ED Tech I

Job Summary:

Under the supervision of the Registered Nurse and physician, the ED Tech I is responsible for assisting the Emergency Department staff and physicians in providing patient care and assisting during emergency patient care procedures. As a unit-clerk/ monitor technician is responsible for interpreting and monitoring the patient’s cardiac rhythm status, providing a variety of clerical duties relating to the updating and organization of information in the Emergency Department; and directing the flow of communication between other units and departments.

Licensure and Certification:

• Current CA EMT/Paramedic certification AND Current CA Phlebotomy (CPT) certification; OR current CA Paramedic licensure
• Current BLS provider card
• MAB certification

Education:

• High School graduate, GED or equivalent.
• Medical terminology course completion preferred
• Basic Dysrhythmia recognition class

Experience:

• 12-Lead EKG experience
• Previous experience in comparable position highly desired

Knowledge and Skills:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Organizational skills
• Proficient reading, writing, grammar and math skills
• EKG interpretation and dysrhythmia recognition
• Knowledge of medical terminology
• Basic computer skills

Physical Demands – Patient Care:

• Continuous standing/walking and occasional/intermittent sitting.
• Continuous use of bilateral upper extremities in fine motor activities requiring fingering, grasping, and forward reaching between waist and shoulder level to handle/operate medical equipment/devices.
• Frequent reaching above shoulder level and overhead.
• Frequent forward bending, twisting, squatting and kneeling; occasional climbing.
• Occasional repositioning and transferring patients weighing up to 200 pounds between bed, chair, and gurney.
• Occasional lifting and carrying equipment weighing up to 25 pounds.
• Occasional/intermittent pushing of gurneys, wheelchairs, bed and other medical equipment over tiled and carpeted surfaces.
• Continuous use of near vision to read medical equipment such as monitoring devices and reading documents and computer screens; hearing and verbal communication to interact with patients, co-workers, and other customers.