EMT or AEMT

EMT-B, I, or AEMT or Paramedic will respond to emergency and non-emergency ambulance calls to render appropriate medical attention to the patient and provide safe and timely transportation to the appropriate destination and back home.  

 

Job Type: Full Time, Part Time/PRN

Schedule:

• 12 hour shifts available *shifts vary upon location*
• Built-in overtime of 8 hours guaranteed in every pay period for FT
• Annual pay increases based on performance reviews
• Pay Incentive bonuses for patients seen each day

Benefits:

• Health, Vision and Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Life insurance
• 401K Plan available
• Tuition Reimbursement Program for career training
• Certification Renewal
• Paid time off

Responsibilities Include but not limited to the following:

• Comply with all corporate policies and procedures.
• Maintaining EMT-B, I, or AEMT or Paramedic certification as required by the State and/or NREMT.
• Maintaining a current CPR card.
• Maintaining current valid Driver's License (must pass MVR).
• Maintaining assigned ambulance in a state of constant cleanliness and readiness to respond to non-emergency calls.
• Appropriately respond to calls when dispatched.
• Rendering appropriate medical care, within the scope of practice of an EMT- B, I, or AEMT or Paramedic, under the guidance of established medical protocols and standing order.
• Demonstrate the ability to work well with people, both internally and with external customers.
• Perform any other tasks required to get the job done. Shifts vary, your daily schedule and responsibilities are subject to change.

Required licenses or certifications:

• Must hold a valid State and/or NREMT License at an EMT- B, I, or AEMT or Paramedic level.
• Current CPR card.
• Must possess a valid Driver's License and have a safe driving record.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
• Ability to function in an environment with temperature changes, indoors and or outdoors.
• Ability to learn technical material related to job duties.
• Ability to work in a noisy environment.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to talk constantly, both in person and on the phone.
• Must have close visual acuity to perform activities such as: patient care activities, preparing and analyzing data and figures; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection of small writing and/or operation of office machines and EMS related equipment.
• Must be able to speak English constantly.
• Must be able to read English.
• Must be able to remain in a stationary position constantly (approximately 80% of the time)
• Must be able to type or write constantly (approximately 15% of the time)
• Must be able to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
• Must be able to occasionally move about in the ambulance to access the patient, provide patient care and retrieve and use equipment.
• Ability to operate a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, phone, scanner, and computer printer.
• Ability to operate EMS equipment such as blood pressure cuff, glucometer, EKG machine, pulse oximeter, etc.
• Frequently communicates with patients, EMS providers, hospital and facility staff. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
• Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
• Must be able to bend, kneel, crouch, push, pull, reaching, lifting, squat, twist, carrying and climb stairs to access a patient and or equipment inside cramped spaces such as the back of an ambulance.
• Must be able to routinely lift more than 200 lbs. with assistance, from ground level to move or manipulate a patient, on a backboard or load a patient and stretcher into an ambulance.
• Must be able to grasp paperwork and or small equipment such as glucose test strips.