EMT BASIC - Full Time

Pafford EMS•Ridgeland, MS

156d•Onsite

About The Position

This is a full-time position for an EMT BASIC. The role involves recognizing and managing medical emergencies, performing physical examinations, and providing emergency therapy to preserve life. The EMT will deal with the medical and emotional needs of patients, aiming to reduce morbidity and mortality. Responsibilities include ensuring quality patient care, maintaining accurate patient records for billing and administrative purposes, communicating effectively with physicians, and following protocols when a physician is unavailable. The role also involves transporting patients, operating emergency vehicles safely, maintaining equipment and vehicles, assisting in technical rescues, and adhering to company policies and procedures. Additional duties may include cleaning living quarters and performing other related tasks as assigned.

Requirements

Must possess and maintain EMT / EMT-B certification.
Must possess and maintain CPR for the Health Care Provider certification.
Good knowledge of the street systems, addresses and physical layout of the area.
Good knowledge of the rescue equipment and the emergency medical equipment used in Advanced Life Support.
Good ability to perform technical medical skills with a high degree of accuracy.
Good ability to understand and effectively deal with emotional and medical needs of victims of injuries, acute illnesses, or psychological emergencies.
Good ability to maintain a professional and objective approach to the care of ill or injured persons.
Good ability to learn new concepts in rescue and medical skills and techniques and in pre-hospital care.
Good ability to perform a variety of limited mechanical work involved in the use, testing and maintenance of rescue and medical equipment.
Good ability to direct the work of, and teach other personnel.
Good ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions and orders.
Good ability to maintain a professional attitude when representing the Company.
Good ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees, assisting agencies, hospital personnel, and the general public.
Good ability to drive and operate emergency ambulance units.
Good ability to author reports with narrative and numeric information.
Incumbents must maintain a high degree of academic and practical knowledge in emergency medicine.
Incumbents must attend sufficient continuing education classes, courses, and seminars both on and off duty to maintain annual certification, as required by the state in which you will be working.
The work requires the incumbent to operate emergency medical vehicles, move medical equipment and extract injured persons from a wide variety of situations.
The incumbent must be able to carry or help carry someone from the site of the injury to the mode of transportation (vehicle/helicopter) and attend the injured party to the hospital.
In order to perform a physical assessment of the injured party, the incumbent must see, hear, and communicate with the injured party.
Incumbents will be issued and must wear Company issued uniforms while on duty.
Incumbents will be responsible for the maintenance and cleaning of uniforms, as well as all issued equipment.
Incumbents are required to carry a Company issued pager/radio at all times in order to receive immediate notification of an assignment.

Nice To Haves

The company reserves the right to waive any of the minimum qualifications for those applicants whose general or specific qualifications would otherwise qualify the applicant for the position or lead the appointing authority to believe that the applicant is capable of performing the assigned duties and fulfilling the assigned responsibilities.

Responsibilities

Recognizes and understands a medical emergency and makes reasonable and acceptable differential diagnosis.
Performs physical examinations.
Understands and anticipates potentially life-threatening presentation of non-cardiac emergencies and institutes appropriate emergency therapy where essential for the preservation of life.
Deals with medical and emotional needs of any victim of acute illness or injury with the goal of reducing morbidity and mortality.
Responsible for quality patient-care as established by the Company.
Files standardized reports of patient information and care for the use of receiving hospital and administration, including nature of request for aid, pertinent past history, therapy provided diagnosis, disposition and sufficient patient information for billing purposes.
Maintains effective communication with physician on duty at hospital to relate patient condition and obtain orders for treatment.
Follows standard written protocols when a physician cannot be contacted.
Transports the ill and injured to institutions of medical care.
Operates emergency vehicles in a safe manner under all conditions.
Cleans and maintains equipment.
Properly completes patient statistics and medical information forms for administrative use.
Assists technical rescues in removing victims from varied terrain and circumstances.
Follows standard operating policies and procedures as developed and directed by the Company.
Cleans and maintains (minor maintenance) vehicles.
Cleans and maintains living quarters.
Maintains records of vehicles, supplies, training and daily work.
Performs other related duties as assigned.