Steele Memorial Medical Center · 6 hours ago
PRN UNIT SECRETARY/EST
Steele Memorial Medical Center is committed to delivering compassionate healthcare. The Emergency Services Technician (EST) role involves providing customer service, processing patient information, and assisting with various tasks under the supervision of the ED RN.
Health CareHospitalPrimary and Urgent CareWellness
Responsibilities
Provides excellent customer service for patients, family members and all visitors
Processes demographic and insurance information during registration
Anticipates patient needs and seeks opportunities to meet those needs under the supervision of the ED RN
Taking the patient’s vital signs
Oxygen saturations
Comfort measures such as blankets/ice packs
Sending specimens to lab
Answering a patient’s call light
Assisting patients to the bathroom
Order entries and other self-directed clerical/telephone duties
Knowledgeable of ED equipment
Performing STAT EKG’s and applying heart monitors
Complies with organizational safety and infection control regulations
Knowledgeable of ED Policies and Procedures
Actively participates in quality and performance improvement through data collections, aggregation and analysis of relevant key indicators of quality
Development and implementation of action plans to include the monitoring of the effectiveness of improvements
Qualification
Required
Completion of high school or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
Customer service skills
Preferred
Knowledge of medical terminology preferred
Current CNA or EMT preferred or willingness to become certified within set time frame
Company
Steele Memorial Medical Center
Steele Memorial Medical Center offers primary care, medical imaging, specialty care, surgery, rehabilitation and women's health services.