EMT-B

EMT-B

Malone, NY (/maps. google. com/maps?q=347+Elm+St. +Malone+NY+USA+12953)

Description

Join our Team!Monroe Ambulance offers a family-friendly environment where you can support your local community. Here you'll find all departments work together as a team to live out our core values: quality, compassion and integrity.

Monroe Ambulanceis seeking newly certified or/and experiencedEMTsto join our growing team of frontline staff.

About the Opportunity

Full-time starting rate of pay :$17. 25 - 20. 25per hour.

Part-time starting rate of pay $16. 25 - 19. 25 per hour.

Overnight schedule provides a $3. 00 stipend on top of the pay rates listed above.

Must have EMT certification

We offer 12-hour shifts. Rotating schedules of 2 days on 2 days off

Comprehensive benefit package- including 401k with company match, paid time off, medical, dental, and more!

Promotional opportunities available

Available Overtime

In-house continuing education and certification renewals

Position Overview

Emergency Medical Technicians-Basic (EMT-B) respond to emergency calls to provide efficient and immediate care to the critically ill and injured, and to transport the patient to a medical facility. After receiving the call for service, the EMT-B responds to the address or location given, using the most expeditious route, depending on traffic and weather conditions. The EMT-B must observe traffic ordinances and regulations concerning emergency vehicle operation.

Essential Job Functions

Responds to calls when dispatched.

Reads maps, may drive ambulance to emergency site using most expeditious route permitted by weather and road conditions. Observes all traffic ordinances and regulations.

Uses appropriate body substance isolation procedures.

Assesses the safety of the scene, gains access to the patient, assesses extent of injury or illness.

Communicates with dispatcher requesting additional assistance or services as necessary.

Determines nature of illness or injury.

Uses prescribed techniques and equipment to provide patient care.

Provides additional emergency care following established protocols.

Assesses and monitors vital signs and general appearance of patient for change.

Makes determination regarding patient status and priority for emergency care using established criteria.

Reassures patient, family members and bystanders.

Assists with lifting, carrying and properly loading patient into the ambulance.

Avoids mishandling patient and undue haste.

Determines appropriate medical facility to which patient will be transported.

Transports patient to medical facility providing ongoing medical care as necessary.

Reports nature of injury or illness to receiving facility.

Asks for medical direction from medical control physician and carries out medical control orders as appropriate.

Assists in moving patient from ambulance into medical facility.

Reports verbally and in writing observations of the patient's emergency and care provided (including written report(s) and care provided by Certified First Responders prior to EMT-B arrival on scene) to emergency department staff and assists staff as required.

Complies with regulations in handling deceased, notifies authorities and arranges for protection of property and evidence at scene.

Replaces supplies, properly disposes of medical waste.

Properly cleans contaminated equipment according to established guidelines.

Checks all equipment for future readiness. Maintains ambulance in operable condition. Ensures cleanliness and organization of ambulance, its equipment and supplies. Determines vehicle readiness by checking operator maintainable fluid, fuel and air pressure levels.

Maintains familiarity with all specialized equipment.
• Additional Salary Detail

The referenced pay range represents the minimum and maximum compensation for this job. Individual annual salaries/hourly rates will be set within the job's compensation range, and will be determined by considering factors including, but not limited to, market data, education, years of experience, qualifications, expertise of the individual, and internal equity considerations.

Monroe Ambulance is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, military/veteran status, national origin, race, religion/creed, sex, sexual orientation, citizenship status, or any other status protected by law.

Requirements


Complete the Application for Emergency Medical Services Certification (DOH-65), including affirmation regarding criminal convictions

Be Certified by New York State at an EMT-B provider level

Communicate effectively via telephone and radio equipment

Lift, carry and balance up to 125 pounds (250 pounds with assistance)

Interpret oral, written and diagnostic form instructions

Use good judgment and remain calm in high stress situations

Be unaffected by loud noises and flashing lights

Function efficiently without interruption throughout an entire work shift

Read English language, manuals and road maps

Accurately discern street signs and addresses

Interview patients, patient family members and bystanders

Document, in writing, all relevant information in prescribed format in light of legal ramifications of such

Converse, in English, with coworkers and hospital staff with regard to the status of the patient

Other Skills/Abilities

Must demonstrate competency in assessment of a patient

Handling emergencies using Basic Life Support equipment and techniques

Must be able to perform CPR

control bleeding, provide non- invasive treatment of hypo perfusion

stabilize / immobilize injured bones and the spine

manage environmental emergencies

Emergency childbirth

Must be able to use a semi-automatic defibrillator

Must be able to assist patients with self-administration or administer emergency medications as described in state and local protocol

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee frequently is required to stand and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move 125 lbs without assistance and 250 pounds with assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripher.