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Overview

Fairview is looking for an Emergency Department Technician to join our Fairview Ridges ED team in Burnsville, MN.

Job Summary:

The Emergency Department Technician (EDT) is responsible for assisting the professional nurse in the delivery of patient care, transporting patient and/or equipment, setting up and maintaining patient rooms, and re-ordering and stocking supplies. The EDT may or may not be given a patient care assignment based on unit needs and the discretion of the professional nurse.

Schedule:

0.8 FTE (64 hours per pay period)

day shift

Every other weekend

About the location:

AWARD-WINNING CARE FOR THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY Fairview Ridges Hospital is proud to be a part of the south metro region. M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital provides outstanding care to the Twin Cities communities located south of the river. We are a 150-bed facility, offering the most advanced emergency, surgery, orthopedic and children's care. We provide emergency services for the entire family, including pediatric emergency care for children. In addition, we offer on-site access to specialists in everything from heart and cancer care to pediatrics and sports medicine. We not only take care of our neighbors when illness or accident occurs, we also provide preventive health education beforehand. We believe a healthy community creates a thriving community. That's why we work in partnership with community organizations such as schools, congregations and public and private agencies.

Our preventive "upstream" approach focuses on protecting and promoting the health of the community as a whole - helping people stay healthy and reducing risks to their health. You deserve 5-Star care Fairview Ridges Hospital was awarded a 5-Star rating in the 2019 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) "Hospital Compare" quality survey. This program rates more than 4,000 U.S hospitals in 57 categories on the quality of care they offer. Ridges, along with Fairview Southdale Hospital, were the only two Twin Cities hospitals to receive the 5-Star award which places them among the top six percent of hospitals in the country.

About Fairview

Fairview Health Services is an industry-leading, award-winning nonprofit that offers an entire network of healthcare services. Fairview is one part of M Health Fairview, a partnership between the University of Minnesota, M Physicians and Fairview Health Services. Together, we combine the University’s deep history of clinical innovation and training with Fairview’s extensive roots in community medicine. Our care portfolio includes community hospitals, academic hospitals, primary and specialty care clinics, senior facilities, facilitated living centers, rehabilitation centers, home health care services, counseling, pharmacies, and benefit management services.

*Apply today to join our 34,000+ employees and 5,000+ system providers working to build lasting relationships with the people we serve: our patients, our communities, and each other. *

Responsibilities Job Description

Job Expectations:

Provides patient care by assisting the professional nurse in patient care activities:

• Provides emergency care to patients in the emergency room by monitoring the patient’s vital signs

• Assists with patient care as directed by RN may include but not limited to point of care testing, IV-line setup, discontinuation of IV, enema, suture removal, restraint application, catherization, 12 lead EKG

• Transports patients by wheelchair and cart

• Assists, measures, and fits patients with casts, crutches, immobilizers, and splints

• Assists patients with ambulation and positioning

• Transports medical samples from patients under direction of RN, such as blood, urine, or others

• Assists doctors and nurses during medical procedures and/or collecting specimens (i.e. eye lavage, ear irrigation, dressing changes, pelvic exam specimen) by following proper technique

• Informs RN of patient/family observations and concerns

• Promptly responds to patient call lights/requests

• Demonstrates concern for patient dignity, privacy, and confidentiality

• Performs tasks with adaptations or modifications consistent with patients ages and developmental abilities

• Demonstrates adherence to proper procedures

• Assists in resuscitation with appropriate CPR and bag/valve mask

• Provides for patient safety (i.e. patient safety sitter) and informs RN of patient observations

• Documents patient care activities and procedures on the nursing records ensuring documentation is clear, concise, accurate, and timely

• Works with charge nurse to coordinate the scheduling of tests, lab work, diagnostic tests, clinical appointments, other department procedures schedules and consultations

Maintains room/unit and supplies:

• Restocks room, supplies, carts and oxygen tanks

• Assists with patient room clean-up between patients

• Completes room and cart checklist

Performs quality control checks on designated pieces of equipment:

• Completes quality control checklist

• Reports discrepancies and malfunctions to RN

• Transports medication from delivery to Emergency room department to a Registered Nurse or unit Medication Room when requested

• Maintains cleanliness and order within the nursing station office areas

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

License/Certification/Registration:

• Basic Life Support (BLS for Healthcare Providers) : Certification required upon hire and must be maintained throughout employment. OnTrack participants must obtain BLS certification upon completion of the OnTrack program.

AND ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING:

1. Current EMT or ERT certification : Required upon hire (does not need to be maintained throughout employment).

2. Current Paramedic Certification : Required upon hire (does not need to be maintained throughout employment).

3. Current certification on the Minnesota Nursing Assistant Registry : Required upon hire (does not need to be maintained throughout employment). Note: Individuals who have completed a Nursing Assistant program and are scheduled to take the NA Registry exam will have 90 days post-hire to become active on the registry.

4. Current enrollment in an LPN, RN, or Nurse Practitioner program : Completion of one (1) semester of clinical rotation within the program.

5. Six months of recent direct patient care experience : In an acute care, long-term care, or home care setting (roles may include Nursing Assistant, PCA, or Resident Assistant).

6. Successful completion of Fairview’s OnTrack Nursing Assistant training program .

7. LPN licensure upon hire : This licensure does not need to be maintained throughout employment.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience:

• Previous Emergency Room experience : 1 or more years as an Emergency Room Scribe, paramedic, ERT, EMT, EDT, or ED EMS.

• Current CNA or NST experience : 1 or more years.

License/Certification/Registration:

• Paramedic, EMT, ERT, LPN, CNA, PCA.

EEO Statement

EEO/AA Employer/Vet/Disabled: All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any lawfully protected status