Job Description:

Assist doctors in medical emergencies such as trauma , STEMI , stroke; perform minor medical procedures and treat patients at Critical conditions.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides cooperative and courteous service to patients, physicians and others. Ensures that all communication and job activities result in a positive customer experience.
• Demonstrates the ability to prioritize workload efficiently and accept/respond to change in a manner that promotes and supports departmental/hospital goals and objectives.
• Demonstrates ongoing competency in clinical skills and complete the ED competency skills. 
• Participates in unit meetings, peer review, and QI activities.
• Accurately assesses patients at triage and utilizes appropriate decision-making skills to enter the patient into the system.  
• Maintains patient's rights, assures the privacy of patients and provides care, information and reassurance to patients who are restrained.
• Complete and accurate assessment on each assigned patient and reassessment as indicated.
• Responsive to the needs of the department by accepting additional assignments and/or assisting others to ensure the continuity of services.

Requirements: 

• Two years of the criticar care / emergency room experience required
• IV Insertion and conscious sedation experience required
• NY state RN License - required
• ACLS
• BLS
• PALS