What are the responsibilities and job description for the Emergency Services Technician position at ssmh?
It's more than a career, it's a calling MO-SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Wentzville Worker Type: Regular Job Highlights: Join a team where your work matters—every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM Health, you’ll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact. In this role, you will provide hands-on support in a fast-paced care environment where every shift makes a direct impact on patients and families. Your attention to detail, compassion, and ability to work closely with clinical teams will help create safer, smoother care experience. If you enjoy interacting with patients and want to grow in a collaborative care setting, this role is perfect for you. Department: Patient Safety Attendant - MO-SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Wentzville Schedule: This is a full-time day-shift position working three 12-hour shifts per week with a weekend and holiday rotation. The shift is from 7am-7:30pm Sign-On Bonus: Ask your recruiter about sign-on bonus eligibility Apply today. SSM Health – We bring out the incredible in you, every day. Job Summary: Provides direct and/or indirect duties necessary to provide quality patient care. Job Responsibilities and Requirements: PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES Assists in collection of labs, coordinating patient flow with radiology to assist with turn around times. Performs visual acuity. Responds to patients' requests for assistance and answers call lights promptly. Assists with transfer and transportation of patients. Assists the Registered Nurse with the taking and/or recording of patient's temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, weight and fluid status and bedside glucose and notifies Registered Nurse of significant findings. Assists physicians by placing calls to other physicians as needed. Assists provider with gynecology exams and specimen collection. Collects voided urine samples. Turns over rooms by cleaning and restocking. Obtains EKG’s for patients in emergent/urgent situations and as able. Performs messenger service and delivers equipment to departments. Orders and stocks supplies as needed. Performs routine cleaning duties. Answers phones, takes and relays messages. Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner. Performs other duties as assigned. EDUCATION High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience OR Certified Nurse Assistant OR EMT Basic OR nursing student with completion of fundamentals course EXPERIENCE No experience required PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS Constant standing and walking. Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc. Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs. Frequent reaching, gripping, and keyboard use/data entry. Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors. Occasional bending, stooping, crawling, kneeling, sitting, squatting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements. Occasional use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships. Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs. Occasional lifting/moving patients. Occasional use of smell to detect/recognize odors. Occasional driving. REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS State of Work Location: Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) Work Shift: Day Shift (United States of America) Job Type: Employee Department: 2000020002 Emergency Dept WZ Scheduled Weekly Hours: 24 SSM Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. SSM Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Read our notice of non-discrimination Create or login to your SSM Health Candidate Workday account to track your application progress and see real-time updates. Remember to keep a record of your login information to access your Candidate Workday account in the future! Current Employees & Contractors – please apply internally via the Career app on your Workday home page. Do not continue here. Visit here for more information.