Area of Interest: Patient Care
Sign On Bonus: $3,000
FTE/Hours per pay period: 0.9
Department: Emergency/Emer & Trauma
Shift: Dayshifts (07-1530 or 07-1930), every other weekend rotation. Rotating holidays
Job ID: 174712
Overview
$3000 Sign-on Bonus!
Are you looking for a challenging and fast-paced job where no two days are the same...ever? St. Luke's Cedar Rapids Emergency Department has been providing compassionate care to our community members of all ages (birth to end of life) 24 hours a day, 365 days per year for the last 140 years. One minute, you may care for a patient with a sore throat. The next minute you may be caring for a critically ill patient from a major motor vehicle collision. Our Emergency Department team members are experts in critical care and stabilization.
The ED Tech is responsible for a variety of tasks and services to assist in the provision of care and comfort for patients under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN). The ED Tech will report and record observations and contribute to the efficient functionality of the department.
Why choose UnityPoint Health St. Luke's Emergency Department?
Develop and refine strong critical thinking skills ensuring the best patient outcomes
Learn to quickly adapt to urgent situations, work autonomously, and think at a higher level
Treat a variety of injuries, illnesses, and complications while working with patients of all ages and backgrounds.
You will have the opportunity to work with a large collaborative healthcare team. The team includes a supportive nursing leadership team, nurses, paramedics, patient care technicians, nurse practitioners, physician's assistants, board certified emergency medicine doctors, social work, care coordination, pharmacists, and physical therapists. We are also the community site rotation for EM residents from the University of Iowa
Opportunity for lifelong learning
Level 3 Trauma Center
Accredited Chest Pain Center with Resuscitation with ACC
Accredited Primary Stroke Center
Four time Magnet Hospital
Led the UPH system for best patient satisfaction with NRC for 3 years
Why UnityPoint Health?
At UnityPoint Health, you matter. We're proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.
Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you're in. ? Here are just a few: ???
Expect paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and an employee recognition program .
Dental and health insurance, paid holidays, short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members.
Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, tuition reimbursement to help further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family .
With a collective goal to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected, we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together. ?
And, we believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is a vital part of delivering an exceptional employment experience.
Find a fulfilling career and make a difference with UnityPoint Health.
Responsibilities
Patient Care
Partners with the RN and other healthcare team members to achieve patient care outcomes and goals of care, as identified in the plan of care.
Obtains records and/or accurately enters data into the EMR, as identified in the PCT Scope of Practice. Competency validation and documentation of skill performance is required.
Vital signs per department policy
Weights
Intake and output
Intentional Rounding
Other appropriate patient observations
Performs specific tasks as directed by the RN and other healthcare team members, following competency validation.
Perform blood glucose testing
Empty waste devices (urinals, hats, bedpans) promptly and record I & O if applicable
Perform bladder scans
Set up simply oxygen therapy (nasal cannula), ability to change from wall to portable oxygen tank
Perform pulse oximetry
Assist with safe patient handling
Assist with patient transport via wheelchair or stretcher
Perform linen changes
Delivers water, coffee, ice, and/or other nourishments as needed
Returns soiled food trays to cart
Promptly responds to call lights
Assists with prompt room turnover between patients
Provides assistance to health care team members as required
Perform and transmit EKG's house-wide on nights
Insert foley catheters (NOT to insert Caude catheters)
Remove IV catheters
Maintain ultrasound and scopes
Stock patient care rooms
Stock carts
Provide 1:1 sitting with Behavioral Health (BH) patients
Transport admitted BH patients with Security to inpatient units
Transport stable patients
Transport monitored patients who have not had chest pain in the department and are not on IV medications or receiving blood
Set up/assist with procedures
Suturing
Casting
Pelvics
Lumbar Punctures
May assist with responsibilities of the Unit Secretary, per department expectations and appropriate competency validation.
Assist patients with activities of daily living.
Assist with patient ambulation, with or without assistive devices
Application of Ortho Appliance
Provide Crutch fitting and education
May assist in transporting medications that are not controlled substances from pharmacy delivery devices to medication storage areas on patient care unit, as well as transporting medications from patient care unit to pharmacy.
Demonstrates an awareness of patient and personal safety.
Effective Communication
Demonstrates good verbal and written communication skills with patients, families, healthcare team members and other customers. Verbal communication is clear and precise. Written communication is legible, if handwritten, and done in a timely manner using approved abbreviations.
Verbally presents factual, concise, and timely information and/or patient care data to the RN, the healthcare team, patients and/or family members in a professional manner.
Real-time EMR documentation is done in accordance with hospital and unit policies.
Hand-offs will be done with attention to detail and with safety as a high priority. Hand-offs are utilized to communicate patient treatment and assessment information, patient education needs, goals of care and other quality care measures at each change of caregiver or setting of care.
Collaborates with healthcare team to provide patient care.
Consults with RN and/or other healthcare team members, as appropriate.
Obtains instruction and supervision, as necessary, when implementing new or unfamiliar tasks or duties.
Complies with established department routines, policies and procedures.
Compliance
Continually maintains and strives to enhance personal technical and clinical competence in all job related duties.
Participates in mandatory education and department staff meetings, per established guidelines.
Participates in shared governance and performance improvement activities at department and/or organizational level.
Complies with established safety goals, infection prevention and risk management policies and procedures.
Qualifications
Maintain current BLS certification
Crisis Prevention Intervention Training (CPI)
hends fluent English
Be able to complete a basic computer course on the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) through in-hospital training
Must successfully complete in-hospital orientation and competencies.
Use of usual and customary equipment used to perform essential functions of the position.
