Emergency Medical Technician

• Part time
• Night shift, 6:45pm - 7:15am
• Every 3rd weekend

• High school diploma or GED preferred
• One of the following required:
• Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA);
• Enrollment in nursing school with one (1) semester of clinical completed
• Completion of Medical Assistant program;
• Illinois Department of Public Health EMT (B, I, or P) certificate or National Registry EMT (NREMT)
• Enrolled in Bachelor’s degree program with a focus on health sciences (Pre-med, biology, chemistry)
• Completion of 6 months as a patient safety monitor within the ED

• Demonstration of the ability to perform adequate CPR with a current CPR card.

• Prior experience with patient care preferred

• Demonstration of the ability to write and/or print legibly and accurately.
• Successful completion of Unit-Based orientation and clinical guidelines.

• Attendance at all mandatory in-services;Successful completion of all required unit specific training programs;

• Provides care to patients under the direction of a Registered Professional Nurse and/or Licensed Physician according to Memorial Medical Center policies, procedures and standards of care:
• Obtaining vital signs manually and with equipment
• Performing an EKG
• Performing phlebotomy on patients age 5 and above.
• Perform sterile insertion of foley catheter as per physician order
• Collecting stool, urine and other samples from patients
• Fitting patients for crutches and orthopedic splinting supplies
• Assisting providers with sterile procedures—before, during and after
• Transporting patients in the department and to other departments
• Dressing simple wounds with clean technique
• Communicating with patients and their families
• Performing an Initial Screening on low acuity patients
• Assisting patients during the discharge process
• Assists behaviorial health patients using de-escalation techniques

• Assists in the admission of patients, (i.e. placing patients in room, preparation of patient for examination, obtaining initial and/or repeat vital signs, and communicates any unusual circumstances to the Registered Professional Nurse and/or Licensed Physician).

• Maintains operating knowledge of both the Trauma and ACLS protocols

• Assists in maintaining equipment, corrects equipment malfunctions and report malfunctions for repair.
• Assists in providers in maintaining a sterile field during procedures.
• Assists provider/nurse with rapid infuser setup, arterial line setup, chest tube placement, EVD placement
• Maintains supplies of acute care carts (trauma, neuro, central line)

• Maintains appropriate documentation skills.

• Performs clerical functions (i.e. receives, opens and distributes mail; answers, places and routes telephone calls and pages utilizing appropriate communication skills and procedures; maintains appropriate level of clerical supplies; manages Radiology communication slips appropriately; processes completed ED patient record accurately, timely, and in appropriate manner; transmits records to attending physicians in accordance with Department policy and procedures).

• Communicates with Pre-Hospital personnel in accordance with Department policy and procedures utilizing appropriate communications equipment and logs.

• Understands and functions appropriately for all Medical Center and Department “Conditions”.

• Provides preceptor functions as directed by Manager and/or Supervisor.

• Maintains familiarization with location and operation of equipment and procedure manuals for Department.

• Practices appropriately for the safety of patients, (i.e., uses side rails appropriately, disposes of infectious waste appropriately, addresses spill appropriately and initiates incident reports as appropriate).

• Demonstrates professionalism (i.e., attends or reviews 75% of staff meetings minutes, documenting review with signature and date; actively pursues opportunity to increase knowledge within area of responsibility; maintain patient confidentiality; complies with professional appearance policy; presents at work on time and maintains satisfactory attendance in accordance with department Ill/Absent policy).

• Participates in collecting data for Quality Improvement activities, assists in identifying patient care problems for study and applies Quality Improvement findings to patient care.

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