Emergency Department Tech

JOB PURPOSE

Renders direct and indirect patient care under direction of appropriate licensed personnel.

Facilitates care to meet patient's daily living activity needs by providing clerical, physical and emotional support while assisting licensed personnel in management of critically ill patients.

Assists with workflow of unlicensed assistive personnel in the department.

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital seeks an Emergency Department Technician for their Emergency department responsible for rendering direct and indirect patient care under direction of appropriate licensed personnel.

Facilitates care to meet patient's daily living activity needs by providing clerical, physical and emotional support while assisting licensed personnel in management of critically ill patients.

Assists with workflow of unlicensed assistive personnel in the department.

QUALIFICATIONS:

All job qualifications listed indicate the minimum level necessary to perform this job proficiently.

Education:


* Preferred: High school grad or equivalent.

Certifications, Licenses, Registrations:


* Minimum: American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS).

Emergency Department: California Emergency Medical Technician certification or CA Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic certification, or National EMT certification.

Technical Requirements:


* Preferred: Ability to use computer charting (electronic medical record) and computer order entry.

Years of Related Work Experience:


* Preferred: Patient Care Tech or equivalent experience in an acute care, emergency or pre-hospital setting.

Cottage Health is a leading acute care hospital system, located on the central coast of California, widely known for our superior patient care, innovation, medical research and education.

Our health system operates primarily in Santa Barbara, Ca, since 1888, and consists of three acute care hospitals, a Rehabilitation Hospital, multiple clinics and a multi-site Urgent Care system.

Our mission is to serve the central coast communities with excellence, integrity, and compassion.

Every day we touch thousands of lives in many different ways, resolute in our mission to put patients first.

We take pride in helping our patients get back to living their lives - in the places they love.

Cottage Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Cottage Health applicants are considered solely based on their qualifications, without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, transgender, gender expression and identity, national origin, ancestry, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military status or any other classification protected by law.

This policy applies to all aspects of the relationship between Cottage Health and an applicant or employee.

Cottage Health is committed to upholding discrimination-free hiring practices.

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