FULL-TIME PARAMEDIC

City of Greer•Greer, SC

2h•Onsite

About The Position

The City of Greer is hiring five full-time Paramedics in its Fire Department. Paramedics provide prehospital emergency medical care, respond to fire, medical, hazardous materials, rescue, and other natural or man-made emergencies, and help mitigate emergencies safely and efficiently. The role follows a 24/72 schedule and pays a minimum of $27.60 per hour, depending on experience. Paramedics assess patients, prioritize and provide treatment, administer medications and perform advanced life-support procedures, and communicate patient information and treatment details to physicians and other emergency personnel. They operate and maintain medical, communications, and vehicle equipment; transport patients; decontaminate the ambulance after infectious-disease cases; and perform station cleaning and maintenance. The role also includes community risk-reduction activities, such as customer surveys, recruiting events, blood pressure checks, school events, and apparatus displays.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
National Registry EMT–Paramedic credential.
Current BLS certification.
Current ACLS certification.
Current PALS certification.
Valid state-issued driver’s license.

Responsibilities

Administer first aid and life-support care to sick or injured people in prehospital settings.
Assess the nature and extent of illnesses and injuries and prioritize medical procedures.
Administer drugs orally or by injection and perform intravenous procedures.
Observe, record, and report patients’ conditions or injuries, treatment, and reactions to drugs or treatment to physicians.
Operate equipment such as electrocardiograms, external defibrillators, and bag-valve-mask resuscitators in advanced life-support settings.
Perform emergency cardiac care, including cardioversion and manual defibrillation.
Perform emergency invasive interventions before delivering patients to an acute-care facility.
Perform emergency pharmacological interventions.
Attend training to maintain certification and licensure, keep current with developments in the field, and maintain existing knowledge.
Comfort and reassure patients.
Communicate with dispatchers and treatment-center personnel to report situations, arrange reception of victims, and receive further-treatment instructions.
Coordinate work with emergency medical team members and police or fire department personnel.
Decontaminate the ambulance interior after treating a patient with an infectious disease and report the case to the proper authorities.
Drive a mobile intensive care unit to specified locations according to emergency dispatcher instructions.
Immobilize patients for stretcher placement and ambulance transport using a backboard or other spinal immobilization device.
Maintain vehicles and medical and communications equipment and replenish first-aid equipment and supplies.
Perform emergency diagnostic and treatment procedures during ambulance rides, such as stomach suction, airway management, and heart monitoring.
Respond to fire, medical, hazardous materials, rescue, and other natural or man-made emergency calls.
Carry out commands and tasks necessary to mitigate emergencies safely and efficiently and perform duties assigned by supervisors.
Conduct community risk-reduction activities, including customer surveys, recruiting events, blood pressure checks, school events, and apparatus displays.
Clean and maintain the cardiac monitor, medical bags and equipment, and vehicle.
Perform station cleaning and maintenance duties.