides general care such as positioning lifting or turning patients; assisting in use of bedpan urinal or commode; preoperative supportive care; and antiembolism stockings and sequential compression devices.
- Collects urine stool and sputum specimen as ordered.
- Performs phlebotomy. To include correct labeling using two patient identifiers maintenance of labdraw supplies rotating and restocking.
- Performs INT removal per nursing or LIP direction.
- Performs suture / staple removal at nurse or LIP direction.
- Performs EKG.
- Employs all established infection control policies including standard precautions transmissionbased isolation precautions OSHA standards safety measures and proper body mechanics in performance of job.
- Demonstrates knowledge and competency in providing for agespecific needs of the population served.
- Helps maintain clean and orderly patient and work environment.
- Follows policies procedures and safety standards. Completes required education assignments annually. Works toward achieving goals and objectives and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Minimum Education:
None specified; however must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority. High school diploma strongly preferred.
Minimum Experience:
One 1 years experience as an EMT HUC LPN MA or PCA/CNA OR must meet licensure requirement below.
Licensure Requirement:
CPR required. If less than one 1 years experience must have current EMT registry or license LPN MA or CNA certification at time of hire/promotion or be a student in an accredited nursing education program.Student must have successfully completed fundamental clinical skills portion of the program 1st semester of clinicals).
Employment Type
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