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Cleveland Clinic Emergency Department Technician in Akron, Ohio
Emergency Department Technician
Join Cleveland Clinic Akron General's Bath Health and Wellness Center and become part of a top healthcare system in Akron. This patient-friendly facility offers a variety of primary care, emergency care and specialty services along with Lifestyles, a medically based fitness program and facility.
The Bath Health and Wellness Center Emergency Department offers 24-hour emergency care with board-certified, emergency medicine physicians who are available around-the-clock to provide comprehensive care to adults and children. Backed by the full resources of Cleveland Clinic Akron General and Cleveland Clinic, the Emergency Department provides advanced care in the Bath community.
A caregiver in this position works a day/evening rotation of 7:00AM - 7:00PM.
A caregiver who excels in this role will:
Prepare patient rooms and beds for incoming Emergency Room patients.
Greet patients and prepare them for exams.
Take and record temperature, pulse, pulse oximetry, respirations, weight, height, and EKGs.
Complete catheterizations, enemas, first aid dressings and orthopaedic splints.
Answer the telephone and place calls to physician offices.
Scan charts, use fax machines for transferring information, enter patient charges and receive and contribute to status reports of patients.
Accurately use insurance verification systems and enter patient information.
Assist in emergency situations with EKGs, oxygen setup, CPR, monitoring, and summoning ambulances and paramedics.
Collect, record, label and transport specimens to the lab.
Set up and assist the physician with certain procedures, such as pelvic exams, suturing and setting up suture trays.
Assist in keeping patient rooms in order, report broken equipment, clean equipment and distribute linens and supplies.
Report changes in patients' conditions to an RN.
Document patient care.
Assist the RN and accept assignments to the ED Observation Unit.
Complete mandatory education and training to maintain competencies, requirement, certification and licensure.
Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
High school diploma or GED.
Experience and/or training in medical assisting, STNA and/or Emergency Medical Technician roles.
Experience with personal computer office equipment and clerical duties.
One to two years of experience in a related job in a hospital or healthcare facility.
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
Broad knowledge of medical terminology.
Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
- Previous experience as a Medical Assistant or EMT.
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