EMT - Per Diem

Plumas District Hospital•Quincy, CA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

This position involves contact with staff of base and outlying hospitals, physicians, public service agencies (fire, police, highway patrol), ground ambulance personnel, patients and their families, and various service groups for public relations and educational purposes. The role has the authority to determine medical and therapy based on patient assessment in keeping with established protocols, safety decisions involving patients and aircraft/ambulance, decisions on additional equipment, triage priorities, and the care, inventory, and ordering of standard medical supplies. Decisions requiring supervisor referral include management decisions outside established policies, flight requests outside normal administrative guidelines, ride-alongs, equipment purchases, drug additions/deletions, medical protocol changes, and coordination of public relations requests.

Requirements

Three (3) years of driving experience
Able to accept direct Paramedic supervision.
Self-starter requiring little oversight with excellent written and verbal skills.
Current Nor Cal EMT-Basic or higher certification.
Current Healthcare provider CPR certification
California Ambulance Driver’s License
O.T. Medical Examination Certificate
Current NREMT-Basic certification
Valid California or Nevada Driver's license.

Responsibilities

Staffing and riding in an ambulance or medical helicopter.
Performing under adverse working conditions, which may require special uniforms or protective clothing for all weather and airborne and bloodborne exposures.
Moving patients from all types of locations and within the ambulance or helicopter, requiring the ability to walk, stoop, climb, twist, bend, run, squat, kneel, and work in awkward positions.
Performing various lifts and transfers of patients using equipment such as gurneys, scoop stretchers, backboards, stair chairs, wheelchairs, and neonate isolets, and possibly performing two-person manual transfers.