Emergency Support Technician - Emergency Department - Part

Emergency Support Tech: This position is an unlicensed multi-skilled worker who supports patient care by performing specific tasks as delegated by a licensed provider. The ability to work in a team environment and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a timely manner are required. Care provided by the EST is supervised by a Registered Nurse. Phlebotomy is provided by the EST under the supervision of the Department of Laboratory.

Emergency Support Tech Trainee: This position is an unlicensed multi-skilled worker who supports patient care by performing specific tasks as delegated by a licensed provider. The ability to work in a team environment and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a timely manner are required. Care provided by the EST Trainee is supervised by a Registered Nurse.

The EST Trainee must complete the 120-hour Children's Hospital Phlebotomy Training program within 6 weeks of their hire or transfer into position. The EST Trainee must pass the national phlebotomy test and apply for their state phlebotomy certificate within six (6) months of hire or transfer. Upon successful completion of VCH phlebotomy training and receipt of their state phlebotomy certificate, the EST Trainee will be eligible for promotion to the EST position.

Valley Children’s Pediatric Emergency Department (ED) is a licensed 38-bed unit and designated Level II Pediatric Trauma Center. Our Trauma designation allows us to receive critically injured patients directly from the scene and leverage our unique resources to support caring for injured pediatric patients. We have a specially trained, multidisciplinary team to support the care of 90,000 pediatric patients that cross our threshold annually. The ED is a fast-paced environment that requires teamwork, clear communication, and healthy collaboration to support safe, timely, efficient, equitable patient and family centered care. There is a variety of advancement and professional growth opportunities in the ED. These range from, but are not limited to, Mobile Intensive Care Nurses, a role in which supports our pre-hospital personnel with direction and coordination around receiving ambulance patients, to triage training, which prepares our nurses for the critical role of assessing and applying the appropriate urgency to arriving patients to assure our most critical patients are identified and expedited. We operate with strict adherence to policy, which is backed by evidence-based training and best practice. We want our team to feel supported, heard and clearly understand expectations. Additionally, there are many opportunities to be involved beyond the bedside through committee work and special projects and task-force, this too supports growth and a voice in the work we do.

Valley Children’s Healthcare - one of the largest pediatric healthcare networks in the nation - provides Central California’s only high-quality, comprehensive care exclusively for children, from before birth to young adulthood. With more than 670 physicians and 3,500 staff, Valley Children’s delivers high-quality, comprehensive care to more than 1.3 million children in our service area. Our network offers highly specialized medical and surgical services to care for children with conditions ranging from common to the highly complex at our 358-bed stand-alone children’s hospital that includes 28 regional NICU beds. Our family-centered, pediatric services extend from a leading pediatric cancer and blood disorders center home on the West Coast, and a pediatric heart center known for its expertise and pioneering treatments, to a Regional Level IV neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), the highest level referral center between Los Angeles and the Bay Area. We participate in community initiatives, we support community efforts, we get involved where we can do the most good.

• Graduation of a patient care program (i.e. MA, CNA, EMT) or two semesters of a nursing program or two years in a similar role in lieu of patient care program or nursing program requirement
• Minimum six (6) months pre-hospital or emergency care, and phlebotomy experience preferred
• Medical terminology and bilingual skills are preferred

* Those without a CPT License would be considered an EST Trainee*

• Graduation of a patient care program (i.e. MA, CNA, EMT) or two semesters of a nursing program or two years in a similar role in lieu of patient care program or nursing program requirement
• Minimum six (6) months pre-hospital or emergency care, and six months phlebotomy experience preferred
• Medical terminology and bilingual skills are preferred

• High School diploma as accredited by the US Department of Education or GED required
• EMT I course preferred
• BLS - Basic Life Support within 30 days of hire or transfer into position
• CPT-I or CPT-II - Certified Phlebotomy Technician License
• Employees who are current, active Valley Children's Pediatric Nurse Externs will not be performing phlebotomy and are exempt from the CPT requirement

• High School diploma as accredited by the US Department of Education or GED required
• EMT I course preferred
• BLS - Basic Life Support within 30 days of hire or transfer into position
• Apply for certification in CPT-I or CPT-II and pass test within two attempts within six (6) months of hire or transfer into position

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Disclaimer: Final compensation will be dependent upon skills and experience.