ED Tech I - Jeddah, المملكة العربية السعودية - Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital

    Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital
    Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital Jeddah, المملكة العربية السعودية

    منذ أسبوعين

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    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.

    • Key for Physical Demands

    Continuous

    66 to 100% of the time

    Frequent

    33 to 65% of the time

    Occasional

    0 to 32% of the time