About this role
Job Summary
To assist the nursing staff in the rendering of patient care by providing those services necessary for patient comfort and personal hygiene requiring little or no variation in routine, and to assist in areas of orthopedic care(includes splinting), phlebotomy, accucheck, and 12-lead EKG. Also, may assist with Unit Clerk duties. Performs all other duties as assigned.
Responsibilities
- Performs 12-lead EKG's, UC duties, Accuchecks, application of orthopedic appliances, UDS/BAT, urinary catheterizations as directed by licensed personnel.
- Assist in admission, transfer, discharge, lifting, turning and ambulation of patients as directed by licensed personnel.
- Ensure supplies are maintained and areas adequately stocked.
- Round on patients hourly and prn to offer and provide comfort measures.
- Assist with efficient turnover of rooms by stripping linen from stretchers, cleaning
- stretchers, returning clipboards to triage, marking tracking board appropriately, etc.
Specifications
Experience
Minimum Required
- High School or equivalent.
Preferred/Desired
Education
Minimum Required
Preferred/Desired
Training
Minimum Required
Preferred/Desired
Special Skills
Minimum Required
Preferred/Desired
Licensure
Minimum Required
- BLS CERTIFICATION WITHIN 14 DAYS OF HIRE
Preferred/Desired
- Healthcare/Medical - Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
Other facts
About Baptist
Baptist Memorial Health Care is one of the country’s largest not-for-profit health care systems and the largest provider of Medicaid in the region. Baptist offers a full continuum of care to communities throughout the Mid-South and consistently ranks among the top integrated health care networks in the country. The health care system comprises 24 affiliate hospitals in West Tennessee, Mississippi and East Arkansas; more than 5,400 affiliated physicians; Baptist Medical Group, a multispecialty physician group with more than 900 providers; home, hospice and psychiatric care; minor medical centers and clinics; a network of surgery, rehabilitation and other outpatient centers; and an education system highlighted by Baptist Health Sciences University (formerly Baptist College of Health Sciences). Baptist employs more than 21,000 people, and in fiscal year 2022 contributed more than $455 million in community benefit and uncompensated care to the communities it serves. For more information, please visit www.baptistonline.org or follow us on Facebook or Instagram.
What you'll do
- The technician assists nursing staff in patient care, focusing on comfort and hygiene, and performs various medical tasks such as EKGs and phlebotomy. They also help with patient admissions, transfers, and room turnover.
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