Emergency Room Technician

## Description

**Primary Purpose**: To provide quality patient care by assisting the physician and/or registered nurse.

**Formal Policy-Setting Responsibilities:** No formal policy setting responsibility.

**Routine Decision Making**: Determining when to report patient concerns, questions, abnormal tests/vital signs to the RN and determines appropriate supplies necessary to maintain patient care.

**Formal Supervisory Responsibility:** No formal supervisory responsibility.

**Unusual Working Conditions:** Risk of blood, body fluid contamination. Risk for injury from aggressive, combative or disoriented patients. Potential exposure to hazardous drugs and chemicals.

**Age Specific Competencies:** Provides care to neonates (birth to 6 weeks), infants (birth -2 years), children (2 yrs-12 yrs.), adolescent patients between 12 to 18 years of age; adult patients between 18 to 64 years; and geriatric patients 65 years and older.

**Population Specific Competencies:** Recognizes the importance of diversity/cultural beliefs when delivering care to the populations served at Cass Regional.

## Qualifications

**Education and Certification/Registration required for the Position**: High school education or equivalent. CNA, EMT-B or equivalent certification, or experience required. BLS required within 3 months of hire. NVCI or equivalent class as determined to be required by the facility.

**Required Knowledge:** Medical terminology, normal vital signs, referral resources, triage and emergency abuse reporting.

**Required Skills and Ability:** Organization, problem-solving, computer skills, customer service, written and verbal communication skills.