Emergency Technician

An Emergency Room (ER) Technician, also known as an Emergency Department Technician, supports healthcare providers in a hospitals emergency department by performing a range of clinical and administrative tasks. Their role is to assist doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel in providing immediate care to patients experiencing a variety of acute medical conditions.

• Provide basic first-aid treatment as needed
• Respond appropriately to emergency calls
• Knowledge of basic life support procedures, performing CPR and AED usage.
• Assist nurses and physicians in initial patient assessment upon arrival to the emergency department
• Measure and record patients vital signs
• Provide basic care such as wound dressing, applying ice packs or heat pads, and cleaning wounds
• Assist in procedures in minor OT
• Perform and assist with procedures such as catheter insertion, phlebotomy (drawing blood), and ECGs.
• Prepare equipment and supplies for medical procedures, including setting up IVs, monitoring equipment, and sterilizing instruments
• Perform and assist doctors and nurses during critical procedures like intubations, resuscitations, and suturing
• Safely assist with transferring and positioning patients to and from stretchers, beds, and wheelchairs
• Regularly check and stock patient rooms, supply carts, and procedure trays with necessary equipment and medical supplies
• Clean and sterilize medical equipment after each use to maintain infection control standards

• Monitor and ensure the functionality of medical equipment and promptly report any issues

• Accurately document patient interactions, treatments administered, and procedures performed

• Reporting of the malpractices to the hospital administration in a timely manner
• To enter the data in the registers provided by the HCIP and the hospital administration regularly.
• Only use cell phone to check for messages in the hospital whatsapp groups, patient care related issue and to answer only emergency calls from others in the contact list
• Understands and follow the organization and the hospital administrations zero tolerance policy on the use of cell phone for secretive video and audio recordings and photo capturing.
• Understands and follow the zero tolerance policy of the hospital administration and the organization on sexual harassment.
• Understands and follow the zero tolerance policy of the hospital administration and the organization on violence, altercation, any physical or verbal demonstration or expression of a gesture or an intent to physically attack others or hurling threats at others.
• Understands and follow the organizations and the hospital administrations no tolerance policy on weapons, drugs, addiction and the standard practice involved in the use of controlled medicine list.
• To be available for any cover duties should the need may occur and as assigned by the supervisor.
• Safeguard hospital equipment, assets & property under your duty area.
• Inform supervisor and hospital administration immediately if any malfunction or damage found of hospital equipment, assets or property
• Maintain courteous behavior with patients, visitors and colleagues.
• In case patient is facing any problem, he/ she listens to patients problems and tries to solve the problem to the best of possibility.
• Attends necessary trainings as advised by organization.
• Follows hospital infection control and waste management protocols.
• Any other duty assigned by supervisor.

Declaration:

Safeguarding & Code of Conduct

• Uphold and promote ORGANIZATION's Code of Conduct, safeguarding, and Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) and child safeguarding policies.

• Foster a safe, respectful, and inclusive working environment and ensure all team members understand and comply with safeguarding obligations.