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Emergency Department Tech I - Waiting Room - Duke University Hospital

Employer
Duke University
Location
Durham

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Employment Type
Full Time
Institution Type
Four-Year Institution

Job Details

Auto req ID
113566BR
Duke Entity
DUKE HOSPITAL
Job Code
4060 EMERGENCY DEPT TECH I
Job Description
Duke University Health System- Duke University Hospital seeks to hire an ED Tech I for the ED Waiting Room position who will embrace our mission of Advancing Health Together.
 
 
Department Profile:
The Emergency Department at Duke University Hospital is comprised of 81 total beds including 18 Pediatric beds/36 Adult Monitored beds/8 Psychiatric beds/11 Evaluation beds/3 Consult beds/4 Triage beds/1 Sexual Assault Examiner Room/ and a dedicated central telemetry station . Our team is active in delivering exemplary care for each patient to ensure an excellent patient experience, every time.

Schedule
3 -12 hour shifts per week
Two schedule options available 11a - 11p or 3p - 3a.

Job Summary

Under the direction of the Nurse at Nurse First or Triage, performs initial basic life support interventions (airway, breathing, and circulation) on emergency department patients presenting for care.

Communicates the condition of patients presenting to the Emergency Dept to the Nurse First, Triage nurse, or Charge Nurse .
Initiates life saving measures, i.e., opening an airway, hemorrhage control, chest compressions, stabilization of fractures, cervical spine alignment/protection.

Stabilizes and extricates injured patients from vehicles at the emergency department entrance.

Assists patients to and from vehicles and the emergency department.

Acts as a liaison between the patient family/significant other and the members of the emergency staff by maintaining open communication regarding patient condition, changes in condition, patient complaints, status, progress, etc.

Transports patients from triage/waiting area to the treatment area in the emergency department at the request of the Nurse First or  Triage nurse.

Directs patient flow and traffic in the triage/reception/waiting areas.

Assists the Nurse First, Triage nurse and the Charge nurse as directed.

Performs related duties as required.

Provides excellent customer service and comfort for patients in the waiting area of the DUH ED

Keep Waiting Room clean at all times (used blankets, trash, papers and magazines, etc put away), engaging EVS when needed for  cleaning floors or bathrooms, etc)

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.
 
Every Day, Monday through Saturday, if the ED Stocking Tech is absent, a Waiting Room Tech will be the backup stock and clean up all of the ED Ortho and Suture Carts in the department.   The 3p-3a Tech will have primary responsibility of this,  utilizing the 02:00a-3:30a time period as needed.    If there is not a 3-3 Tech present on any given day, the 11-11 Tech on the following day will ensure that it is done, utilizing the 11-noon time period as needed.  
  
DUH ED duties might include some of the following:  Perform EKG’s and vital signs per policy and as directed by the nurse; assist patients with care needs; assist patients with requests for information; assist with labelling of specimens and making sure nurse or ED Tech receive specimen, hourly rounding for needs, comfort and pain rating. 

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

Must be able to perform all Nurse Aide I tasks as defined by the North Carolina Division of Facility Services Nurse Aide Registry. Heavy lifting and the ability to transport stretcher and wheelchair patients to various hospital locations are required. This person must be able to provide care and services to all patients from birth to the elderly. Must have excellent prioritization skills and self motivation in addition to their basic knowledge and skills. Must be able to work in a fast-paced unpredictable environment under very stressful conditions. Must be able to be trained in all aspects of hazmat decontamination procedures. Must demonstrate competency validation in skills and knowledge for performance of roles and responsibilities.Level Characteristics

N/A
Location
Durham
Requisition Number
401599455
Position Title
Emergency Department Tech I - Waiting Room - Duke University Hospital
Shift
Rotating
Job Family Level
B1
Full Time / Part Time
FULL TIME
Regular / Temporary
Regular
Department Name
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
Minimum Qualifications
Duke University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employercommitted to providing employment opportunity without regard to anindividual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, genderidentity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex,sexual orientation, or veteran status.
Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation,creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robustexchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity ofour perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achievethis exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feelsecure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals arerespected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our communityhave a responsibility to uphold these values.
Essential Physical Job Functions:Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System mayinclude essential job functions that require specific physical and/ormental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests forreasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.

Education

Work requires graduation from an accredited high school or a GED.Successful completion of the NCA I training as defined by the Divisionof Facility Services in the State of North Carolina or North CarolinaEMT training.Work requires the ability to understand and follow oral and writteninstructions.

Experience

Related experience preferred but not required.

Degrees, Licensures, Certifications

Current minimum listing as an NCA I with the Division of FacilityServices or current minimum credential as EMT with no substantiatedfindings of abuse, fraud, neglect or misappropriation of property.BLS Required

Organization

Read our Diversity Profile History

Duke University was created in 1924 by James Buchanan Duke as a memorial to his father, Washington Duke. The Dukes, a Durham family that built a worldwide financial empire in the manufacture of tobacco products and developed electricity production in the Carolinas, long had been interested in Trinity College. Trinity traced its roots to 1838 in nearby Randolph County when local Methodist and Quaker communities opened Union Institute. The school, then named Trinity College, moved to Durham in 1892, where Benjamin Newton Duke served as a primary benefactor and link with the Duke family until his death in 1929. In December 1924, the provisions of indenture by Benjamin’s brother, James B. Duke, created the family philanthropic foundation, The Duke Endowment, which provided for the expansion of Trinity College into Duke University.Duke Campus

As a result of the Duke gift, Trinity underwent both physical and academic expansion. The original Durham campus became known as East Campus when it was rebuilt in stately Georgian architecture. West Campus, Gothic in style and dominated by the soaring 210-foot tower of Duke Chapel, opened in 1930. East Campus served as home of the Woman's College of Duke University until 1972, when the men's and women's undergraduate colleges merged. Both men and women undergraduates now enroll in either the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences or the Pratt School of Engineering. In 1995, East Campus became the home for all first-year students.

Duke maintains a historic affiliation with the United Methodist Church.

Home of the Blue Devils, Duke University has about 13,000 undergraduate and graduate students and a world-class faculty helping to expand the frontiers of knowledge. The university has a strong commitment to applying knowledge in service to society, both near its North Carolina campus and around the world.

Mission Statement

Duke Science"James B. Duke's founding Indenture of Duke University directed the members of the University to 'provide real leadership in the educational world' by choosing individuals of 'outstanding character, ability, and vision' to serve as its officers, trustees and faculty; by carefully selecting students of 'character, determination and application;' and by pursuing those areas of teaching and scholarship that would 'most help to develop our resources, increase our wisdom, and promote human happiness.'

“To these ends, the mission of Duke University is to provide a superior liberal education to undergraduate students, attending not only to their intellectual growth but also to their development as adults committed to high ethical standards and full participation as leaders in their communities; to prepare future members of the learned professions for lives of skilled and ethical service by providing excellent graduate and professional education; to advance the frontiers of knowledge and contribute boldly to the international community of scholarship; to promote an intellectual environment built on a commitment to free and open inquiry; to help those who suffer, cure disease, and promote health, through sophisticated medical research and thoughtful patient care; to provide wide ranging educational opportunities, on and beyond our campuses, for traditional students, active professionals and life-long learners using the power of information technologies; and to promote a deep appreciation for the range of human difference and potential, a sense of the obligations and rewards of citizenship, and a commitment to learning, freedom and truth.Duke Meeting

 “By pursuing these objectives with vision and integrity, Duke University seeks to engage the mind, elevate the spirit, and stimulate the best effort of all who are associated with the University; to contribute in diverse ways to the local community, the state, the nation and the world; and to attain and maintain a place of real leadership in all that we do.”

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