Emergency Services Technician

Company: SSM Health
Location: Jefferson City
Posted on: May 13, 2022

Job Description:

Provides direct and /or indirect duties necessary to provide quality patient care.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 or equivalent 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.

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