Emergency Dept Tech I (ED Tech) - Duke Regional Hospital

Emergency Department Tech I

At Duke Health, we're driven by a commitment to compassionate care that changes the lives of patients, their loved ones, and the greater community. No matter where your talents lie, join us and discover how we can advance health together.

Pursue your passion for caring with Duke Regional Hospital in Durham, North Carolina. With 388 beds it is the second largest of Duke Health's four hospitals and offers a comprehensive range of medical, surgical, and diagnostic services, including orthopedics, weight-loss surgery, women's services, and heart and vascular services.

The Emergency Department at Duke Regional Hospital is a newly renovated Emergency Department comprised of 79 total beds, which includes: 49 beds for the Emergency Medicine unit, 12 beds Clinical Decision Unit, and an 18 bed Behavioral Health Unit. Our team is active in delivering exemplary care for each patient to ensure an excellent patient experience, every time.

Location: Duke Regional Hospital - 3643 North Roxboro Street, Durham, North Carolina 27704

Schedule: 3 x 12-hour shifts

Days - 7am - 7:30pm

Nights 7pm - 7:30am

What you will do:

As an Emergency Department Tech, you will support the delivery of high-quality patient care by performing a variety of clinical, technical, and clerical duties under the direction of nursing staff. In this role, you will assist physicians and nurses with patient examinations, treatments, procedures, and daily care needs while helping to ensure efficient Emergency Department operations and an exceptional patient experience.

• Participate in personal care interventions to patients of all ages, under the direction of nursing staff, provide meal tray preparation, feeding, recording intake and output, bathing, shaving, changing clothing, cleaning and trimming fingernails, bed-making, assisting with ambulation, enemas, skin care, and bowel and bladder elimination; provide such additional care as required to meet the personal needs and comfort of assigned patients.
• Perform CPR.
• Function as patient attendant for patients who have been identified as high risk for harm to self or others and safety concerns.
• Prepare patients, equipment and supplies for specific procedures and provide manual assistance as required.
• Collect, deliver and conduct routine tests on patient specimens. Escort or transport patients that do not require any hemodynamic monitoring.
• Clean assigned area; stock and replenish supplies and equipment as required.
• Maintain "readiness" of HAZMAT Room. Provide assistance during hazmat decontamination procedures.
• Perform a variety of EKG technician tasks as required, to include: routine and STAT EKGs, order verification and electronic transmission of EKGs, accommodation of special EKG requests, i.e., with or without magnet or right sided EKG tracings, the stocking and maintenance of EKG machines, and the retrieval of old EKGs from the Heart Station.
• Perform a variety of Health Unit Coordinator (EDUC) tasks. Tasks might include, but are not limited to, operate and trouble-shoot office equipment; maintain organization of the assigned desk; manage lab specimens and orders; answer the telephone and/or patient call bells.
• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

What you will need:

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Heavy lifting and the ability to transport stretcher and wheelchair patients to various hospital locations are required.
• Must be able to provide care and services to all patients from birth to the elderly.
• Must have excellent prioritization skills in addition to their basic knowledge and skills.
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced unpredictable environment under very stressful conditions.
• Must be able to be trained in all aspects of hazmat decontamination procedures.
• Must be very goal-directed with a great deal of initiative since they function at a very independent level within the Emergency Department.
• Must demonstrate competency validation in skills and knowledge for performance of roles and responsibilities.

Education:

• Work requires graduation from an accredited high school or a GED. Successful completion of the NCA I training as defined by the Division of Facility Services in the State of North Carolina or North Carolina EMT training.
• Work requires the ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.

Experience:

• Related experience preferred but not required.

Degrees, Licensure, and/or Certification:

• Current minimum listing as an NCA I with the Division of Facility Services or current minimum credential as EMT with no substantiated findings of abuse, fraud, neglect or misappropriation of property.
• Current BLS Required.