Job Details
Description
Location/Dept: Hospital - ER
PRN
Job Summary:
Performs patient care for ESD patients under the direction of the ESD RN or physician.
Supervisory Responsibilities: None
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Reports sentinel events or adverse drug reactions or incidents as warranted.
- Handles telecommunications (phone, paging, faxing, announcing codes, etc.) timely & efficiently.
- Performs short form registrations timely & efficiently with minimal errors made. Appropriate processes completed.
- Uses 2 patient identifiers before giving treatments, illustrates process.
- Reassesses patient in response to changes in condition after intervention & as needed & reports to RN.
- Provides treatments as ordered in a timely & appropriate manner & documents in EHR.
- Provides education to patients & family & reports to RN.
- Accurately takes & records appropriate vital signs, weights, intake & output.
- Enters orders timely & accurately in O.E. & signs off on order.
- Places patient on monitor & records rhythm strip appropriately.
- Performs & records clinical skills such as Foley catheter insertion, D/C IVs, accuchecks, etc. safely and accurately.
- Assists patient, RN & physician with procedures, exams, etc.
- Transports patient on arrival, discharge, & to units timely & safely.
- Communicates effectively to other team members & reports to next shift.
- Communicates appropriately on IHERN radio & reports to RN.
- Collects specimens accurately & timely, including labeling specimens correctly.
- Demonstrates knowledge of & uses equipment appropriately & safely.
- Demonstrates awareness of patient rights.
- Understands the spiritual aspects of patient care & can give examples of such.
- Uses respect a& dignity when dealing with death & dying.
- Utilizes ethics committee if needed or is aware it exists.
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Able to operate basic office equipment & work on a computer
- Able to operate stretchers, wheelchairs, various electrical/battery-operated equipment