Emergency Department Medic

Job Summary

• Recognizes and promptly reports changes in patients condition to the registered nurse.
• Reviews and discusses patient assignment with the appropriate person at the beginning of shift and as changes arise.
• Reports and documents patient data accurately.
• Arranges for continuity of patient care; i.e., admissions, transfers, physician visit.
• Administers patient care under the supervision of the Emergency Department nurse or physician.
• The Responsibility and Accountability 'meets standards' when:
  • Receives and follows directives and instructions from the Emergency Department nurse or physician to properly perform the position function.
  • Delivers individualized patient care based upon the identified needs of the pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients served.
  • Anticipates the needs of the patient and secures the equipment and supplies necessary for effective patient care. Moves and transports patients via wheelchairs and stretchers.
  • Begins intravenous lines and secures laboratory specimens as ordered and directed by RN or MD.
  • Demonstrates an awareness of invasive devices and an understanding of the limitations placed on patients attached to those devices.
  • Identifies life threatening arrhythmias and other conditions, reports all condition changes and patient needs immediately to RN or MD.
  • Relays patients' medication needs to nursing staff. May administer medications in emergent situations in the presence of an ED physician in accordance with ACLS PALS guidelines.
  • Assists with examinations, treatments, procedures such as wound irrigation, suturing, chest tube insertion, peritoneal lavage, pacer insertion, C.V.P. lines, splint applications, placing nasogastric tubes and performing gastric lavage.
• Demonstrates responsible behavior in all aspects of job performance. The Responsibility and Accountability 'meets standards' when:
  • Attends mandatory and optional staff development programs and utilizes this information to improve patient care. Attends and contributes to staff meetings and quality assurance activities.
  • Recognizes self learning needs and communicates these needs to Nurse Manager or Assistant Nurse Manager and ED Director.
  • Develops proficiency in the patient care skills most appropriate to the assigned unit and maintains competency in other skills learned.
  • Adapts to changes in assignment willingly, remains flexible, and assumes nurse aide duties as needed.
  • Assists in orientation for newly assigned personnel.
  • Reviews progress toward attainment of goals as directed.
  • Patient care activities may include: Assist with artificial airways, care of established tracheostomy, Bag & suction, assist, Bladder irrigation, adding unmedicated solutions, Cath Kit urine specimen, Catheterization, urinary straight & Foley, Bedside Blood Glucose Monitoring, Chest physiotherapy, Colostomy irrigation, established, Compresses, sterile continuous or intermittent, Enteral tube feedings, adding formula, Eye irrigation, routine, Foley catheter, removal, Foley catheter, sterile specimen, Gastric lavage, Gastrostomy tube feedings, established, Incentive spirometry, supervision, Intravenous lines, Nasogastric tube, irrigation and daily care, Opening of sterile packages, Oral-nasal suctioning, Oxygen liter flow, adjusting to mask or cannula, Place patient on cardiac monitor, Receive EMS units to room, Research lab, transportation, Set up for and perform EKG, Sterile wound redressing, simple Venipunctures. 

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Qualifications

Education Requirements

• Vocational/Technical Degree

Experience

• Relevant Experience

Certification and Licensure

• ACLS Certification
• BLS Certification
• PALS Certification
• PA Paramedic Certification

Required Skills

• Excellent Communications Skills
• Excellent Interpersonal Skills

Overview

Tower Health, a regional healthcare system, serves communities across multiple counties in Pennsylvania. Its network includes Reading Hospital, Phoenixville Hospital, Pottstown Hospital, and St. Christopher's Hospital for Children (in partnership with Drexel University). Committed to academic medicine and training, Tower Health offers various programs, including residency and fellowship programs, the Drexel University College of Medicine at Tower Health, and the Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences. Additionally, the system provides a wide range of healthcare services, such as Reading Hospital Rehabilitation at Wyomissing, home healthcare via Tower Health at Home, TowerDirect ambulance and emergency response, Tower Health Medical Group, Tower Health Providers (a clinically integrated network), and Tower Health Urgent Care facilities across its service area.

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