Tech Extender
Windy Hill Hospital • Marietta, Georgia • Day Shift • Full Time • JR-42355Facility: Windy Hill Hospital
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- Functions under the direction of the Chief Technologists or Site Manager.
- Providing safe, age appropriate care to the patients in accordance with Policy and Procedures.
- Maintains good working relationships with managers, staff, physicians and their staff.
- Assist technologists and/or nurses with patient throughput, room turnover, performs patient advocate functions, and assists with supply and room stocking activities.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Assists clinical staff when performing examinations.
- Assist with observation of patient while in our care and waiting for next step of procedure
- Provides for room turnover activities to facilitate patient throughput.
- Able to start IVs for contrast injections.
- Helps maintain exam rooms with supplies and linens
- Inventories paper forms and orders as needed
- Follows procedure for transporting and disposing of dirty equipment.
- Assists with other duties as assigned
- Stocks rooms and rotates stock to avoid expiration of supplies
- Performs QC on POCT lab testing devices and documents results per policy after initial training, completes annual refresher training.
- Performs POCT prior to procedures when appropriate, after initial training and annual refresher training
Transportation of patients
- Must be flexible with work hours to meet department needs
- Meets service recovery and customer service guidelines as needed
- Utilizes the EMR transport module and timely enters applicable information.
- Transports patients, along with necessary items (IV poles, O2 tanks, etc.).
- Informs technologists of potential patient safety issues; fall risk precautions, infection control precautions and standard precautions.
- Maintains standard precautions in all patient interactions
- Assists in getting patients on and off the stretchers or beds as required
- Assists with observation of patients while in the department
- Performs patient advocate role for patients while in the department
- Introduces self to patient and/or family upon entering room
- Identifies patient using 2 identifiers
- Explains where patient is going when transporting between departments
- Performs appropriate hand-offs per protocol
- Ensures confidentiality of patient information to remain compliant with HIPPA guidelines
- Can verbalize their role in response to WellStar Emergency Plans
- Must be flexible with work hours to meet department needs.
- Knows the existing lines of communication and authority, handles communications properly and is dependable, cooperative and emotionally stable.
- Assists Chief Technologist with other duties as may be assigned.
- Assists technologists, therapists and other in any other way required as appropriate
- Assists with supply and room stocking activities.
- Ensure that Supply Room and Clean/Soiled Utility Rooms are appropriately maintained
- Performs other duties as assigned
- Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required Minimum Education:
High school diploma High school graduate or equivalent Required
Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s):
All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.
- Basic Life Support
Required Minimum Experience:
- Clinical Experience in a Healthcare Setting Required
- Medical Imaging experience preferred Preferred
Required Minimum Skills:
- Demonstrates good communication skills and handwriting.
- Must obtain medical terminology training within twelve (12) months.
- The individual must be able to communicate and understand verbal and written English language and display a positive attitude (see WellStar's Standards of Gold and Values).
- CPR certification.
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