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SCL Health Emergency Department Technician II EMT PRN1 in Butte, Montana
You.
You bring your body, mind, heart and spirit to your work as an Emergency Department Technician II EMT.
You're ready to roll up your sleeves. Eager to ask questions. And willing to go above and beyond to ease a patient's pain.
You're great at what you do, but you want to be part of something even greater. Because you believe that while individuals can be strong, the right team is invincible.
Us.
St. James Healthcare is part of SCL Health, a faith-based, nonprofit healthcare organization that focuses on person-centered care. Our 98-bed hospital is the only full-service acute care facility in Butte, and we're the largest hospital serving a seven-county area. Our mission is to bring health and hope to the poor, the vulnerable, our communities and each other.
Benefits are one of the ways we encourage health for you and your family. Our generous package includes medical, dental and vision coverage. But health is more than a well-working body: it encompasses body, mind and social well-being. To that end, we've launched a Healthy Living program to address your holistic health. Healthy Living includes financial incentives, digital tools, tobacco cessation, classes, counseling and paid time off. We also offer financial wellness tools and retirement planning.
We.
Together we'll align mission and careers, values and workplace. We'll honor each other's dignity and surpass the standards we set. We'll encourage joy, demand safety and take pride in our integrity.
We'll laugh at each other's jokes (even the bad ones). We'll hello and high five. We'll celebrate milestones and acknowledge the value of spirituality in healing.
We're proud of what we know, which includes how much there is to learn.
Your day.
As an ED Tech II EMT you need to know how to:
Interact routinely with patients, observe behaviors and communicate significant observations to nursing staff. Receive, greet and direct patients, visitors and hospital personnel. Provide accurate responses in a friendly, timely and courteous manner.
Appropriately direct phone calls to RN's, relay messages, maintain confidentiality in department at all times. Utilize proper phone etiquette at all times.
Monitor behavior, recognize behavioral escalation and provide therapeutic de-escalation. Coordinate and assist with care as directed.
Attend to physical needs of patients and family in collaboration with RN's and Physicians, including assistance with personal hygiene tasks, such as bathing, toileting and caring for incontinence if necessary along with feeding and mobility.
Acquire and accurately document vital signs. Complete assigned duties of data entry for orders and procedures.
Provide therapeutic patient interaction.
Utilize Crisis Prevention Intervention when exposed to volatile patients to maintain personal safety while ensuring safety for the patient and other individuals on the unit.
Demonstrate proficiency and assist with other technical function such as: obtaining 12-lead EKGs.
Closely monitor patient and environment to provide safe area for both associates and patient.
Demonstrate proficiency and assist with other technical function such as: obtaining 12-lead EKGs Assist with wound care, insertion of Foley catheters, and nasogastric tubes.
Assist with positioning patients, application of orthopedic splints and dressings and will be required to assist with lab draws, in the Emergency Department, as needed.
Assist nursing staff in responding to emergency situations. Assist with resuscitation / CPR and emergency airway procedures.
Monitor and document nutritional intake.
Assist in transporting patient to rooms /procedures and maintains comfort and safety.
Demonstrate knowledge and competency of role when a patient is being transferred in to our facility or to another facility, either by ground or helicopter.
Stock rooms and nurses station and prepare area to receive patients; photocopies as needed.
Inventory and requisition supplies as needed.
Assist ED coders with charge codes and checking/recording charges.
Your experience.
We hire people, not resumes. But we also expect excellence, which is why we require:
High School Diploma or equivalent.
Current BLS certification endorsed by the American Heart Association.
Current EMT certification.
Basic rhythm recognition competency within 6 months of hire.
Preferred:
Certification as a Nursing Assistant (CNA) in the state of practice.
EMT IV/IO endorsement.
1-3 months of related experience/training or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Previous experience in a mental health setting.
Your next move.
Now that you know more about being an ED Tech II EMT on our team we hope you'll join us. At SCL Health you'll reaffirm every day how much you love this work, and why you were called to it in the first place.
Our facilities do not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, or age in admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its programs, services or activities, or on the basis of sex (gender) in health programs and activities