Intermediate Care Technician
8 hours ago
Duties include, but are not limited to: Observes patient status and k.....
Duties include, but are not limited to:
- Observes patient status and keeps licensed personnel informed of any change in condition.
- Provides geriatric-specific care.
- Performs Patient Transport with or without cardiac monitor.
- Administration of medication.
- Assists licensed personnel with the delivery of care to patients with complex, specialized, and potentially life-threatening situations.
- Responds to medical emergencies as a part of the Rapid Response Team (RRT), Code Blue team, or medical transport team.
- Initiates cardiopulmonary resuscitation (BLS), use of automatic external defibrillator, and assists with airway management using bag-valve-mask (BVM), oral airway or nasal airway.
- Performs Cardiovascular monitoring to include: providing support, relief, and coverage as needed to central station telemetry.
- Recognizing lethal rhythms/arrhythmias (i.e. ventricular fibrillation and asystole) and immediately notifies appropriate staff.
- Collects specimens.
- Assists in behavioral/psychiatric situations in an emergency setting.
- Sets up equipment and surgical instrumentation.
- Performs Vital Signs and Point of Care Testing.
- Operates specialized medical equipment and assists with patient exams and screenings.
Work Schedule: Variety of shifts, including evenings, weekends and holidays.
Position Description Title/PD#: Intermediate Care Technician/PD00031A
Physical Requirements: The work requires a level of physical fitness that allows for standing for extended periods, heavy lifting to position patients, and manual dexterity to perform clinical procedures. The work will require recurrent bending, lifting, stooping, standing, squatting, stretching, sitting and walking
Starting at $54,203 Per Year (GS 7)
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