Job Description

Looking for experienced EMT's and Paramedics for our Full-Time opening! This position includes excellent medical benefits and career growth potential. Apply today!

Job Summary: Our Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) respond to emergent and non-emergent requests for medical assistance and delivers high quality patient care, treatment, and customer service in the most expedient, professional, safe, caring, and cost-effective manner possible within the prescribed scope of practice, established protocols and Company policies.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performs beginning of shift checks to ensure the ambulance is in a state of mechanical readiness; tops off fluids as necessary; ensures that appropriate equipment and supplies are on board
• Appropriately uses medical equipment such as gurney, airway equipment/airway bag, IV, splints, bandages, and medications in rendering proper emergency medical treatment of patients
• Reads medication/prescription labels and directions for usage in quick, accurate and expedient manner
• Communicates effectively with empathy and compassion to interview patients, their family members, bystanders, other service agency members and facility staff
• Discerns deviations/changes in eye/skin coloration due to patient’s condition and to the treatment given
• Listens to and takes direction from Dispatch
• Converses with Dispatch, facility staff and other responders via phone or radio as to status of patient
• Follows and maintains thorough familiarity with evolving medical treatment protocols, response requirements, quality assurance procedures, local Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and other Company policies
• Completes all required/assigned Company training

Qualifications & License/Certification:

• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Must have a high school diploma or GED
• Must have a clean background and ability to pass a drug screen
• Effective oral and written communication skills; strong listening and comprehension abilities, adaptability to quickly evolving situations, and strong decision making.
• State of Virginia EMT-B and National Registry EMT-B Certification (Required)
• CPR Certification (Required)
• Valid Driver’s License (Required)
• 1 year of EMT experience (Preferred)
• EVOC (Preferred)

Victoria Mcatee
707-490-4347

Job Tags

Full time, Local area, Shift work,

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