ER Tech II Pediatrics

All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:

• Benefits from Day One
• Paid Days Off from Day One
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Career Development
• Whole Person Wellbeing Resources
• Mental Health Resources and Support

Our promise to you:
Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. It's about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that together we are even better.
Schedule: Full Time
Shift : Day
Location Address: 3100 East Fletcher Avenue Tampa, Florida 33613
The community you'll be caring for:

• AdventHealth Pepin Heart Institute, known across the country for its advances in cardiovascular disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment and research.
• Surgical Pioneers - the first in Tampa with the latest robotics in spine surgery
• Building a brand new, six story surgical and patient care tower which will ensure state of the art medical and surgical car for generations to come
• Awarded the Get With The Guidelines - Stroke GOLD Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association and have been recognized as a recipient of their Target: Stroke Honor Roll for our expertise in stroke care. We have also received certification by The Joint Commission in collaboration with the American Stroke Association as a Primary Stroke Center.

The role you'll contribute:
Perform specific tasks or routines supportive to delivery of patient care in the assigned nursing unit under the direction of a Registered Nurse in accordance with Division of Nursing standards
The value you'll bring to the team:

• Assists in maintaining patient skin integrity by:
  • Turning and repositioning patient according to policy.
  • Uses techniques to prevent skin shearing when moving patients.
  • Notifies nurse if skin breakdown observed.
  • Urine specimen collection and documentation.
• Performs splinting. Performs pre and post splinting checks and documents
• Inserts IV catheters in peripheral veins, installs locks, applies dressing and documents per hospital policy.
• Provides correctly adjusted crutches, instructs patient on crutch walking and documents.
• Removes Urinary Catheters and documents.
• Reports observations to nurse.
• Performs simple clean dressing changes and documents.
• Performs accucheks and hemocults per hospital procedure and documents if credentialed.
• Discontinues Nasogastric tubes, disposes of in accordance with hospital Biohazardous waste policy and Documents on patient record.

Qualifications
The expertise and experiences you'll need to succeed:
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED :
• High School diploma or equivalent if hold a current CNA license or EMT license, OR
• Successfully completed first semester of an ASN or BSN professional nursing program, AND
• Proof of continued enrollment in an ASN or BSN professional nursing program, with no break in enrollment to exceed 1 year, OR
• Successful graduation from an ASN or BSN professional nursing program
LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION REQUIRED :

• American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

• Current Florida CNA license or Certified EMT license, OR
• Up to 1 year after graduation, may use the title ER Tech after successful graduation from ASN or BSN professional nursing program until:
• ATT (Authorization to Test) is received and/or
• Failed NCLEX twice
• The team member may remain as a ERTech only the above length of time and only if a position is available and the team member has satisfactory evaluations.