ED Tech - Emergency Department - Full Time 11am - 11pm
Wellstar Health System
Summary
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital has an opportunity for an ED Tech in the Emergency Department. Shift - Full-Time 11am - 11pm.
Job description
Job Summary
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital has an opportunity for an ED Tech in the Emergency Department. Shift - Full-Time 11am - 11pm.
The Emergency Department (ED) Tech Level I is a multi-skilled caregiver who functions under the direction of the professional Registered Nurse. Provides safe, age-appropriate care to the patient by performing patient care functions and technical procedures.
Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions
- Obtain and document vital signs; inform nurse if vital signs are abnormal
- Perform 12-lead EKG and hand to ED physician
- Perform bedside blood sugar testing; inform nurse if result is abnormal
- Measure and apply extremity splints as directed by nurse or physician
- Instruct patient regarding safe crutch ambulation techniques with return demonstration by patient
- Oral suctioning
- Superficial wound care
- Urethral catheterization
- Sterile tray preparation
- Dressing application
- Phlebotomy
- Telesitter facility liaison: track, deliver, maintain, and retrieve telesitter carts
- Troubleshoot cart connectivity issues and place IT tickets if necessary
- Perform safe room guideline checks upon initiation and every hand-off
- Perform environmental rounds to ensure safe room guidelines are maintained
- Respond to remote telesitter escalation for face-to-face intervention
- Notify Nurse and/or charge Nurse when face-to-face redirection is required
- Transport patients via stretcher or wheelchair, ensuring patient safety
- Transport unit supplies, equipment, and patient medications
- Monitor patients in restraint/seclusion and document observations
- Observe cardiac monitors to ensure recognition of arrhythmias (site specific Kennestone ED)
- Recognize cardiac rhythms and communicate findings to registered professional as appropriate
- Provide accurate patient information for each monitor in use
- Clean and maintain monitors and pumps in monitor room
- Assure patient care area is appropriately stocked with supplies
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent from an accredited program
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
- BLS - Instructor certification
- BLS - Provisional certification
- Effective communication skills (verbal and written)
- Proficiency with desktop computer
- Willingness to be a team-player and a self-starter
- Proficiency obtaining vital signs using manual processes
Company overview
Wellstar Health System is one of Georgia's largest and most comprehensive integrated healthcare systems, founded in 1993 and headquartered in Marietta, Georgia. As a non-profit health system, Wellstar operates with a mission to enhance the health and well-being of every person it serves through its PeopleCare approach. The system employs approximately 29,469 to 33,000 team members across multiple hospitals, health parks, medical offices, outpatient centers, pediatric centers, nursing facilities, and hospice and home care services. Wellstar is nationally recognized for operating Georgia's largest integrated trauma network and features the second-largest Emergency Department in the United States. The organization provides more than $1 billion annually in charity care and community programs, demonstrating its commitment to community health. Wellstar has earned numerous accolades including recognition on Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For, Best Workplaces in Health Care, and PEOPLE Companies that Care lists. The system embraces innovation through its venture firm Catalyst by Wellstar, which nurtures early-stage healthcare companies, and maintains academic partnerships with institutions like the Medical College of Georgia for caregiver training. With specialties spanning cardiovascular care, oncology, women's health, pediatrics, musculoskeletal services, and numerous other medical disciplines, Wellstar delivers comprehensive healthcare across all stages of life.