Ambulance Driver Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Minimal general experience required
• EMS/Paramedic training
• Current CA Paramedic license and accreditation in the county of Stanislaus; or ability to obtain accreditation within county policy
• Current BLS/CPR
• PALS/PTLS/BTLS Certified
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support
• Haz Mat Awareness
• Current and continued possession of a valid California Driver's License issued by the California Department of Motor Vehicles is required.
• CDL with Ambulance Driver certificate
• Ability to act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality.
• Ability to communicate with co-workers and the public professionally and effectively.
• Ability to handle confidential information.
• Ability to follow HIPAA non-disclosure standards.
• Ability to work with ethnically diverse people in a culturally sensitive manner.
• Ability to suggest improvements with a high degree of diplomacy and tact.
• Ability to pay attention to details.
• Ability to function well in a high-paced environment and to wait patiently.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to meet and interact with the community at various events.
• Ability to adjust or change priorities and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to move patients, stand, walk, stoop, reach with hands and arms, crouch, kneel, balance, talk or hear, and smell, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
• Frequently required to be able to assist in a two-person lift of a patient of up to 200 lbs. Lifting and carrying shall also consist of patients who are secured to backboards, extrication devices and gurneys.
• Required to be able to sit for extended periods to include but not limited to three (3) or more hours.
• The employee must occasionally climb. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and color.
• Vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Must be able to wear protective clothing (i.e. helmet, PPE, protective eye wear, gloves, etc.)
• The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds and push up to 250 pounds on wheels. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. (See the complete “Physical Requirements” attached.)

Nice To Haves

• Associate degree or higher in a related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Regularly attend staff meetings, read all bulletins, and complete all online training assignments to remain informed of current District policy, procedures and county protocols, especially any changes to prior policy/practice/protocols
• Participates in the ongoing quality assurance/quality improvement program
• Participates and assists in training and orientation of new employees and first responders
• Always maintain a proper uniform appearance and demeanor
• Involvement in community/civic health matters/projects as appropriate.
• Participates in the Safety Committee and adheres to safety standards for the ambulance Services.
• Other related duties as assigned.
• Maintains license as a Paramedic in California and Accreditation in Stanislaus County
• Responds to non-emergency and emergency calls as requested by dispatch
• Provides ALS/BLS standby at special events or non-emergency transfers when scheduled.
• Completes all required documentation accurately and submits according to established time frames defined by Stanislaus County EMS Agency
• Perform station duties as required
• Participates in public relations and educational programs
• Adhere to the established customer service standards for all Patterson District Ambulance employees
• Participates in critiquing and analyzing patient care, protocols, and charting procedures
• Assure that the stock level of medications, medical supplies, equipment, etc., is maintained.
• Ensure that supplies and equipment are used safely and efficiently to avoid waste and that ambulance service work areas are maintained in a clean and sanitary manner
• Adhere to District attendance standards and standards of conduct
• Adhere to and follow all applicable governmental laws, regulations, ordinances, policies, procedures, and protocols governing EMS personnel, including all County and District continuing education and in-service training requirements
• Maintain the confidentiality of all patient care information
• Provides high-quality patient care and customer service courteously to every patient to ensure that all patients are treated fairly and with kindness, dignity, and respect
• Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patient served
• Must be able to respond properly to emergencies and disasters
• Operate emergency ambulance ALS and BLS equipment safely and professionally at all times. Must be able to operate an ALS and BLS ambulance and its equipment during patient transport to provide proper medical care.
• Directly oversees EMT-1 on-scene and in-patient care-related contact.

Benefits

• All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.