Emergency Department Technician - Emergency Department, Full-Time/Night Shift

• The Health Unit Coordinator/Certified Nursing Assistant is responsible for clerical functions in the Emergency Department and assists in care of hospital patients, under direction of a Registered Nurse and medical staff. The HUC/C.N.A. acts as a receptionist and patient registration clerk, performs tasks necessary to schedule patients, coordinates communication and is a messenger for the nursing staff. This position helps to facilitate and support the nursing philosophy, goals and objectives at Island Hospital and supports nurses and physicians in providing quality patient care.
• Location: Anacortes, WA, Onsite
• Schedule: 0.9 FTE / Night Shift - 7:00pm to 7:00am
• Salary: $22.42/hr - $33.30/hr
• Night Differential - $2.25
• Evening Differential - $1.65
• Weekend Differential - $1.50

For Information on Employee Benefits [https://islandhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Employee_Benefits_Summary_2024.pdf] and SEIU Contract [https://www.seiu1199nw.org/chapters/ih/#seiunw-contracts-tab]

What you will be doing

• Transports patients to rooms/ treatment rooms, using wheelchair or stretcher, or assists them to walk.
• Obtains and documents vital signs including blood pressure, heart rate, respiration rate, temperature and pain level and places appropriate patients on the cardiac monitor.
• Answers call lights and determines patients' needs. Assists patients as needed (dress and undress patients, assist with toileting etc.).
• Assists with various examinations and treatments including but not limited to: pelvic exams, chest tube placements, wound care, laceration repair, and closed reduction of limbs.
• Verifies discharge sheet against admission sheet for accuracy and return of valuables such as glasses, hearing aids and items stored in safe.
• Distributes charts of discharged patients and distributes appropriately.
• Places surgery pack and consent on chart when ordered.