Job Information
Dignity Health ED Patient Care Technician in Santa Cruz, California
Overview
Dominican Hospital (a member of Dignity Health) is a 222-bed facility that offers a wide range of services to residents of California’s Central Coast. With 24/7 emergency care comprehensive care in cardiac orthopedics oncology women’s and children’s services we continue to lead the region in medical innovation and excellence in healthcare. Comprehensive CareDominican offers emergency services and is a Certified Stroke Center and Chest Pain Center. Dominican’s services include the only comprehensive Cancer Center in Santa Cruz County a Total Joint Replacement program and advanced neurological and endoscopic services. Dominican regularly receives ‘A’ grades for hospital safety from Leapfrog Group and has received national recognition for superior patient safety cardiac care and stroke treatment from Healthgrades a leading provider of comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals.As Santa Cruz County’s heart attack (STEMI) receiving center Dominican Hospital provides cutting edge cardiac care. The hospital’s heart attack treatment times consistently beat the national average and the hospital offers two cardiac catheterization labs available 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Groundbreaking cardiac procedures at Dominican include the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure which allows for heart valve replacement without opening a patient’s chest.Dominican Hospital has forged significant partnerships with area hospitals to bring exceptional care to Santa Cruz County. The hospital offers a level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) through a partnership with Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. Neurosurgery at Dominican is also offered through a partnership with Stanford Health Care.
Responsibilities
Position Summary:
Assists Emergency Department Nurses and Physicians in delivering high quality patient centered care and maintains supplies and equipment in the Emergency department. This position also functions as a unit coordinator providing clerical support.
Qualifications
Required:
One year previous direct patient care in an emergency department ambulance fire or emergent pre-hospital setting required.
Current BLS certification required.
Current EMT-B or EMT-P license (effective January 1 2021 for all hires/transfers) required.
Basic knowledge of medical terminology required.
Preferred:
- EKG experience preferred.
Pay Range
$36.31 - $41.13 /hour
We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.