We Are Hiring At UofL Health – Jewish Hospital

200 Abraham Flexner Way Louisville, KY 40202

Shift: PRN, Days

About us:

UofL Health – Jewish Hospital, is an internationally renowned, high-tech tertiary referral center, developing leading-edge advancements in hand and microsurgery, heart and lung care, orthopedics, and sports medicine, neuroscience, organ transplantation and outpatient care. The hospital is the site of the world’s first successful hand transplant and AbioCor® implantable replacement heart procedures, in addition to the first trial of adult cardiac stem cells in chronic heart failure. Jewish Hospital offers the most advanced technology for minimally invasive, robotic surgery including the da Vinci Xi, used for cardiac, general surgery, urologic, head and neck, and colorectal procedures, the Monarch Platform, a fully integrated bronchoscope for early detection of lung cancer, and Stryker’s MAKO roboticarm for total joint replacement of the knee and hip. Part of Jewish Hospital, the UofL Health – Trager Transplant Center is a nationally recognized transplant center offering heart, lung, liver, kidney, living donor, pancreas, and vascularized composite allografts (hand only) transplantation. As an advanced organ disease center, our multidisciplinary team of physicians and experts treat complex

organ failure with live-saving procedures like the implantation of ventricular assist devices (VAD) and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) as well as organ transplantation.

Benefits and Perks:

• Competitive Pay & Benefits Options.
• Paid Vacation, Sick days, and Holidays.
• Free tuition to UofL for Part- and Full-time employees for Child/Spouse/Domestic Partner.
• 401K with Employer Match.

This role is responsible for providing care to assigned patients in a caring, safe and efficient manner under the supervision of an RN and provide according to JHSMH mission, facility standards, procedures and individualized patient care plans and needs.  Assists nurses, physicians, patients and families as needed.  At times the team member may be assigned other duties.  General clerical support to the unit.

Job Summary:

The Emergency Department Tech provides clinical patient care support in a caring, safe, and efficient manner, under the direction of a RN.   The Emergency Department Tech also performs other functions including clerical duties, admitting and discharging patients in multiple computer systems, phlebotomy, EKG lead placement, trauma care, and respiratory functions.

Some Primary Responsibilities:

• Measures and documents intake and output, heights and weights, and vital signs.
• Verifies all patients are registered by an admission specialist before discharge, corrects any errors in systems.
• Assists with admitting, physical examination, transferring, and discharging patients.
• Performs venipuncture for specimen collection under the direction of the RN. Appropriately labels and ensures delivery to the Clinical Laboratory.
• Performs routine 12-lead electrocardiography testing under the direction of the RN.
• Assist MD’s and NP/PAs with procedure set-ups including sterile fields.

Required Qualifications:

• High School Graduate or equivalent required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association.
• Completion of a recognized Clinical Assistant, Medical Assistant or EMT Training Program or Nursing Students who have completed Fundamentals of Nursing Course from an accredited school of nursing.
• (External Candidates) - Certification as a Nursing Assistant (C.N.A), Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) or Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
• (Internal Candidates) - Must have a minimum of 1 year of work experience within UofL Health. 

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