Category: Patient Support Care

Department: Emergency Room

Job Qualifications:

• Current Emergency Medical Technician licensed with the State of Michigan, Registered Nurses Aide Certification, proof of status as a student in a school of nursing, or completion of a nurse’s aide state approved training course. For those employees who have two or more years of current nurse aide experience, the above registered nurses aide requirement may be waived.
• Two Years Emergency Department experience preferred.
• HAZMAT Awareness Level and Incident Command Training 100, 200, and 700 within six months of employment in the Emergency Department.
• Cross training to ER clerk position required within six months of employment in the Emergency Department.
• Current BLS required.
• Must be able to review and demonstrate comprehension and application of Emergency Department Policies and Procedures, Core and Quality Measures.
• Demonstrates ability to effectively communicate and interact with the general public, as well as with emotionally distraught patients, family member and visitors.
• Demonstrates awareness of the role of the Emergency Department in the community and emergency medical systems.
• Demonstrates awareness of available community resources.
• Must be able to assess gross patient needs and set priorities on work, functioning within orientation and training parameter.
• Must have the ability to work independently and organize several projects.
• Must be able to move intermittently throughout the day.
• Must be able to speak the English language in an understandable manner.
• Must be able to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.
• Must be able to see and hear, or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately to assure that the requirements of this position can be fully met.