Emergency Department Technician - PRN (As Needed)

Department:1403036000 Emergency Room ServicesExpected Weekly Hours:0Shift:Rotating ShiftPosition Purpose:Job Description Details:Minimum: $12.37 Maximum: $17.94JOB SUMMARYAdministers quality nursing care to assigned patients under the direct supervision of an RN, LPN, or physiciandemonstrating clinical competence and meeting established unit standards in the performance of specific nursingprocedures. Promotes teamwork with staff, physicians, and other disciplines.JOB DUTIES

Actively demonstrates the organization’s mission and core values, and conducts oneself at all times in a manner

consistent with these values.

Knows and adheres to all laws and regulations pertaining to patient health, safety and medical information.

Collaborates with the RN, LPN or physician to carry out the nursing and medical plans of care for the patient.

May incubate, prepares IV’s, disperses medicines, and other treatments currently certified to provide, under the

direction of the supervising physician.

Performs splint applications and cast removals as well as other procedures after training completed.

Takes vital signs, monitors pulses, pulse oximetry, applies automatic non-invasive blood pressure cuffs, operates

safely, and applies EKG monitoring as needed.

Performs EKG on patients as indicated in EMX protocol or under the direction of RN.

Assumes co-responsibility for patient zone in conjunction with RN, as needed after approved and in-serviced,

according to Emergency Department Standards and protocols.

Responsible for replenishing patient areas with equipment and supplies.

Assists in Emergency Department continuing education by participating in-services related to pre-hospital care of the

patients.

Performs other duties consistent with purpose of job as directed.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS AND CORE COMPETENCIESEducation: High School diploma or equivalent.Licensure: BLS certification upon hire or able to obtain within 60 days.Experience: One year experience as practicing EMT-P.Other Job Requirements:Strong customer service and communication skills.Assigned hours within your shift, starting time, or days of work are subject to change based on departmental and/ororganizational needs.Trinity Health's Commitment to Diversity and InclusionTrinity Health employs about 133,000 colleagues at dozens of hospitals and hundreds of health centers in 22 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.Trinity Health's dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.Trinity Health is one of the largest multi-institutional Catholic health care delivery systems in the nation, serving diverse communities that include more than 30 million people across 22 states. Trinity Health includes 94 hospitals, as well as 109 continuing care locations that include PACE programs, senior living facilities, and home care and hospice services. Its continuing care programs provide nearly 2.5 million visits annually.Based in Livonia, Mich., and with annual operating revenues of $17.6 billion and assets of $24.7 billion, the organization returns $1.1 billion to its communities annually in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs. Trinity Health employs about 133,000 colleagues, including 7,800 employed physicians and clinicians.Committed to those who are poor and underserved in its communities, Trinity Health is known for its focus on the country's aging population. As a single, unified ministry, the organization is the innovator of Senior Emergency Departments, the largest not-for-profit provider of home health care services — ranked by number of visits — in the nation, as well as the nation’s leading provider of PACE (Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly) based on the number of available programs. For more information, visit www.trinity-health.org at http://www.trinity-health.org/ . You can also follow @TrinityHealthMI on Twitter.