Critical Care Technician - Emergency Dept - Full Time

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Current Employees: If you are a current Staff, Faculty or Temporary employee at the University of Miami, please click here to log in to Workday to use the internal application process. To learn how to apply for a faculty or staff position, please review this tip sheet . The University of Miami Emergency Department has an exciting opportunity for a Critical Care Technician. The Critical Care Technician conducts drug utilization review studies, and consults with medical practitioners on prescription orders, patient reactions, and errors. Additionally, this employee works closely with patients and healthcare providers to provide information and guidance about the effects of prescription drugs, and to help plan effective drug therapy programs. Maintains and cares for all equipment, to include cleaning of intravenous pumps, poles, glucometer, and ultrasound machine with hospital approved disinfectant, before and after use. Maintains patient areas with adequate supplies. Completes equipment log, reports broken equipment, and enters work orders for repair. Ensures that medication refrigerator is clean, maintains refrigerator logs, and reports deviations in temperature range to supervisor. Collects vital signs and communicates abnormalities to appropriate senior staff member(s). Accompanies patients to the exam room for procedures. Prepares clinic rooms for procedures to assure all equipment and supplies are present. Assists with simple wound care and practices universal precautions per policy. Assists in lifting, positioning, turning, and ambulating patients. Collects specimen of stool, urine, and sputum, and transports to laboratory. Reports any changes observed in the condition or behavior of patients to the assigned nurse. Transports patients to and from various areas as indicated. Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets. This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Education: High School diploma or equivalent required Experience: Minimum 3 years of relevant experience required Certification and Licensing: Refer to department description for applicable certification requirements (EMT/PMD) BLS-CPR, ACLS, PALS The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more. UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for. The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law. Job Status: Full time Employee Type: Staff