Health Technician

Full-time other-general

Summary The primary purpose of the position is to assist the primary nurse with patient care, receive and direct patients; and answer routine inquiries. Determine the nature of inquiries and independently respond to all administrative questions. Assist patients, visitors and others requesting information, guidance, and/or referral for special assistance under the direction of the RN. Provides clinical, programmatic, technical, and/or clerical support in a patient care setting. Responsibilities Major duties include but not limited to: Provides care to patients being processed through the Triage area during emergency situations. Assists in stabilizing critically ill patients within their functional scope of practice and monitors non-critical patients. Performs a range of diagnostic support duties such as taking, recording, and reporting deviations in vital signs, taking specimens, labeling specimens for the laboratory. Arranges and passes medical instruments and materials to the professi...