AirCare EMT Driver, Ground Transport

American Addiction Centers • Winston-Salem, NC

7d • $22 - $33

About The Position

Works as a driver and member of the Critical Care Transport teams, transferring patients between facilities. Responsible for the safe and efficient operation of the vehicle, including maintenance of mission ready status, obeying laws and regulations of the highway as well as the applicable state Office of Emergency Medical Services. Maintains necessary certifications/licensures, skills, continuing education and complete competency checks as required.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalency
• North Carolina EMT certification required
• BLS required
• Advocate Health approved driving course to be completed within 90 days of hire
• Must have valid driver's license and qualify as insurable by Advocate Health insurance carrier requirements for driving AirCare vehicles
• Certification / License National Registry EMT
• Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

Nice To Haves

• 1 year experience driving emergency vehicles preferred

Responsibilities

• Collects data pertinent to the healthcare consumer’s health or the situation.
• Analyzes the assessment data to determine the diagnosis or issues.
• Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the healthcare consumer or the situation.
• Develops a plan that prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcomes.
• Implements the identified plan, coordinates care delivery, and employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment.
• Evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes.
• Practices ethically
• Delegates elements of care to appropriate healthcare workers
• Promotes shared governance, or facility decision making activities, developing and nurturing research to positively affect clinical outcomes and promotion.
• Attains knowledge and competence that reflects the current EMT practice.
• Integrate evidence and research findings into practice.
• Contributes to quality EMT practice.
• Communicate effectively in a variety of formats in all areas of practice.
• Evaluates own EMT practice in relation to professional practice standards and guidelines, relevant statutes, rules and regulations.
• Utilizes appropriate resources to plan and provide EMT services that are safe, effective, and financially responsible.
• Participates in committees, shared governance, or other facility decision making activities.
• Practice in an environmentally safe and healthy manner
• Models the mission, vision, values, standards of excellence and goals of the Atrium health system.
• Supports and contributes to the patient centered care philosophy by understanding that every teammate is a caregiver whose role is to meet the needs of the patient.
• Recognize and treat any medical condition with appropriate techniques, equipment, and knowledge of all State and Department Polices and Protocols including (BIAD) Blind Insertion Airway Device and medications approved by NCOEMS and the Medical Director.
• Ensures that the ambulance is clean, washed, and kept in a neat and orderly condition each shift.
• Determines that the vehicle is in proper mechanical condition by utilizing daily check-off sheets and reporting any known issues.
• Ensures that the ambulance patient care area is clean, restocked, equipment in working order, and kept in a neat and orderly condition at the beginning of each shift and when necessary to maintain a mission ready status when serving in a patient care role.
• Must be capable of handling equipment challenges and failures without support of internal hospital resources.
• Obtains necessary signatures and paperwork for each transport
• Thoroughly documents medical care and treatments of patients in the EHR.
• Must maintain annual compliance in education related to specialty area and/or primary base location outside of typical Paramedic practice.
• Simulation lab Advanced Skills Practice
• Certified Emergency Vehicle Operations
• Sleep Deprivation/Just Culture/Stress Management
• Transport Vehicle Safety Training – Ambulance.

Benefits

• Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:
• Compensation Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
• Benefits and more Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees