ESA II - LPN Emergency Department

The Emergency Services Associate II works under the supervision of the Director of Emergency Services or designee. The Emergency Services Associates cares for patients under direction of RN and medical staff by performing the primary duties according to established standards.

Responsibilities

• Performs all patient care skills at the level of Paramedic Missouri Licensure or Licensed Practical Nurse.
• Transports patients to rooms as appropriate. Assists with patient disrobing, takes vital signs and pulse oximetry, applies cardiac monitors. Transports patients and families to other departments and units as designated.
• Collects and transports patient specimens including blood, urine, stool and sputum samples.
• Performs point of care testing including quality controls and instrument maintenance.
• Performs EKG’s and uploads into EMR
• Performs and/or assists with simple wound care, suturing, epistaxis control, applying casts and splinting.
• Responsible for basic housekeeping duties such as basic cleaning of rooms between patients. Performs cleaning/maintenance of patient equipment (dynamap, blood pressure cuffs).
• Restocks supplies, SPD equipment, linens, oxygen tanks in the Emergency Department.
• Performs clerical duties as needed.
• Administers medications and monitors patients’ responses to medications including intravenous fluids and medications.
• Collaborates effectively with all members of the interdisciplinary team
• Other duties as assigned

• Degree from an accredited school of practical nursing. - Required
• Accredited Paramedic Training Program - Required

• 1 Year - Emergency Services experience - Preferred

• Basic Life Support (BLS) - Required within 90 Days
• LPNIV - Lpn Iv Cert - State of Missouri or Kansas, depending upon designated work location - Required Upon Hire Or
• Paramedic License - State of Missouri - Required Upon Hire

• Must be able to travel between various system facilities and off-site locations as needed. - Required

Qualifications

Essential Technical/Motor Skills

• Fine motor skills required, eye\hand coordination, walk, ability to speak clearly, hear and answer phone, data entry.
• Ability to give injections, administers medications, collect specimens and change dressings.

Interpersonal Skills

• Must build rapport with patient families, visitors, peers and physicians as well as other departments and divisions.
• Displays a friendly, positive attitude and communicates with patients, families, physicians and co-workers in a professional manner.

Essential Physical Requirements

• Must be able to go from patient location to patient location to assess, evaluate and administer care plan; must be able to occasionally turn the average weight of an adult bedridden patient and ambulate patients.
• Must move, kneel, crouch, stoop, reach, stand, push, pull, and lift.
• Must follow good body mechanics.

Essential Mental Abilities

• Ability to collect thorough information regarding patient's condition and evaluate effects of care; must be able to visually inspect patient's condition.
• Problem solve, manipulate numbers, adaptability, interpret data, calculate, comprehend, understand, explain, assess.

Essential Sensory Requirements

• Ability to visually assess patient condition; must be able to communicate with patient in order to assess condition and evaluate effects of care.
• Visual, hearing, feeling, smell.

Exposure to Hazards

• Chemotherapy, blood and body fluids, physical injury from combative patients, radiation exposure.
• Infection/disease exposure from patients, visitors, and co-workers.

Other Skills and Abilities