ER Tech II AdventHealth Tampa

Location Address: 3100 East Fletcher Avenue Tampa, Florida 33613

Top Reasons to Work at AdventHealth Tampa

• Florida Hospital Pepin Heart Institute, known across the country for its advances in cardiovascular disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment and research.
• Surgical Pioneers – the first in Tampa with the latest robotics in spine surgery
• Building a brand new, six story surgical and patient care tower which will ensure state of the art medical and surgical car for generations to come
• Awarded the Get With The Guidelines – Stroke GOLD Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association and have been recognized as a recipient of their Target: Stroke Honor Roll for our expertise in stroke care. We have also received certification by The Joint Commission in collaboration with the American Stroke Association as a Primary Stroke Center.

Work Hours/Shift:

Full Time/Nights

You Will Be Responsible For:

• Performs splinting.  Performs pre and post splinting checks and documents
• Inserts IV catheters in peripheral veins, installs locks, applies dressing and documents per hospital policy.
• Provides correctly adjusted crutches, instructs patient on crutch walking and documents.
• Removes Urinary Catheters and documents.
• Reports observations to nurse.
• Performs simple clean dressing changes and documents.
• Performs accucheks and hemocults per hospital procedure and documents if credentialed.
• Discontinues Nasogastric tubes, disposes of in accordance with hospital Biohazardous waste policy and Documents on patient record.
• Removes peripheral IV catheters, disposes of in accordance with hospital Biohazardous waste policy.
• Observes site and notifies nurse of condition.

What You Will Need:

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• High School education or equivalent

• Completion of a formal Aide/Attendant program, or completion of introductory clinical in an approved RN program  or completion of an approved EMT course or greater than 2 years clinical experience in an ED tech role.

• Demonstrated ability to follow written and verbal instructions effectively.

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION REQUIRED:

• Florida State Certification as Nurse Assistant or,

• EMT or Paramedic or,

• Completion of introductory nursing in an approved RN program

• Current BLS/BCLS

Job Summary:

Perform specific tasks or routines supportive to delivery of patient care in the assigned nursing unit under the direction of a Registered Nurse in accordance with Division of Nursing standard