Urgent Care Medical Technician, Urgent Care-Koke Mill

Min: USD $16.00/Hr. Max: USD $24.75/Hr. Overview: p style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"The Specialist operates within Memorial Health System’s Corporate, Hospital and Divisional and Departmental mission, philosophy, goals and objectives.  The Specialist, under the direct supervision of a Registered Professional Nurse or a Licensed Physician/Mid-Level provider, assists in the delivery of care to patients within the ExpressCare area(s).  The Specialist performs a variety of tasks which include, but are not limited to, clerical and communications.  These tasks and duties are performed in accordance with both the established values and policies and procedures of the Department and Memorial Medical Center./span/p Qualifications: p style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"emspan style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;"Education:/span/em/span/pullispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"GED or High School graduate./span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"emspan style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;"Licensure/Certification/Registry:/span/em/span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"One of the following is required:/span/pullispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Illinois Department of Public Health EMT certification or National Registry EMT (NREMT) certification /span/lilispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Current Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification/span/lilispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Enrollment in a nursing school program/span/lilispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Enrollment in PreMed with Biology or Chemistry major/span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"CPR certification required./span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"emspan style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;"Other Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:/span/em/span/pullispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Demonstration of the ability to type accurately write and/or print legibly and accurately./span/lilispan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"Successful completion of Unit-Based orientation and clinical guidelines./span/li/ul Responsibilities: p style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"strongspan style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;"Routine Duties:/span/strong/span/pullispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Responsible for checking, cleaning and stocking rooms with supplies and linens in preparation for daily work schedule./span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pullispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Responsible for performing equipment checks as directed, reporting all instances of malfunctioning to Biomed Department per MHS reporting policy./span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pullispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Responsible for maintaining a clean, organized and therapeutic environment./span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pullispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Responsible for utilizing supplies in a cost effective manner./span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pullispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Practices positive “Guest Relations” skills with public, with physicians, with other staff and other Medical Center personnel./span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pullispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Responsible for documentation of appropriate tasks./span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pullispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Responsible for following GPE initiatives directed by MPS/EC. /span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pullispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Attends at all mandatory in-services. /span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pullispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Completes all required unit specific training programs./span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"strongspan style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;"Patient Care Services:/span/strong/span/pullispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Provides care to patients under the direction of a Registered Professional Nurse and/or Licensed Physician according to Memorial Health System policies, procedures and standards of care./span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pullispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Maintains a level of clinical knowledge and skill commensurate with the level of patient care provided in accordance with the Department standards./span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pullispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Assist in the admission of patients, (i.e. placing patients in room, preparation of patient for examination, obtaining initial and/or repeat vital signs, communicates any unusual circumstances to the Registered Professional Nurse and/or Licensed Physician)./span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pullispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Assists in the preparation and/or examination of the patient, (i.e. patient positioning, equipment, collection of specimens, surgical scrubs) while maintaining the privacy of the patients./span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pullispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Assists in executing Physician orders./span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pullispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Communicates with patient, family and/or significant other concerning procedures to be performed, anticipated waiting time and/or obtains information if unknown./span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pullispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Maintains an operating knowledge for providing appropriate assistance with various procedures (i.e. Splinting, Bandaging, Heat and Cold Applications, Cast Application and/or removal, oxygen application and maintenance, electrode placement and use of monitoring equipment, application of oral suctioning, preparation for suture application, cannot do any wound closure such as derma bond, steri-strips or sutures, can only apply steri-strips to wounds that are already closed and edges of the wound have been approximated, glucose monitoring and EKG application and testing./span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pullispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Transport patients in an appropriate manner with appropriate records./span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pullispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Maintains appropriate documentation skills./span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pullispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Performs clerical functions /span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pullispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Provides preceptor functions as directed by Clinical Manager./span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pullispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Maintains familiarization with location and operation of equipment and procedure manuals for Department./span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pullispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Practices appropriately for the safety of patients, (i.e., uses side rails appropriately, disposes of infectious waste appropriately, addresses spill appropriately and initiates incident reports as appropriate)./span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pullispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Demonstrates professionalism (i.e., attends or reviews 75% of staff meetings minutes, documenting review with signature and date; actively pursues opportunity to increase knowledge within area of responsibility; maintain patient confidentiality; complies with professional appearance policy; presents at work on time and maintains satisfactory attendance in accordance with department Ill/Absent policy)./span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pullispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Participates in collecting data for Quality Improvement activities, assists in identifying patient care problems for study and applies Quality Improvement findings to patient care./span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pullispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Performs EC Triage on Patients according to policy./span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"strongspan style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;"Performs other related work as required or requested./span/strong/span/p