Emergency Medical Technician / EMT

Emory Healthcare•Decatur, GA

7h•Onsite

About The Position

At Emory Healthcare, we are dedicated to fueling your professional journey with comprehensive benefits, valuable resources, ongoing mentorship, and leadership programs, all within a supportive environment designed to help you achieve your career aspirations. This role ensures general patient satisfaction by providing comfort items, food, and treatment updates. It involves educating patients on their clinical situation and adhering to Standards of Care. The position requires performing various medical procedures, assisting in emergency situations, managing patient flow, and maintaining a well-stocked and compliant work environment. Additionally, the role includes clerical duties such as answering phones, directing inquiries, and ensuring accurate documentation of physician orders and diagnostic studies.

Requirements

High School graduate or equivalent.
Graduate of an accredited EMT-Advanced or EMT-Intermediate training program.
Must have current certification as an EMT-I, EMT-A, or EMT-P, and CPR.

Nice To Haves

One year related experience preferred.
Previous ED experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Ensures general patient satisfaction, including but not limited to providing blankets, food, and updates on treatment status.
Focuses education of their daily clinical situation and adherence to Standards of Care.
Performs peripheral IV placement, specimen collection, general phlebotomy and blood cultures, and placement of urinary catherers.
Ensures that all procedures are properly documented.
Responsible for the placement of all varieties of simple orthoglass splints and all forms of pre-made splints, such as knee immobilizers and slings.
Performs general wound care, bandaging, and wound irrigation.
Performs eye irrigation with both directly applied normal saline and Morgan lens.
Takes vital signs.
Performs accuchecks.
Transports patients to and from diagnostic tests as well as to floor beds.
Assists in acute and code situations.
Works with MD and RN to support care of the patient in emergency situations.
Functions as a member of the Code Blue disaster team.
Works as a team member in triaging, staging and treating disaster patients.
Assists in the care of acute patients and is competent in: defibrillating pts with an AED, suctioning pts, placing pts on monitors and defibrillators.
Performs EKGs and other POC testing.
Sorts through initial complaints of patients in the waiting room.
Assists with patient flow when ER becomes crowded.
Notifies the RN or Physician of possibly critical patients.
Explains delays in treatment to patients in waiting area.
Collaborates with other staff in delivering patient care.
Interacts with and establishes professional relationships with members of the patient care team.
Oversees obtaining equipment and conducts needs analysis to increase supplies based on ED volume.
Monitors stock and supplies to ensure par levels are maintained.
Complies with Standard Precautions guidelines and all other Infection Control procedures and safety standards to maintain and promote a clean and healthy work environment.
Performs clerical duties when required, to include answering phones and directing all inquiries from other physicians, departments, and pharmacies.
Ensures that physician orders are put correctly into the computer.
Facilitates the acquisition of diagnostic studies as appropriate.
May be required to obtain medical records from other hospitals.
Performs other duties as required.