Attendant AEMT

MONTGOMERY COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT•Conroe, TX

3d•$21 - $24•Onsite

About The Position

The Attendant AEMT provides basic emergency medical care and safe transport in accordance with organizational protocols and healthcare regulations. The role assesses patients, provides basic life support interventions, assists with medical procedures, and uses equipment to stabilize patients. It involves close collaboration with emergency response personnel to support clear communication and effective teamwork. The position responds to service requests, provides care at emergency scenes, transports patients, documents patient care, and maintains response-ready vehicles, equipment, supplies, and stations. The AEMT follows applicable laws, policies, operating and clinical guidelines, works within the scope of practice established by the EMS Medical Director, and completes required training and continuing education. The role has no supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Texas Department of State Health Services AEMT certification.
Current Texas driver's license and ability to remain insurable by MCHD's current insurance vendor.
Required NIMS training as referenced in Safety & Emergency Management Policy SEM 27-201.
Additional card courses as required by Clinical Guideline – 40 Card Courses and Educational Opportunities, including CPR, ACLS, and ITLS.
Moderate word-processing, database, and spreadsheet skills.
Basic email and internet skills.
Ability to meet the role's very heavy physical demands, including lifting objects over 100 pounds and frequently lifting or carrying objects weighing 50 pounds or more.
Ability to respond quickly to ambulance calls, access patients in difficult terrain and locations, work in varied weather conditions, climb stairs and structures, and carry heavy equipment and patients.
Ability to perform strenuous physical tasks, including moving heavy equipment and patients in dangerous conditions, performing CPR, and carrying out lifesaving maneuvers.
Fine motor skills necessary for medical procedures such as bandaging, splinting, establishing an IV, endotracheal intubation and other advanced airway techniques, manual defibrillation, and pleural decompression.
Correctable vision suitable for safe emergency vehicle operation, reading gauges and fine print, and distinguishing colors used in emergency care.
Hearing sufficient to obtain information from patients and others and provide emergency care in active, distracting environments.
Ability to speak clearly and audibly in loud, stressful, and distracting environments.
Ability to perform frequent bending, squatting, climbing, twisting, and reaching, with unimpaired mobility.
Ability to meet the position's audio-visual demands, including average vision and hearing, color discrimination, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

Responsibilities

Respond to service requests within identified time standards.
Assess the nature and extent of illness or injury, prioritize medical procedures, determine activation status, and identify when additional assistance is needed.
Administer appropriate treatment at emergency scenes and transport sick and injured people to treatment centers.
Provide customer service to internal and external customers.
Keep the station orderly and clean.
Observe, record, and report patient conditions, reactions to drugs and treatments, and significant incidents to the receiving facility.
Provide patient care in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and statutes.
Follow organizational policies, field operating guidelines, and clinical guidelines.
Collaborate with crew members and personnel from other responding agencies on patient care.
Prepare and complete patient care reports.
Maintain patient compartments, medical equipment, and vehicle medical supplies so vehicles are response ready.
Report equipment malfunctions to appropriate personnel.
Operate emergency vehicles according to MCHD safe driving standards.
Attend public relations events as needed.
Monitor communication equipment and maintain contact with ALARM or the appropriate communications center.
Provide patient care within the scope of practice directed by the EMS Medical Director.
Work as part of a team with an In-Charge Paramedic, Attendant Paramedic, or another EMT as assigned.
Review and acknowledge organizational updates as requested.
Complete all annual CAAS-required courses.
Attend mandated continuing education and other educational initiatives as requested.
Perform other duties reasonably consistent with the role.